Catering Manager

Netherwood Academy; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrea Academy Netherwood is seeking a Catering Manager to run our school's catering operations and services on a day-to-day basis, ensuring high quality meals for students and staff. You will lead a team of kitchen staff, develop a food-led curriculum delivered to our pupils, and promote healthy choices while delivering a responsive, customer-focused service.

Our values-driven school environment is supported by Astrea Academy Trust, offers excellent CPD and progression opportunities within the

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day catering operations and services at the school.
• Lead a team of kitchen staff and develop a food-led curriculum delivered to students.
• Promote healthy choices and deliver a responsive, customer-focused service.

Job description

Catering Manager - Astrea Academy Netherwood

Do you want to be part of a team which strives to generate rapid improvement?

Are you meticulous in your approach to your own work and in securing high-quality contributions from others in the team?

Are you passionate about making sure systems and processes run smoothly and efficiently?

Astrea Academy Netherwood is an 11-16 academy which opened in September 2012, set in an extensive £35 million campus. As part of Astrea Academy Trust, Astrea Academy Netherwood is in an exciting period of development.

Astrea Academy Netherwood are recruiting a Catering Manager to manage our schools catering operations to create exceptional food experiences.

You will be responsible for running the day to day catering operations and services at our school. You will lead a team of kitchen staff developing a food led curriculum which is to be delivered to our children.

You will be integral in helping our children learn where our food comes from and make healthy choices and will be required to adopt a student led and customer focused approach to delivering a responsive and effective service.

We are values-driven and our vision is to provide an inclusive, aspirational and academic education for all our students, so that all of them will learn, thrive and lead successful lives. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We want to ensure that all our students have the option to be able to go to university or aspirational alternative. We are not going to reduce expectations because of a child’s background or home life, or because they are new to English or have a special education need. In fact, the opposite is true. It is our job to redouble our efforts to help children overcome these barriers so that they can flourish.

We value our staff highly and treat workload very seriously. Our systems are high leverage, ensuring you can really focus on your core purpose.

What we offer:

• Support and progression opportunities
• Excellent support from the Astrea Trust Central team
• Highly visible/supportive senior leaders who have your back
• Excellent ongoing CPD, career development and promotion opportunities across the Astrea South Yorkshire region
• Opportunity to complete further qualifications
• An unrivalled professional progression model

What we are looking for:

The successful candidate will be:

Aligned to our values and mission. If you are the type of person who fits with our culture, you will love working here

Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs.

We actively welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our academy to appreciate fully our excellent learning environment (details in the applicant brief).

The closing date for all applications is midnight on 25th September 2026.

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.