Head of Catering, Health and Wellbeing
Athena Learning Trust, Launceston, PL15 9FB3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
12 February 2026 at 8am
Date listed
16 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £47,307.91 - £52,538.00 Annually (FTE) 52 Weeks, NJC Grade I
Head of Catering, Health and Wellbeing job summary
We are seeking a dynamic and innovative Head of Catering, Health and Wellbeing to join our Athena Learning Trust shared service team supporting schools in Cornwall and Devon.
We believe that education does not stop at the classroom door, and we are on a mission to prove that high-quality nutrition and holistic wellbeing are not add-ons to a child’s education, they are the very foundation of it.
We are looking for more than a manager; we are looking for a pioneer. The link between what a child eats and how they learn, behave, and grow is undeniable. Yet, for too long, school catering across the sector has been treated as a peripheral service focused solely on compliance and cost-cutting.
At Athena, we are turning that model on its head. We want our schools to be regional hubs of nutritional excellence. We want our kitchens to be learning labs where students discover the journey of food from farm to fork. We want our dining halls to be spaces of dignity, social connection, and health.
As our Head of Catering, Health and Wellbeing, you will have the mandate to innovate.
You will not be constrained by the way things have always been done. Instead, you will be empowered to:
- Build a Brand: Define what Athena Food looks and tastes like.
- Influence Policy: Use our scale to set a new national standard for school nutrition.
- Drive Sustainability: Lead our charge toward a zero-waste, low-carbon food future.
- Impact Lives: Directly improve the health outcomes and life chances of thousands of young people.
To find out more and arrange an informal chat about this role please contact: people@athenalearningtrust.uk
How to Apply:
If you are a self-starter with a passion for nutritional science, a flair for culinary excellence, and the leadership drive to make Athena a national leader in this space, we want to hear from you.
Please complete the application form on My New Term and tell us about how you connect with our values of "Dream Big, Take Responsibility, and Be Kind" and what you feel you can contribute to our team and our goal to deliver world class education.
Please see the attached Applicant Pack for more information about this role.
Please note: This role is essential and as such we will be interviewing as suitable applicants apply. We reserve the right to close this role early should vacancies be filled before the closing date.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Please refer to our safeguarding policy on the Athena Learning Trust website at:
https://www.athenalearningtrust.uk/policies
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 Athena Learning Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
Athena Learning Trust consists of Atlantic Academy, Altarnun Primary, Bideford College, Egloskerry Primary, Launceston College and Launceston Primary School.
Our Trust is vibrant, energetic and has exceptional people across our Schools. You will be joining an existing high quality school team who give an exceptional level of learning assistant support to our schools. We focus on the happiness and healthiness of our employees, with a practical focus on wellbeing, from ‘light touch’ marking to addressing behaviour centrally to ensure disruption free learning. We have a comprehensive employee assistance programme and a scheme offering rewards and savings at a large range of shops and supermarkets.
Our vision is to develop adventurous and ambitious students, who have the character, resilience and self-awareness required to be successful, whatever their background or circumstances. We seek to teach and support them to be responsible as well as happy and successful young people by learning the knowledge, skills and values that are essential for society.
Our pupils are amazing! We have exceptionally high aspirations for them and seek to support all our students no matter what their background or circumstances. We offer a distinctively broad, personalised, and academically rigorous curriculum across our primary and secondary schools, and aspire to the highest standards of teaching and learning. As a Trust we share information and best practices to ensure we focus on an excellent and sustainable 0-19 learning journey for children, with a strong focus on our school and Trust community.
The Trust offers expert guidance and advice to students to help them shape and achieve their future goals without limitation. We want to equip every student with the knowledge, skills and values they need to achieve the very best that they can.
We seek applicants who are aligned to our vision and ethos and have the talent and passion to deliver that vision successfully. We support all our schools with an extensive range of shared services, including: trust-wide leadership and management, tailored and supportive CPD, safeguarding activity, external network opportunities and high quality expertise in teaching and learning, school improvement, financial, administrative, estates and HR.
If you want to spend your time being part of a team supporting the delivery of high quality teaching and have real influence and impact on the outcomes of young people whilst taking advantage of the lifestyle that miles of beautiful coastline, beaches and scenery that our settings can provide - we want to hear from you.
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