Kitchen Manager - St. Andrew's CE Infant School

St Andrew’s is a popular two-form entry infant school situated in a semi-rural location on the outskirts of Coventry. Our pupils are happy, enthusiastic, and well-behaved learners who make our school a fantastic place to be. All members of our school community work together to live out our school values of respect, responsibility, and peace. If you are an experienced cook with current experience managing a school kitchen, whose values align with ours, then we’d love to receive an application from you.

St Andrew’s is looking to appoint an experienced and enthusiastic Kitchen Manager to join our happy and supportive lunchtime team.

As a school we can offer you:

• Incredible children who make coming to work an absolute joy
• Caring and supportive colleagues
• A commitment to staff welfare and work-life balance
• Professional development opportunities to support you in your role or to enable career progression
• A supportive governing body
• The opportunity to work in Coventry’s only Infant School

We are looking to appoint an experienced cook who:

• Can motivate and manage others
• Can produce high quality, nutritious meals, presented to a high standard which appeal to young children
• Can effectively manage stock and food supplies
• Understands and can comply with health and safety, food hygiene and personal hygiene legislation
• Has excellent communication skills
• Has excellent organisational and time management skills
• Is willing to undertake any required training
• Has recent experience of working within an educational setting

If you feel that you can meet these criteria, then we’d love to invite you to visit our school, prior to applying. Please contact our school office (Tel: 02476 466309) to arrange an appointment with our headteacher Mrs Underhill.

To apply, please download the application pack and return completed direct to the school.

Our workforce data shows that men and people from minority ethnic backgrounds are under-represented, we encourage applicants from these backgrounds to apply.  This does not prevent individuals with or without other protected characteristics as set out within the Equality Act 2010 from applying for this post.  

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS, all relevant safeguarding and pre-employment clearances, and the receipt of two satisfactory references.

Following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for an additional pre employment check with effect 1 Sept 22, please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process.

Closing Date: 12 noon on Monday 18th May 2026

Interview Date: W/C 1st June 2026