Together we build brighter futures for our young people with special educational needs. Founded in 2012, The Ascent Academies’ Trust is a family of five special academies in the North of England, over four different local authorities. We are a collaborative group of academies who work closely with one another in order to achieve the best outcomes for our young people. As a result, our academies have improved year on year and all academies are currently at least Good from an Ofsted rating, with some individual areas rated outstanding. This is an exciting time to join our Trust as we look to set out our next steps in creating brilliant schools. We are an ethical Trust whose vision and values are aligned to equality and diversity, collaboration and lifelong learning.
Post: Kitchen Manager
Scale: Grade F, SCP10 - SCP14
Hours/ weeks: 37hours/ 39 weeks per year
Salary: £23,602 – £25,180 (actual paid salary)
Contract term: Permanent
Location: Hope Wood Academy
We are looking for two kitchen managers to work in our busy school kitchens, you will be working alongside our chef/lecturer who leads the catering service across two school sites. You will be passionate about ensuring young people have access to healthy and nutritious food which meets their dietary and sensory needs. You will be hardworking, flexible and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. It is important that young people know where their food comes from and to develop good dietary habits which will serve them well into adulthood. Our kitchen's also serve as training kitchens for young people with special educational needs therefore you must be willing and able to support our young people to develop in a real-life kitchen environment.
Candidates will possess GCSE A*-C or equivalent including Maths and English or equivalent or be willing to undertake a skills test as part of the interview process. You will also have 2 years experience of managing within a catering environment.
What we need:
An individual with a passion for working in the catering service of a multi-academy trust
An enthusiastic and positive approach
Commitment to own professional development including the completion of an external qualification during the course of the traineeship Consistently high expectations and aspirations for our young people and yourself
Someone with strong attention to detail, thoroughness and a high level of integrity
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Complete commitment to the core values of Ascent
We can offer you:
An exciting opportunity to develop within this role
Comprehensive induction programme
Opportunity to work in settings which value multi-disciplinary ways of working
An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals who love what they do
A comprehensive wellbeing and support package for staff
This is an exceptional opportunity to make a difference within a positive and exciting environment. If you share our community’s ethos of diversity and collaboration, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
For an informal discussion about this post please contact Adele Pearson, Head of Academy by email: apearson@ascenttrust.org To apply for this post please click on 'Apply Now' and login to/ create your NEJobs account.
The Job Description and Person Specification for this post can be viewed in the Supporting Documents section of this advert.
Closing Date: Tuesday 17th June 2025 at 9.00am
Interview Date: 7th, 9th & 10th July 2025 - the interview process will involve a practical assessment.
Please note - if you are shortlisted, you will be subject to an online search. This is not part of the shortlisting process and you will have the opportunity to address any issues of concern that come up during the search at interview.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people with Special Needs and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore will be subject to a DBS check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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