14 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    21 September 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    18 August 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week for 40 weeks per year

Contract type

Fixed term - To cover maternity leave - Maternity or parental leave cover

Full-time equivalent salary

£30,024

Pay scale

Grade 6 Scale Point 15

What skills and experience we're looking for

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ability to prepare, cook and serve meals to deadlines.
  • Team supervision, under the direction of the Catering Manager and in their absence.
  • Knowledge of health & safety requirements and experience of completing routine checks to ensure a high standard of food hygiene.
  • Ordering of provisions and contributing to menu development and knowledge of school food standards.
  • Excellent organisational, communication and customer service skills.

What the school offers its staff

Benefits:

  • A temporary role commencing September 2025 to cover maternity leave, of 37 hours per week for 40 weeks per year.
  • Salary upon appointment Grade 6 Scale Point 15 to 18 £30,024 to £32,597 (actual £26,370 to £28,629).
  • Access to wellbeing support, physio, counselling and GP services.
  • Discounted gym membership.
  • Excellent training opportunities to support career progression.
  • Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
  • Access to Salary Sacrifice Schemes including Childcare Vouchers and Cycle to Work.
  • Employment within a strong and progressive educational trust with firm family values.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to enhanced DBS disclosure, medical and reference checks. All pre-employment checks are in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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Upload additional documents

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JD HET Deputy Catering Manager 001.pdf - 438 KB (opens in new tab)
AD HET Deputy Catering Manager 001a 210925.pdf - 360 KB (opens in new tab)

About Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
788 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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School website
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle website
Email address
recruitment@horncastleeducationtrust.org
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A mixed, selective school which is part of Horncastle Education Trust. Our main aim is to provide first class learning and teaching opportunities to ensure that all students aim high and achieve success, setting them up for a rewarding future.

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