Deputy Cook

Norton Road Primary School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 2NX

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  29 September 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  10 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,185 pro rata
• Additional allowances:

  £25,185 pro rata

Deputy Cook job summary

This position is part time, covering five days a week Term Time only. Normal working hours are Monday - Thursday 09.45 - 13.45 pm Friday 09.00 - 13.00

We are committed to providing an excellent catering service to our pupils and staff. We serve over 300 lunches every day.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced individual to join our established team and someone who will support with the continued development of this successful catering operation.

You will assist the Catering Supervisor with the development and implementation of a range of creative and innovative ideas for the menus and to be successful you must be able to demonstrate an in depth knowledge of practical cooking in a large scale environment and some previous supervisory experience is desirable.

Effective communication skills with an emphasis on customer care are essential, as is the ability to lead and work as part of a team.

It is desirable that you will have an:

NVQ Level 2 / 706/1 and or 706/2 in Food preparation.

Level 2 Food safety certificate

Have knowledge of HACCP and Health and Safety in a kitchen

Basic computer skills

All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. The successful candidate will be reference checked.

Only applications on my new term will be accepted. CV’S will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications is midday on the 29th September 2025.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 30th September 2025. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early, should a suitable application meeting the job criteria be submitted. Therefore early application is encouraged.

Safeguarding

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:

enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

References

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Short-listed candidates

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

Rehabilitation of Offenders

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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 Norton Road Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 356 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Norton Road Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/norton-road-primary-school

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