Chef Manager
St Mary's Catholic High School
Derbyshire
- New
- Salary:
- Grade 11 SCP 29-32: £39,862 - £42,839 (FTE) | Actual Salary £31,964 - £34,352 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 15 April 2026
Job overview
We are seeking an inspiring Chef Manager to lead and manage our Chef and Catering Team of eleven colleagues across two school kitchens, which are housed in two separate blocks. You will also work closely with the Catering Procurement and Compliance Manager. You will develop all aspects of our school catering provision, delivering high-quality, nutritious meals for around 1,400 pupils and staff while ensuring excellent standards of food safety, hygiene, compliance, financial control, and team leadership.
We operate a cashless catering system; therefore, the successful applicant will be required to have some IT experience.
Responsibilities will include stock control, financial management, training, staff management and cooking.
The successful candidate will:
Have a minimum of 4 years’ experience in the catering industry with leadership experience within a catering or hospitality setting.
Have NVQ Level 3 in Catering or City & Guilds 706/2 and Level 3 Award in Food Safety in Catering.
Have experience of menu design, food costing and budgetary controls.
Have the ability to deliver a high standard of quality and service, including the ability to coordinate and deliver hospitality and event catering.
We are able to offer you:
A competitive salary.
A welcoming and supportive environment led by a leadership team committed to staff wellbeing.
Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Access to Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.
Free car parking on site.
We are particularly keen to reflect the diverse nature of our student community in our staff; we welcome applications from all qualified applicants and strongly believe that diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact to our whole school community.
Working pattern: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 7.00 am – 2.30 pm, including a 30-minute unpaid break. 39 weeks per year, to include 3 cleaning days.
Potential candidates would be most welcome to visit or have an informal telephone conversation with the Director of Business and Finance before applying, and if you would like to do so, please contact the Headteacher’s PA, Mrs Rachel Gilding, at rgilding@stmaryschesterfield.org.uk to arrange this. Please note that the school will close for the Easter holiday on Friday, 27 March 2026, until Monday, 13 April 2026.
The job description, person specification and application documents may be downloaded from the school’s website, or alternatively, please contact Mrs R Gilding, Headteacher’s PA, on 01246 201191 (ext 2011) or email rgilding@stmaryschesterfield.org.uk
CVs will not be accepted - applications must be made using the school’s application form.
Closing date: 10.00 am on Wednesday, 15 April 2025.
Please note that applications will be considered as they are received, and we therefore urge candidates to apply as soon as possible. We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date.
St Mary's Catholic High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
About St Mary's Catholic High School
- St Mary's Catholic High School
- Newbold Road, Upper Newbold, Chesterfield
- Derbyshire
- S41 8AG
- United Kingdom
St Mary’s Catholic High School is a mixed secondary academy in North Derbyshire. The school converted to a Catholic voluntary-aided academy in the summer of 2012. St Mary’s is located north of Chesterfield, with places for 1,300 students aged 11-18, of which 285 are in the sixth form. The school primarily serves North East Derbyshire, but some students travel from as far afield as Sheffield.
St Mary’s Catholic High School is supported by the Catholic dioceses of Hallam and Nottingham, with additional governors appointed to represent parents, staff and the local authority.
Headteacher
Maria Dengate
Values and vision
St Mary’s Catholic High School is committed to providing a variety of opportunities to students at all stages of their development. Extra-curricular activities are considered to be equally as important as examinations, and the school celebrates both academic and non-academic achievement. Students are encouraged to contribute regardless of where their talents lie, and the school aims to foster all abilities.
St Mary’s states that, despite being a faith school, it is open to all communities in North Derbyshire, and that the social diversity found within the student body is testament to the school’s inclusivity.
Ofsted report
“There is exemplary behaviour around the school. Students are unfailingly courteous and polite to adults, and each other. Students say that bullying is not a concern and it is very rare for any disruption to occur in lessons. Students are kept very safe in the school and it is clear from their attitudes to school and their attendance that students are extremely proud to be a part of the community of St Mary’s Catholic High School.”
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