Food Tech Teacher

Job title: Food Tech Teacher
Job type: Fixed Term
Location: Oldham
Start date: January 2025

We are seeking to appoint a Food Tech Teacher on a 12 month fixed term basis who is passionate and dedicated to join a fantastic secondary school in Oldham as a maternity cover. The initial start date for this role is January 2025, however this is negotiable for the right candidate. This school has a good track record of fixed term positions becoming permanent if this meets the needs of the successful candidate. Food Tech is delivered as part of their key stage 3 Design and Technology curriculum, with GCSE food and nutrition being a popular option choice at key stage 4. A handover period has been included in the contract so that you will be able to prepare for the role and liaise with the colleague who is due to go on maternity leave.

This school retained their 'GOOD' Ofsted rating in January 2022 with key highlights stating: "Pupils behave sensibly around the school and in lessons. They are respectful to other pupils, staff and visitors." "Staff value the steps that leaders have taken to ease their workload and support their well-being." Senior leaders have taken radical steps to manage the workload and well-being of colleagues by reducing unnecessary burdens and bureaucracy. These actions were rated highly in the most recent staff survey, which takes place on annual basis.

This secondary school in Oldham celebrates students' uniqueness and supports their young people to flourish and become responsible, successful citizens who contribute positively to their communities. They invest in each member of staff, offering them professional development opportunities, including designation as Evidence Leads in Education for the Research School; delivery of school-to-school support; CPD facilitation and support for trainee teachers. Staff have access to opportunities to develop their teaching practice, such as training on meta cognition, virtual classroom coaching and retrieval practice. They celebrate diversity by encouraging an understanding of our communities, faiths and cultures.

Additional Benefits:

Automatic enrolment into a Pension Scheme
Cycle to work schemes available
Various health and well being benefits (including on site gym membership)
Free on-site parking
Excellent opportunities for CPD and career development
Well located with good public transport links and excellent access to the motorway networkIf you believe you are a good fit for this Food Tech Teacher role, apply today and we will be in touch to discuss your application.

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Career Teachers are committed to negotiating a salary package that is fair and paid to scale. Salary will depend on experience.

Important Notice: In order for you to be successful in applying for the above position you should be eligible to work in the UK, or hold a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and integrity are at the heart of what we do. During the application process you are required to attend an interview with the client in person and give details for us to complete reference checks.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, we encourage you to please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you. Career Teachers is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients