19 Jun Catering Manager
Job Title: Catering Manager
Location: Arboretum Primary School
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Derby City Support Staff Grade Grade F, pts 15-20. Salary £29,093 FTE per annum, pro rata (pending a pay award)
Hours per week: 37 hrs per week (6:35am – 2:30pm daily, with 30 minutes break)
Weeks per year: 41 weeks per year (term time + 5 Inset days + 10 days during school holidays
Start Date: 26 August 2025
Age Range: 2 – 11 years
NOR: 625
Job outline
Are you a talented and passionate catering professional looking for a rewarding new challenge? Do you want to use your culinary skills to make a positive impact on the lives of young people? If so, we want to hear from you!
Arboretum Primary School is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated School Catering Manager to lead our catering team. As our Catering Manager, you will play a pivotal role in creating a vibrant and welcoming dining experience for our children, providing them with delicious, healthy meals that fuel their learning and development.
We are looking for an experienced Catering Manager with a passion for fresh food, who knows how to run a school kitchen and manage a team successfully and is committed to not only their own personal development but also that of their team. The successful candidate will have experience in leading a catering team in a school or similar organisation.
In return we can offer you:
- A friendly, welcoming and supportive community who are immensely proud of their school;
- A commitment to continued professional development;
- Company pension
- On site parking
- Employee Assistance Programme
Arboretum Primary School is a proud member of Derby Diocesan Academy Trust (DDAT) (www.ddat.org.uk) and enjoys a positive relationship with a team of professionals providing effective support in school improvement and operations.
Arboretum is a large 625 place primary (which includes 32 children in our 2 year old unit and 60 in our 3 year old nursery), with a rich, ethnic mix of delightful and well-behaved children. We have a modern school that sits in large attractive grounds. We pride ourselves on our caring ethos and the value we place in our dedicated and friendly staff teams. We are a popular school, and have a waiting list for most year groups.
Application information
We warmly invite prospective candidates to visit the school to find out more about us and the role. To register your interest, call the school office on (01332) 291140 or email jobs@arboretum.derby.sch.uk .
For application details, please see attached, or go to Join Our Team on the About Us menu of our website at: www.arboretum.derby.sch.uk where you will find job details and application forms. Please complete both the DDAT Support Staff application form and the Monitoring form. Note that the correct forms must be completed, and that CVs or other methods of application will not be accepted.
Applications should be emailed to jobs@arboretum.derby.sch.uk
Closing Date: 9:00am on Monday 30th June 2025
Provisional Interviews: w/c 14th June 2025
DDAT welcomes a diverse population of both children and staff and is committed to promoting and developing equality of opportunity in all its functions.
DDAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, online checks, pre-employment and Disclosure Barring Service checks. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).
