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Catering Manager - Full-time

Rainham Mark Grammar School, Gillingham

  • Ref:MED887-5420-382S
  • Posted:06/07/2026
  • Pay:NJC Grade C2 Point 12-25 £25,800-£32,801 per annum
  • Start Date:September 2026
  • App Close Date:17/07/2026 at 12:00
  • Interviews:21st July 2026

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We are seeking to appoint a full time (37 hours per week) 40 weeks per year (Term Time plus 10 days), Catering Manager at Rainham Mark Grammar School.  The successful candidate will be an experienced and motivated Catering Manager who will lead and develop our school catering service, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, nutritious meals for students and staff. They will oversee menu planning, manage food provision in line with school nutrition standards, maintain stock levels and budgets, and ensure all dietary and allergy requirements are safely and effectively catered for.

You will lead and support the catering team, managing staff rotas, performance, training and wellbeing to ensure an efficient and positive working environment. You will also be responsible for maintaining high standards of food safety, hygiene and health and safety across kitchen and dining facilities, ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation and school policies.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Support the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) in promoting and maintaining high standards of student behaviour and conduct within the dining areas, reinforcing school expectations and contributing to a positive dining experience for all;
  • Managing catering budgets, purchasing and stock control to ensure cost-effective service delivery;
  • Supervising catering operations and maintaining quality standards;
  • Supporting recruitment, induction and training of catering staff;
  • Ensuring safeguarding responsibilities and school policies are upheld;
  • Contributing to the ongoing development and improvement of the catering service.

This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive individual with strong leadership, organisational and communication skills to make a positive impact within our school community.

What can RMGS offer you? 

Rainham Mark Grammar School provides an enriching co-educational experience where students are nurtured to develop their leadership skills and creativity. We are a school for every academically able young person regardless of social-economic background, ethnicity, or gender, with additional support and bursaries where they are needed. Our success is based on our high expectations. Our students and staff are motivated; they inspire and challenge each other to be the best version of themselves. We believe our students are simply the best of their generation, it is a privilege to work with them. Rainham Mark Grammar School is a happy place to learn and to grow, we encourage you to visit and experience our community.  

Our school was judged “Good” by Ofsted in 2022 but we are firmly of the belief that we have the potential to be exceptional.  There is much to achieve in an ever-changing education landscape. 

Benefits of Working for Rainham Mark Education Trust:

  • Free Private Healthcare Cover - Benenden Healthcare (on contracts over 15 hours per week)
  • Free Health Checks
  • Free Flu Jabs
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • High quality CPD opportunities
  • Access to Mental Health First Aiders
  • Onsite free parking
  • A Trust committed to achieving a healthy work/life balance

Applications for this role are only accepted via My New Term. 

 

Information about the school

Rainham Mark Grammar School provides an enriching co-educational experience where students are nurtured to develop their leadership skills and creativity. We are a school for every academically able young person regardless of social-economic background, ethnicity, or gender, with additional support and bursaries where they are needed. Our success is based on our high expectations. Our students and staff are motivated; they inspire and challenge each other to be the best version of themselves. We believe our students are simply the best of their generation, it is a privilege to work with them. Rainham Mark Grammar School is a happy place to learn and to grow, we encourage you to visit and experience our community.

Our school was judged “Good” by Ofsted in 2022 but we are firmly of the belief that we have the potential to be exceptional. There is much to achieve in an ever-changing education landscape.

Rainham Mark Education Trust is a family of three Academies in Medway, compromising of Rainham Mark Grammar School - Ofsted ‘Good’ May 2022, Riverside Primary School and Nursery - Ofsted ‘Good’ June 2025 and Twydall Primary School and Nursery - Ofsted ‘Good’ May 2023.

The core purpose of the Trust is to cultivate wisdom, character and strength in students so they can understand, celebrate and shape the world in which they live.

Together, our ambitions for the children in our local community continue to build on current success, and raise the bar further, such that the life chances of each child in our care are maximised through a deeply inclusive education, routinely high expectations, and a range of opportunities that seek to embed a love of learning.

Rainham Mark Education Trust (RMET) is in a very exciting stage of its development, having recently realigned and strengthened our central team, relaunched our vision and established an ambitious future strategy.

The benefits of working for us include:

  • Support from a network of senior leaders and teachers within the school and our Trust

  • Regular planned opportunities to collaborate and share best practice within the Trust

  • Working with a team of friendly, dedicated and hardworking staff and Trustees

  • An outstanding offer of CPD opportunities

  • A sharp focus on staff well-being including Health Care provision

Rainham Mark Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We implement a robust recruitment process across the Trust that aligns with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidelines. The recruitment process involves conducting online checks on shortlisted candidates and all employment offers are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Scheme, medical, confirmation of qualifications, experience checks and satisfactory references.

Our Trust upholds equality, inclusion and diversity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates. We are committed to nurturing a supportive work environment where each individual is respected, appreciated and welcomed. We also support applications for flexible work arrangements.

This vacancy will close on or before the specified closing date depending on the volume of suitable applicants. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short listed on this occasion. We wish to stress that no discourtesy is intended in following such a procedure, and you should not let this deter you from future applications.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.