Job Description

Colchester Royal Grammar School

Address:

Colchester, Essex CO3 3ND

Salary:

13.26 - 13.47 per hour

Hours:

18 hours per week on Saturday and Sunday, 33 weeks per year (term time only)

Contract:

Permanent. Required as soon as possible

Reference:

8142

Weekend Cook.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in one of the country's leading selective schools, (awarded The Sunday Times Parent Power East Anglia State Secondary School of the Decade and The Sunday Times State Secondary School of the Year for Academic Excellence East Anglia 2025).


This is a unique and rewarding position with sole responsibility for the preparation, cooking and service of dinner for up to 35 boarders and duty staff. You will have the ability to follow an agreed menu and recipes, as well as knowledge of health and safety and food hygiene regulations.


We are open to applications from candidates who have experience of cooking meals from scratch and who want to develop their skills in a welcoming and supportive kitchen.

Benefits include:

Free parking, contributory pension, death in service, an Employee Assistance Programme and the use of our swimming pool during the summer months.

To find out more

Please read the

and Person Specification (word)

for more details.

How to apply

Please complete the

Application Form (word)

, alternatively, you can download an application form from

our website

Please email the application form to

applications@crgs.co.uk

Closing date: 12 pm, 8 December 2025.

We reserve the right to interview before this date therefore we urge potential applicants to apply as soon as possible.


The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and the successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check. Our school is enriched by a strongly multicultural and diverse student body. We promote equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do, and would welcome applications from people who support and enhance this ethos. All candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be screened online. We have a Recruitment and Selection Policy Statement Policies, TSAT Trust

Thinking Schools Academy Trust, TSAT Trust

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