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School Cook
Cheney School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7QH12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2024 or sooner
Closing date
19 July 2024 at 8am
Date listed
6 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £12.18 Hourly Grade 5, scale point 5-7, depending on experience
School Cook job summary
School Cook / Chef Required for School in Oxford
Are you an experienced School Cook who is seeking a full-time role to start in September? This role working in a large secondary school in Oxford might be just right for you!
About the roleYou will be an integral part of the team, working closely with the Catering Manager and Assistants to maintain the excellent standard already established in our popular school canteen.
You will assist the catering manager in the planning, preparation, cooking, presentation and serving of meals and snacks within an agreed budget. You will also support the catering department to achieve targets in reducing our carbon footprint and use of plastic products.
On a daily basis, you will ensure the cleanliness and safety of the kitchen, and help to maintain and appropriately store stock.
Salary
This role will work during term time only (paid across 12 months), so would be perfect for someone who does not want to work during school holidays.
The role is paid on the NJC salary scale at Grade 5, scale point 5-7. The starting salary will be scale point 5 - £17, 267 per annum (£12.18 per hour) dependent on experience.
About the school
We offer a positive and supportive workplace where staff go above and beyond to help students and each other. Visitors always comment that people like each other at Cheney. We provide excellent opportunities for career progression, training and advancement; the range of Continuing Professional Development is second to none.
If you would like to have a confidential conversation about the role, prior to application, please contact Pete Haslam, Catering Manager, please email pha@cheneyschool.org or telephone 01865 765726.
Working as part of the River Learning Trust
Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.
This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.
The River Learning Trust and Cheney School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered
Commitment to safeguarding
Cheney School and The River Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism; all staff must ensure that the highest priority is given to following the guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and obtain any other statutorily required clearance. Employment will also be conditional on the receipt of at least two acceptable references (1 from current/latest employer) and evidence of the formal qualifications required for the role.
Applying for the job
Using the application form
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
About Cheney School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1694 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Cheney School website (opens in new tab)
Cheney School is a popular, high-performing school located in the heart of Oxford serving a diverse community of students. We are what a comprehensive school was designed to be; we are very proud of our inclusive ethos and the fact that we provide a liberal, outward-looking education to students from all backgrounds, and a caring and supportive community for staff.
We are committed to continuous professional development and have wide-ranging training and development opportunities.
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