An amazing opportunity is available join the brand new Tiffield Academy as Chef Manager!  Tiffield Academy, an all-through special free school for autistic students who have severe learning difficulties (SLD) and Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN), will open its doors in September 2025 in a purpose-built new building and you could be an integral part of this. 

Tiffield Academy are recruiting a catering team for their newly built academy kitchen in Tiffield. New pupils will join the academy at phased stages in September, January and April.

The vacancies available will commence their role in the last week of August/first week of September 2025, to complete induction, training on the kitchen equipment, and preparing the kitchen/dining room for the new term.

Our Chef Manager will lead the catering team to provide lunch time meals for our students. 

Qualifications and Experience

It would be desirable for you to:

- Have experience of working in an education setting.

·        - Be familiar with ordering, budgeting and accounts.

·        - Be familiar with completing Risk assessments.

·       -  Have knowledge of Government Nutritional Standards and Allergy Awareness.

         -  Be trained to a Level 3 NVQ in Food preparation and Supervision (or equivalent) or be willing to work towards this.

·       -  Hold an up-to-date level 2/3 Food Safety Certificate.

About us:

Tiffield Academy will be the newest addition to the special academy portfolio within the very successful Greenwood Academies Trust. The academy will open its doors in September 2025 welcoming up to 140 pupils in its first year and growing to 230 pupils over subsequent years.  

The purpose-built new building has been designed with the pupils’ needs at the forefront of everyone’s thoughts with good sized classrooms, quiet spaces for group work and calming spaces as well as sensory rooms. There will be dedicated rooms for Food Technology, Art and Science as well as workspaces for staff. Thought has been put into the exterior design too, including an outdoor games area, sensory garden and horticulture area planned.  

In return:

You can be assured that you will be joining a successful Multi Academy Trust that has a great track record in helping children to succeed no matter what their background. The Trust is dedicated to valuing and developing the workforce whether that be through ensuring a fair workload or offering access to bespoke CPD from the Learning Alliance to enhance professional growth.

We believe in looking after the people who make a huge difference to our children, their families and the communities we serve. That’s why we give everyone who joins a Perkbox account – with 24/7 access to perks and discounts, plus curated wellbeing tools to look after your physical and mental health. It’s part of our commitment to look after you.

Here’s what you can look forward to:

• Hundreds of global and local perks, available online 24/7
• Shopping discounts from the biggest brands, all year round
• Save money on everything from the supermarket shop to summer holidays
• A free Employee Assistance Programme from Vivup

If this post attracts sufficient interest before the closing date, we may decide to close and interview this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts will be subject to receipt of satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure, medical and reference checks.  All pre-employment checks are in line with "Keeping Children Safe in Education”.

The Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.

All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.