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Cook salary

What cooks are advertised at on live vacancies we hold — we name the nation whenever we publish a figure.

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Insufficient verified salary data — we only publish pay figures we can evidence from live public vacancy adverts or official pay scales.

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Insufficient verified salary data

We do not yet hold enough verified salary evidence to publish a figure here.

Statistics are derived from live public vacancies at the time of the last refresh. They are a snapshot of advertised pay, not a historical earnings series.

How we calculate salary information

Cook pay in UK education is set by the employer and the applicable pay framework. We publish figures here only where we can evidence them from live public vacancy adverts or an official pay scale.

What you can do instead

We do not yet hold enough verified salary evidence to publish a cook pay figure. There are 4 live cook vacancies you can review directly.

  • Open the live cook vacancies below — many adverts state pay directly.
  • Check the pay framework that applies to the role, where one exists.
  • Tell us if you spot a salary that looks wrong so we can review the advert.
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Cook job openings

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Cook

The Toynbee School · Eastleigh

EHCC Scale C is £26,018 – 27,111 FTE

Cook

St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy · Bolton

Salary not stated

Cook

Saltford CofE Primary School · Bristol

Grade 3 SCP 6 Pro rata salary £18,531.69

Cook

Overstone Gate Primary School · Northampton

£25,988.00 - £28,598.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Scale F6-G12 (£16,976-£18,681 gross)

Schools hiring cooks

Ranked by live vacancy volume. We do not publish employer-level pay figures.

Overstone Gate Primary School

1 open role

Saltford CofE Primary School

1 open role

St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy

1 open role

The Toynbee School

1 open role

Where cooks are being advertised

Areas with the most live cook vacancies.

Bolton

1 open role

Bristol

1 open role

Eastleigh

1 open role

Northampton

1 open role

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Frequently asked questions

How much does a cook earn?

We do not yet hold enough verified salary evidence to publish a cook figure. Rather than estimate, we show live vacancies so you can see what employers are actually advertising.

Does cook pay vary by area?

It can, but we only publish area differences where we have enough evidence for that area — we never apply a regional multiplier to invent a local figure.

What pay framework applies to a cook?

Cook pay varies by employer — trusts, local authorities and independent employers each set their own pay arrangements.

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