Role: Lead Cook
Location: St Matthias – Brentry Site Bristol
Start Date: ASAP
Closing Date: Friday 3rd April
Interview Date: TBC
Hours: Monday to Friday 15 hours a week, 10.45am - 1.45pm, term time plus 5 inset days.
Salary: Grade 5 scales point 11 – 17 £28,142 - £31,022 (Actual salary £9,082 - £10,805)
Job Advert: School Cook
Purpose: Oversee and manage the catering service for the school, ensuring healthy, nutritious meals are provided daily while developing staff and adhering to health and safety standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage daily catering operations and staff supervision.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations (COSHH, HACCP).
- Maintain stock levels and manage food ordering within budget.
- Assist in developing and executing the catering strategy and menu planning.
- Prepare and cook a variety of balanced dishes.
- Supervise food service areas and commercial catering events.
School Support:
- Uphold confidentiality and contribute to child protection and school life.
St Matthias Academy is a small, nurturing education community with three sites across Bristol and Bath—Fishponds for KS3 & KS4, Brentry for KS3, and Abbott Alphege for KS3 & KS4. We work with young people who have often become disillusioned with education, but this feeling changes quickly once they join our school.
At St Matthias, we focus on personalised learning journeys that empower each student to achieve academic success and build the confidence and skills needed to overcome personal challenges. Our goal is to help pupils develop a positive attitude toward learning, allowing them to thrive, grow, and succeed.
With the support of our dedicated and skilled staff, our pupils transition successfully back into mainstream education, specialist settings, or college. We are committed to guiding our young people to take the next steps that are right for their individual futures.
Join us in helping young people find their path to success at St Matthias Academy.
There are many advantages to working for us. Included in your actual annual salary is generous annual leave entitlement, access to a local government pension scheme, sick pay scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, free eye tests and employee assistance helpline.
We encourage early applications as we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the closing date if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
St Matthias Academy 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 under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
