Curriculum Team Leader of Food Technology

Are you All About Aldersley? We hope very much that you are!

To be all about Aldersley means to be all about high expectations, all about ambition and all about wanting to make a difference in a local community that needs you. There is doing a job and there is making a difference - we are looking very much for the latter, and we want you to get in touch if that means you.

Aldersley High School is a diverse, high successful 11-18 comprehensive school set in the north-east of Wolverhampton, near to the commuter link of Junction 2 of the M54. We serve a vibrant and ambitious community that is used to having a strong school at its heart, and we would love for you to be part of it.

Aldersley was the founding school of the Amethyst Trust, which has expanded significantly over the past few years to now encompass five schools in a growing and thriving Trust partnership. We benefit from fantastic relationships with our sister schools, meaning that there is great opportunity for networking, professional development and ultimately professional success at Aldersley and beyond in our Trust.

Aldersley has been judged as 'Good' in its most recent inspections in both 2018 and 2023 and has maintained a strong Progress 8 score and above average attainment throughout this period. We have students who want to do well, and our ambition is very clear: we will never settle for anything less than the best for our students in their achievement, their behaviour and their wider personal development.

The Amethyst Trust is at the forefront of educational thinking, with innovative teaching with a knowledge-rich edge, progressive ideas on feedback and staff wellbeing, and excellent provision for SEND students through our well-equipped Resource Base. We benefit from fantastic grounds and facilities, including excellent and regularly-updated ICT, and the Trust is in a strong position to make sure that our staff and students want for nothing.

If you think you that you might be All About Aldersley, please get in touch to arrange a call, email or visit to our school. This can be done by contacting Claire Hammond at chammond@aatrust.co.uk and we will be back in touch with you as soon as we can.

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to lead the provision of Food Technology at our school, a popular subject of real importance to our school community. The CTL will be responsible for the delivery, administration and development of the Food curriculum, and be accountable for student outcomes in Key Stages 3 and 4 as part of our wider Design Technology curriculum.

You will have experience of, or the aspiration towards, leading Food to a high level in a secondary school, with proven impact and a track record of excellent outcomes. You will be able to lead other motivated and talented practitioners to deliver fantastic results for our students, at the culmination of an exciting and inspirational Food journey in our school. You will manage our two Food teaching spaces effectively, and work closely with our dedicated Food technician to lead a highly effective department that delivers inspirational experiences for our young people.

Start Date: April 2025 or sooner

Closing Date: Wednesday 8th January 2025 9am

Interview Day: W/C 13th January 2025

Contract: Full Time / Permanent

Location: Aldersley High School

The Trust is committed to safer recruitment practice, and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. All posts are subject to enhanced disclosure and barring service checks. We expect all employees to share our commitment to the safeguarding of our pupils.

2023 OFSTED Report here: https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50224585