Cook (Bowmandale Primary School)

Join Our School Kitchen Team!

We’re looking for friendly, reliable and enthusiastic individuals to help make lunchtimes a great experience for our pupils. If you enjoy working with children and have a passion for great customer service, this could be the perfect role for you!

This post is to cover maternity at Bowmandale Primary and is expected to last for a year from date of appointment.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Preparing and serving nutritious school meals
• Leading your team to provide excellent customer service
• Completing orders and managing stock control
• Liaising with school and the service to promote our service and increase meal uptake
• Controlling kitchen costs.
• Following and managing hygiene and safety procedures
• Completing kitchen paperwork (e.g. cleaning schedules, temperature logs payroll)

What We Are Looking For:

• A caring attitude and a team spirit.
• Excellent cooking skills and presentation.
• Good communication skills – especially with children
• Basic literacy and numeracy
• Food hygiene level 2, training in allergens and safeguarding

This is a physically active role in a busy school kitchen, so you will need to be comfortable with standing, lifting and working at pace. Flexibility is appreciated, especially during school events.

Working times:

- Monday to Friday, 8am to 2pm, term time only plus 4 additional days.

Please see attached job description and employee specification which you should refer to when completing your application to demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.

For an informal discussion please contact Nick Parker on 07717 587925.

Closing date: 29 October 2026

Interview date: 6 November 2026

Candidates must be able to evidence their right to work in the UK. Please note the council does not hold a sponsor licence to sponsor people to work in the UK.

As an employer, we promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers. Recruitment to this post will follow our safer recruitment procedure which includes us requesting references prior to interview and a DBS check.

Attachments

• Job description and employee specification.pdf
• Term time calculator.pdf