St Mary's School Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
Salary:
£40,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
03 November 2025
Apply by:
15 October 2025
Job overview
Everything we do is about empowerment.
At St Mary's School in Cambridge, you can be YOU. We're a unique school community that celebrates diversity and blends different languages, cultures and perspectives to create a true microcosm of the world.
Our Catering Team is at the heart of our School and they play a key part in ensuring that our students (aged from 3 years to 18) are offered a nutritious, interesting and diverse menu whether this is breakfast, lunch, dinner or healthy snacks – we all know that having a healthy diet and being 'fully fuelled' is essential for developing young people and aiding learning. A clear focus is on customer experience and high levels of satisfaction, so this role is critical in the delivery of a first-class dining standard whilst keeping a balance on cost, food wastage/environmental factors and the management and development of the team across all School sites.
From teaching and pastoral care to school life, everything we do at St Mary's is for the benefit of our girls. As a single-sex independent school, we enable girls to build self-confidence and gain the knowledge and skills they need to overcome gender stereotypes. Whilst we give them the academic results to get wherever they want to go, we ensure they leave with far, far more – self-belief, passion and a desire to make a difference.
With amazing academic results, a rich pastoral programme and a nurturing and empowering environment, this is a unique place to study – and to work. Whatever your role, you will help to take a remarkable community to the next level and will benefit from significant investment in your personal and professional development. After all, releasing potential is why we're here.
If you want to be here too, you can enjoy an outstanding career and comprehensive benefits including a contributory pension scheme, 33% discount (pro rata for part-time staff) on school fees, BUPA cash plan, an occupational sickness scheme, free lunches and refreshments, a season ticket discount and much more.
If you have any questions, please contact the HR Team by email: or call:
If you can bring your best every day and want to help us inspire the next generation, it's time we talked.
Please click the apply button to complete an online application form.
Closing date: 5pm on Wednesday 15 October 2025
Interview date: To be confirmed
We will review applications on receipt. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date, and we reserve the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.
The school is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants are subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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About St Mary's School Cambridge
St Mary's School Cambridge
Bateman Street, Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 1LY
United Kingdom
St Mary's School is a girls-only, non-selective, Roman Catholic, all-through school with sixth form situated in Cambridge. It is an independent school with day and boarding options. A smaller than average school, it provides 750 places for junior, senior and sixth-form students between the ages of 3 and 18 when fully subscribed.
The school was founded by sisters from the Congregation of Jesus in 1898. They drew their inspiration from 17th-century religious sister the Venerable Mary Ward, basing it on her vision of the essential dignity of each human.
Head
Hannah Helliar
Values and vision
St Mary's School provides its girls with a strong social and moral framework, which helps them succeed in higher education, the world of work and as successful citizens in the wider community. Teachers foster a love of learning in their students, nurturing talents, valuing each girl as an individual and helping every pupils flourish academically. The school strives to cater for all academic, pastoral, creative and athletic needs.
ISI Report Key points
The school achieved an outstanding overall 98% parental satisfaction rate.
'Almost all pupils achieve places at the most selective universities, conservatoires and art colleges in a range of disciplines, including those with the highest entry criteria.'
'Pupils make strong progress across the range of subjects' and are: 'highly successful in their achievements beyond the classroom in a range of activities encompassing different interests.'
'Pupils display mature levels of understanding across the curriculum', with the quality of teaching praised as 'ambitious, stimulating and well matched to their needs.'
'Pupils form highly positive relationships with each other and with staff and they develop good leadership skills' with students feeling 'ready and well prepared for the next stage of their lives.'
View St Mary's School Cambridge's latest ISI report
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