Food Technician
The Kingsway School, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 4QX15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 November 2026 at 3pm
Date listed
9 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Food technology
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time, 5 days a week, 35 hours. Term Time Only + 3 INSET days
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- NJC Scale 3, Pts 5-6 : FTE = £25,427 - £26,847 PRO RATA (term time only plus 3 INSET days, 35 hours per week)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Kingsway School is looking to recruit a proactive, organised and reliable technician to contribute to the smooth running of the Food Preparation & Nutrition department, specifically with planning departmental resources and preparing for the effective delivery of practical lessons. The successful candiate will work closely with the teaching staff and contribute to the department by organising and coordinating resources to ensure a high standard of safety and hygiene. They will liaise with colleagues and external suppliers to provide the resources needed for the delivery of the curriculum. Please apply using the ELT application form and returning it to: recruitment@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk
What the school offers its staff
Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 490 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities. As a valued member of our Trust, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive and rewarding benefits package. This includes a highly competitive salary, a respected and generous pension scheme, and outstanding opportunities for career progression and professional development. We are also committed to supporting your health and wellbeing, offering Education Learning Trust. Registered address: Hawthorn Road, Gatley, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 4NB. A charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (company number: 09142319) 2026 Recruitment Advert access to our award-winning employee assistance programme and a wide range of employee benefits and discounts. Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing:
- exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities ● school improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry ● opportunities for professional development and leadership ● a celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings ● innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002. All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offend ers-act-1974.’ We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.
We welcome applications from disabled candidates and will make reasonable adjustments
throughout the recruitment process.
We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as
described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that
requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the
necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).
Candidates should apply by completing the ELT application form, CVs alone will not be
accepted in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
Please send completed applications to: Recruitment@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk
Please note, that in line with KCSiE and Safer Recruitment guidelines we cannot
accept CVs from Recruitment agencies for this position.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
ELT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.
All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
About The Kingsway School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1260 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- The Kingsway School website
- Email address
- recruitment@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk
The Kingsway School is a large successful 11-16 comprehensive school, located in between the popular Cheadle and Gatley areas of Stockport.
Students from all backgrounds thrive at The Kingsway School. Our students are not only encouraged to develop their own skills and talents to the full, but also to learn the importance of contributing to the wider community. This is a high achieving school, with a sustained focus on learning and a curriculum designed to inspire and challenge.
Our students and staff are committed to our ethos of Opportunity, Achievement and Respect.
What makes our school special?
Our commitment to staff wellbeing with our collaborative Staff Wellbeing Charter.
The fully inclusive nature of our school community including our resourced based students (SEN) and students from minority ethnic backgrounds (EAL).
Our mantra for Engagement, Challenge and Progress in all lessons.
A well-established, traditional and academic curriculum that supports students in the next stage of their education and future career pathway.
Our promotion of SMSC and British values through the curriculum, extra-curricular and whole school activities.
Our commitment to careers advice and informing students on career pathways, evidenced by our IAG Gold Award.
Our passion for the promotion of STEM based subjects within the school curriculum, and extra-curricular offer, evidenced by the MOSI STEM Excellence Award.
Our student leadership team and the impact they have on improving their school, evidenced by our representation on the British Youth Parliament.
Our work with local, national and global charities including a sister school in Kolweny, Kenya, evidenced by our International School School status.
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