School Cook

Roydon Primary School, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 5QU

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  12 June 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  21 May 2026

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: £13.90-£14.59 per hour

School Cook job summary

Tel: 01379 642628

Email: office@roydon.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: https://www.roydon.norfolk.sch.uk/

Headteacher: Sarah Bradford

NOR: 255

• Salary – Scale E, £13.90-£14.59 per hour (depending on experience)
• Permanent
• Part Time
• 32.5 hours per week (M-F)
• Term Time only (38 weeks)
• Required for September 2026 

Do you love whipping up tasty meals that make people smile? 

Does the sound of happy chatter around the dining table brighten your day? 

Then you might be the perfect fit for our wonderful school kitchen team! 

After 28 years, our fabulous cook has decided to hang up her apron, and now we are on the hunt for her replacement. We are looking for someone who can bring creativity, knowledge and a dash of fun to our bustling dining hall. You’ll be serving up hearty favourites, nutritious treats, and special events for children, and sometimes their families.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Cooking delicious meals that keep our pupils energised and ready to learn
• Planning menus that are healthy, exciting, and full of variety
• Ordering all the ingredient for the kitchen’s creations
• Keeping the kitchen running smoothly with an effective team that takes pride in its achievements

What We’re Looking For

• A passion for food, high standards and feeding hungry minds
• A positive, can-do attitude mixed with the ability to prioritise
• Someone who can keep all the plates spinning (metaphorically!) 
• Experience in a kitchen is essential, as are enthusiasm and a sense of humour

Why You’ll Love It Here 

You’ll be part of a supportive school community where your cooking truly makes a difference. Every day brings something new and the satisfaction of knowing you are helping children thrive.

Please checkout our website at - www.roydon.norfoIk.sch.uk to get a ‘flavour’ of what we are about, and then make an appointment to come and see us in action. Visits can be arranged through the school secretary, Mrs Plowman, on 01379 642628. 

We look forward to hearing from you.

How to apply

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button. Alternatively, these are available from the school.

Completed forms should be returned to – office@roydon.norfolk.sch.uk

Closing date:  12 June 2026, 1pm

Interview date:  17 June 2026

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you may be required to undergo pre-employment checks.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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 Roydon Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 265 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Roydon Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/roydon-primary-school

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