A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Catering Manager at Riverside Academy .   

About the Role 

Responsible for the operational efficiency of the catering service, planning, preparation, and presentation of food to the required standard within the budget limitations as agreed with the school management.  Maintenance of the highest standards of personnel management, hygiene and health and safety. 

Are you: 
• Hard-working, honest, dependable, and self-motivated? 
• Capable of establishing good working relationships with staff, pupils, and parents? 
• An exceptional cook, passionate about healthy, high-quality nutrition? 
• Committed to teamwork? 
• Child-centered and solution focused? 
 
If so, you’ll love to work at Riverside Academy

Our children deserve the best and as a Catering Manager at Riverside Academy you will be a part of our innovative approach to school catering – REAch2EAT. You will have a passion for cooking and providing high quality meals using fresh, local produce as well as delivering exceptional service to our children.  

Food served in school forms a part of our healthy school’s ethos, and exceptional nutrition supports our drive for exceptional opportunities for learning. The successful applicant can expect to work as part of a committed school team as well as a wider support network of our REAch2EAT Catering Team. 

We can offer you: 
• A firm commitment to you and your professional development 
• Friendly, supportive, enthusiastic, and hardworking colleagues, staff and governors 
• An inspiring learning community 
• Encouragement to develop new ideas and the opportunity to make a real difference. 
• Opportunities to further develop your career within our Multi Academy Trust, REAch2, the largest primary-only academy trust in the country. 
• A support network within REAch2EAT including our Catering Lead 
• And, most importantly, AMAZING children just waiting to meet you. 

For further information about the role come and visit our school!  To book your visit or for an informal discussion, please contact the school office.  School visits are encouraged but are by appointment only.

 Why work with us 

There are over 60 schools within the Trust which means we can offer opportunities including: 

▶️Collaboration across other REAch2 schools, both locally and nationally. 

▶️ Specialist curriculum support and training from our Trust experts - providing a flightpath for professional development 

  ▶️ A  support package for staff wellbeing 
 
You’ll be working for a Trust with big ambitions for all our schools to be 'great'. We want to be national leaders in sustainability; to transform our teaching and learning through digital transformation and to ensure social justice is at the heart of what we do. 

Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and Data Protection  

At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.   

We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity. 

For more information about our safer recruitment processes, please click here for our Safer Recruitment Policy. 

All information is stored securely, and any information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed through a confidential waste system six months after the decision has been communicated, in accordance with our information and records retention policy.  

The Trust ensures all applicant data is stored and processed appropriately. For further details on how your information will be managed during the recruitment process please refer to our Privacy Notice for Job Applications.