SCHOOL KITCHEN AND CATERING LEAD
37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Term time plus INSET days – 39 weeks per year
07:00 – 15:00 each day with a 30 minute unpaid break
NJC Point 8 (£26,824 FTE)
Actual starting salary £22,970 (pay award pending)
Starting September 2026
Are you passionate about food and dedicated to providing nutritious, high-quality meals to children? We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic School Kitchen and Catering Lead to lead our successful school catering team and ensure our students enjoy health, balanced meals every day.
Why join Court Fields School?
- Family friendly hours: work during school term time only, perfect for parents and carers who want a role that fits around family life.
- Excellent work/life balance: not only can you enjoy your evenings and weekends, but you also get the school holidays!
- Make an impact: help shape the health and wellbeing of our students through great food.
- An energized, professional and dynamic environment: join a friendly, experienced team in a vibrant school community where each day is different from the last.
This role offers wider opportunities to be involved in across our Trust, learning from a supportive, experienced and highly skilled Catering Manager who can help you grow and develop to your fill potential.
Closing date: Tuesday 21st July 2026 at 9am
Provisional interview date: w/c 27th July 2026
INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD EARLY FOR THE RIGHT CANDIDATE SO EARLY APPLICATION IS STRONGLY ADVISED.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that both spent and unspent convictions and cautions may need to be disclosed. However, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ under filtering rules and do not need to be disclosed. Guidance on what should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
References: References will be taken up on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children, previous employers may be approached for information to verify particular experiences or qualifications before interview.
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