Senior Cook

Marshland Primary Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN8 4SB

9 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  3 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,790.00 - £25,584.00 Annually (FTE) 25 hours per week, term time only = £14407 - £14868 actual salary

Senior Cook job summary

Are you passionate about cooking healthy, nutritious meals for children? Do you want to make a real difference in young lives through food? Join our warm and welcoming school community as a School Cook!

25 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus 5 training days) = £14407 - £14868 actual salary5 hours per day, 195 days per yearAbout the Role:

We’re looking for a new school cook to lead the preparation of daily meals for our pupils. The ideal candidate will be committed to delivering high-quality, balanced meals in line with school food standards, while maintaining a clean, safe kitchen environment.

Over these summer holidays we are having a brand new kitchen refurbishment at Marshland too!

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare and cook healthy, well-balanced meals for pupils and staff.

• Order and manage kitchen stock within budget.

• Ensure high standards of hygiene, health and safety, and food safety.

• Supervise any kitchen staff or assistants as required.

We’re Looking For Someone Who:

• Has experience in a similar cooking or catering role (school kitchen experience is a bonus, but not essential).

• Holds a relevant Food Hygiene Certificate (although training for this can be provided).

• Is organised, reliable and works well independently or as part of a team.

• Enjoys working around children and supports a friendly, inclusive school environment.

Why Join Us?

• Supportive and inclusive school community.

• Family-friendly hours and term-time working.

• Opportunity to shape a positive dining experience for our children.

This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference in young people’s daily lives by ensuring they receive healthy, enjoyable meals every day.

Please contact Regan Merrylees - Trust Catering Manager on regan.merrylees@vennacademy.org or telephone 07946001356 to have an informal conversation.

Interviews are provisionally being held on Friday 8 August 2025

Our Multi Academy Trust is a group of inspirational and aspirational mainstream and specialist schools in Yorkshire whose main objective is to ensure that all pupils make exceptional progress through the development of outstanding staff.

Venn Academy Trust is committed to achieving fairness and equality in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Our Trust is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment.

An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants

Online searches will be carried out as part of Venn Academy Trust’s recruitment due diligence for all shortlisted candidates, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

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 Marshland Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 161 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Marshland Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/marshland-primary-academy

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