Deputy Cook

St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 6NU

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  10 October 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

Come and join our friendly and supportive staff team.

We are looking to appoint a Deputy Cook with the following qualities:

-Confident in communicating with adults and children;

-Happy to work both children and adults;

-Kind and compassionate;

-Committed to Health and Safety.

What we can offer:

-A supportive and positive working environment where staff wellbeing is important;

-A team of 2 other immediate colleagues who will support you in your induction to our school;

-Kind and well behaved children who (with reminders!) are respectful to adults;

-A job in a school with a strong ethos where we all work to bring out the best in each other.

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 you 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

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

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 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
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-church-of-england-primary-school-birmingham

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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