Salary: £14.13 per hour
Grade: F9
Contract Type: Permanent, term time
Vacancy Hours: up to 31.3 per week
Location: Fairburn, West Yorkshire - Fairburn Community Primary School
Fairburn Community Primary School, Great North Road, Fairburn, WF11 9JY
Working hours, Breakfast Club Coordinator: Term Time Only, 07:30-08:45
Working hours, Cook: Term Time only plus 5 days, 09:00-2:00
At Fairburn Community Primary School, we work hard as a team to provide our children with the very best education possible. Our school is a great place to be. It is exciting, challenging, warm, friendly and incredibly rewarding. We have high aspirations for all of our children – they deserve nothing less.
Are you passionate about food and love working with children? We are seeking to appoint 2 enthusiastic and dedicated professionals to join our friendly team as a Breakfast Club Leader and School Cook. This post can be combined into 1 role for the right applicant.
At Fairburn, we pride ourselves on creating a positive, nurturing environment for both pupils and staff.
What you’ll be doing:
As our Breakfast Club Coordinator, you’ll play a key role in making sure our children receive a healthy and fun start to every day.
- Serving breakfast to children on their arrival at school from 7.30am until 8.45am
- Supervising children as they eat.
- Ensuring food safety, hygiene and allergen procedures are followed at all times
- Making sure the children have age appropriate activities to occupy them before the start of school
- Clearing the hall and get it ready for the school day.
What you’ll be doing:
As our school cook, you’ll play a key role in making sure our children receive healthy, nutritious, and delicious meals every day.
- Preparing and cooking a variety of meals for our pupils
- Supervising children as they eat.
- Working closely with our wider school staff
- Ensuring food safety, hygiene and allergen procedures are followed at all times
- Planning innovative menus in line with nutritional standards (support and guidance provided)
- Keeping the kitchen clean and tidy
- Responsible for ordering and kitchen paperwork
What we’re looking for:
- A genuine love of cooking and a desire to work in a school setting
- You need to be reliable, show initiative and be prepared to join in with the life of the school. We host lots of community events where we serve hot snacks- overtime will be paid.
- Experience in catering (school or similar environment preferred)
- A team player who is friendly, reliable and flexible
- A Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate (or willingness to obtain one)
- We would expect the successful school cook to have experience of running a small kitchen, or their own section of a bigger kitchen. You will need to have a good understanding of food safety and allergens.
- This would be an ideal role if you have experience of managing a kitchen and would enjoy working alone in the kitchen but within the wider small school team, cooking for a set number daily and working weekdays only.
- This role will require an enhanced DBS certificate
What we offer:
- A supportive, close-knit school team
- Friendly and respectful pupils
- Training opportunities and ongoing support
- Term-time working – enjoy the school holidays off!
If you’d like to be part of a team that makes a real difference every day, we’d love to hear from you.
To apply, please contact school via email or telephone. If you have any queries, please contact the school on 01977 672158.
Visits to the school are strongly recommended prior to applying.
Key Document: New Chef and Breakfast Club Letter.docx
Key Date: closing date is 26 June 2026
Fairburn Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to this commitment. All posts are subject to pre-employment checks, references will be sought, and successful candidates will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
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