Deputy Chef

Barr Beacon School, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 0RF

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  4 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,750.04 - £23,750.04 Annually (Actual) Group 6 Scale 21 (21-24)

Deputy Chef job summary

Deputy Chef

Barr Beacon School, Old Hall Lane, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 0RF

37 hours |Monday to Friday | Term Time Only

Starting Salary: £27,612 Group 6 Scale 21 (21-24) Actual salary: £23,750.04

Start Date: Jan 2026

The role:

Can you commit to refuelling our eager pupils? Are you able to provide a professional service to cater for staff, visitors and events? If so, this may be the perfect opportunity for you.

Barr Beacon School are seeking to appoint a dynamic and highly-skilled Deputy Chef to assist the Head Chef in our busy kitchen. The successful candidate will support the meal production and smooth running of our lunchtime periods, order stock following financial procedures and ensure all staff are adhering to health and safety policies and procedures within the kitchen.

About you:

In what will be a demanding, varied and extremely rewarding role, your key skills and experience will include:

-Previous experience of preparing, cooking and serving food in a large catering operation e.g. school, large restaurant;

-Having knowledge on Natasha's Law and other relevant food hygiene standards;

-Holding relevant catering NVQ (or equivalent) qualifications;

--- -Being able to work well and constructively as part of a team.

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Please see job description for full list of skills, duties and responsibilities.

About us:
It is an exciting time to join a growing and thriving Academy Trust with a focus on school improvement. Barr Beacon School has a shared belief that no child should fail and our high standards and expectations ensure our pupils strive for success. We have a commitment to exceptional teaching to provide the best possible education for our students. The successful candidate will have access to excellent professional development opportunities within our Academy and across the wider Trust.

We are committed to fostering a culture that values the health and well-being of all employees at Matrix Academy Trust. We are proud to offer a comprehensive well-being package to all employees, including access to 24/7 online GP, physiotherapy services and counselling services. We also offer all employees annual health checks which includes the flu jab, BMI checks and a general discussion with a qualified Nurse.

To apply, please complete our application form on My New Term.

If you have any questions please contact Headteacher Mrs K Hibbs on Khibbs@barrbeaconschool.co.uk

Application Deadline: 4th January 2026

Please note that suitable candidates will be called for interview and we reserve the right to remove any advertised role early.

Matrix Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS clearance and pre-employment checks in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

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

Safeguarding Notice:
Matrix Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS clearance and preemployment checks in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Barr Beacon School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1501 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Barr Beacon School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/barr-beacon-school

The word ‘outstanding’ appears a lot in advertisements for teachers – but at Barr Beacon School, it means more. With over 1000 requests for the 252 places available in Year 7 this September, parents would certainly agree. When Ofsted last visited, they merely confirmed what we already knew.

How have we achieved all of this?

Quite simply, we employ teachers who are as ambitious, passionate and dedicated as we are. These amazing people work hard – in fact they work very hard – to ensure that our pupils make the best progress they possibly can.

Whether they are the most able or or the least able, the most advantaged or the least advantaged, every child deserves nothing less than the very best teaching.

Not surprisingly, there’s a real buzz about the place. If you would like to be part of it – and teach children who genuinely want to learn – we would love to hear from you.

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