Deputy Cook
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 6NUDeadline is tomorrow
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
10 September 2025 at 1pm
Date listed
9 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £11,612.01 - £12,367.62 Annually (Actual) Grade 2, Point 4-8, Term Time Only
Deputy Cook job summary
St Mary’s CE Primary School
Lodge Hill Road, Selly Oak Birmingham B29 6NU
enquiry@stmryb29.bham.sch.uk
DEPUTY COOK REQUIRED - 22.5 hours per week
TO WORK IN THE SCHOOL KITCHEN
Rate of pay: GR 2, POINT 4 - 8
Salary: £11,612.01 - £12,367.62
We have a vacancy for a 22.5 hour per week Deputy Cook. The hours will be 09.15 - 13.45 Monday to Friday term time only, plus 5 teacher training days. The working times may vary depending on service needs.
This position is part time, covering five days a week Term Time only. Normal working hours are Monday - Friday 09.15 - 13.45 pm.
We are committed to providing an excellent catering service to our pupils and staff. We serve over 250 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 candidiate will be reference checked.
If yu would like to visit the school, please contact us on 01216751729 to book a school tour on one of the following dates:
25.09.25 @ 10am or 30.09.25 @ 8am
More information about the school can be found on our school website: http://www.stmarys-sellyoak.co.uk/
Only applications on my new term will be accepted. CV’S will not be accepted.
Closing date for applications is midday on the 10th October 2025.
Interviews will be held on Monday 20th October 2025.
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St Mary's Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 413 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School website
A two-form Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary school, approximately 3 miles to the south west of Birmingham city centre.
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