Head Cook
Astrea Academy Dearne
Barnsley
- £22,661.09 - £24,675.81 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- FTE: £26,421 - £28,770 Actual Salary: £22,661.09 - £24,675.81
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 28 April 2024
Job overview
Astrea Academy Dearne have an exciting opportunity for a Head Cook to join their team on a term time basis.
As an essential member of the catering team, you will thrive in a busy environment, be adaptable and flexible and will support colleagues to maintain high professional standards.
As Head Cook you will:
- Work as part of a team preparing and serving fresh, interesting and nutritious school meals within budget
- Work in accordance with the school food standards, allowing for allergen issues, ensuring full adherence to recipes, food presentation standards and portion control
- Ensure that work is carried out hygienically, safely and tidily at all times within the prevailing legislative framework
- Lead and organise the kitchen in the absence of the Catering Manager.
We are looking for:
- Relevant experience in a similar role
- Excellent organisational skills
- The ability to work to tight deadlines whilst paying close attention to detail
- Relevant Food Safety and Hygiene certificates
- Evidence of recent in-service training and professional development.
Interested in applying?
Please take a look at the Applicant Brief to find out more before applying.
We actively welcome visits and discussions about the role - please contact Rob Dixon - 07849309710 or Graham Powell – 07517830485 Sky Gray 07391401038
If you are joining us from another school, academy or trust we recognise your continuous service date with confirmation from your current employer. This can positively impact a number of entitlements, including increased annual holiday payments which represent an increase in salary. This can be discussed in more detail at interview.
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early - please apply now to avoid disappointment.
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About Astrea Academy Dearne
- Astrea Academy Dearne
- Goldthorpe Road, Goldthorpe, Rotherham
- South Yorkshire
- S63 9EW
- United Kingdom
Do you want to be part of a team where you will help make a lasting impact on our students and rapidly accelerate their progress?
Do you want to work in a school where you are free to teach, with impeccable student behaviour and unhindered by bureaucracy?
We are looking to recruit outstanding staff who share our vision and passionately believe that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs.
Astrea Academy Dearne is an 11-16 secondary academy situated in Barnsley, with around 1150 students. We are within commutable distance from Wakefield, Leeds, Doncaster and Sheffield and are a proud member of the Astrea Academy Trust family of schools. We have the highest aspiration for our students to achieve their very best and grow both as individuals and as members of their community. We are a truly comprehensive and inclusive academy. This is reflected in our approach to all areas of our work.
What we offer:
- Huge support and progression opportunities
- A knowledge rich curriculum, built on ‘powerful knowledge’ and a traditional T&L approach built around Rosenshine and TLAC
- Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources
- An excellent curriculum and resources, co-ordinated by the Astrea National Leads
- A feedback policy focused on whole class feedback – no onerous marking policies
- Disruption-free learning and a ‘warm/strict’ behaviour system
- Highly visible/supportive senior leaders who have your back
- Centralised detentions, including homework detentions (you do not need to organise/run/chase them at all)
- No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing ‘no-stakes’ instructional coaching, helping you to continuously develop
- Excellent ongoing CPD, career development and promotion opportunities across the Astrea South Yorkshire region
- Opportunity to complete NPQs
- An unrivalled professional progression model
What we are looking for:
· Highly effective teachers with excellent subject knowledge
· Both teaching and support staff who do not make excuses for what children can achieve
· Candidates who are totally aligned with our vision and values. If you are the type of person who fits with our culture, you will love working here.
We actively welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our Academy, so you can fully appreciate our learning environment. Please contact Hannah.peace@astreadearne.org to arrange a visit.
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About Astrea Academy Trust
We are a part of Astrea Academy Trust, a thriving family of 27 academies committed to inspiring our pupils beyond measure. Our aim is that every child gets a brilliant education, we will do this by pursuing aspirational standards with tenacity and drive, and by never settling for second best and not tolerating something that does not live up to our standards. We will remove performance barriers and develop a scholarly culture of behaviour and learning from students and of pedagogy and curriculum from our staff to ensure our children learn, thrive and lead successful lives.
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