Salary: £ £14.13 per hour
Grade: E
Contract: Permanent – Term Time Only
Hours: 27.5 hours per week - 20 Core/ 7.5 Variable
Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Spofforth Primary School
Are you keen to join a friendly team who are committed to making a real impact in their local community? If so, this role is for you.
We are recruiting a Cook to join our friendly team at Spofforth C of E Primary school, Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
You will be providing tasty, nutritious, home-cooked meals made from locally sourced fresh produce. NYES is a 'fresh food' organisation encouraging children and young people to choose nutritious meals. We are proud to offer a wide choice of healthy options to our children encouraging them to eat well and fuelling their appetite for learning.
As a Cook you will be delivering an effective catering service operating to the highest standards of food safety. Your role will require you to prepare and cook for approximately 80 children a day, serve meals to pupils and staff as well as other kitchen management duties such as supervision of staff, ordering of food, stocktaking and administration, setting out and putting away dining furniture, washing up and cleaning the kitchen and dining areas.
As a valued member of our hard-working team you will be reliable, dependable and committed to providing healthy wholesome dishes, working typically 27.5 hours per week over 5 days – 8.45am start with a 14.15pm finish. This family friendly role will allow you to work around school holiday commitments. Training will be given.
You will work term time weeks only however you will receive equal monthly payments throughout the year. For this you will be paid £13.47 to £14.13 per hour in addition to annual holiday and Bank Holiday entitlement.
What can we offer you?
In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.
These include:
* A local government pension scheme with 18.1% employer contribution
* Salary sacrifice schemes
* Employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more
* Travel loans
* Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing
This post requires an Enhanced DBS, the cost of which will be met by the Employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.
More Information
If you would like an informal discussion about this vacancy, please contact Anne-Marie Kaye Area Manager Catering Area 6 Tel, Email
Key Documents:
Job Description
Total Rewards Brochure
Key Dates:
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.
It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.
We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of adults at risk.
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.
North Yorkshire Councils' purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other's contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
Cook
Salary: £ £14.13 per hour
Posted: 18/08/2025
Closing date: 31/08/2025
Closing time: 23:59