School Cook

To start 1st September 2026 start or as soon as possible afterwards

Salary: OP7i £29,456- £30426  per annum (pro rata) pay award pending 

Term Time Only  (39 weeks per year plus holiday)
Working Hours :  31 hours per week (Monday -Friday) 

We are looking for a school cook who is friendly, enthusiastic, creative, is committed to healthy eating and ensuring mealtimes are a positive experience for children. Applicants will need previous catering and cooking experience within a similar environment. 

Key responsibilities:
•    Manage the effective delivery of high-quality school meals, ensuring pupils receive fresh and nutritious food every day while maintaining excellent standards of food safety, hygiene and service.
•    Lead, motivate and support the kitchen team, organise workloads, develop staff and foster a positive team environment that delivers an efficient and welcoming catering service.
•    To plan and prepare a healthy and varied 3 weekly menu cycle for each term, which meets the school food standards, with support from our leadership team.
•    To be responsible for ordering/purchasing food from a range of suppliers.
•    To prepare and cook a variety of meals to meet the dietary needs and nutritional targets of all school children, including those within special and/or allergy needs;
•    To maintain the highest standard of food preparation in line with the standards of food quality and service, using appropriate equipment in keeping with the Environmental Health requirements;
•    To follow a cleaning schedule which ensures a high standard of cleanliness complying with Health & Safety Procedures, Food Safety Act (1990) & Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations (1995);
•    To be responsible for maintaining safety standards within the kitchen area together with those safety standards affecting all kitchen staff. To be responsible for stock control using a minimum of once weekly stock checks and to ensure that food stock is not wasted
•    To cost and ensure meals remain within the school’s budget.

Safer Recruitment and Selection
The school pays full regard to the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’. The Governing Body will prevent people who pose a risk of harm from working with children by adhering to statutory responsibilities to carry out appropriate checks on staff or other who work unsupervised with children, taking proportionate decisions on whether to ask for any checks beyond what is required; and ensuring those without full checks are appropriately supervised. The Governing Body ensure that at least one person on any appointment panel has attended safer recruitment training. Any successful candidate will be appointed subject to Enhanced DBS and pre-employment checks, confirmation of appropriate qualifications and professional references.

Application forms can be found on the school website.  www.kingmoorinfants.com

Closing date: 9am 7th August 2026
Interviews 10th August 2026