Teacher of Food Technology
Wollaston School
Northamptonshire
- New
- Salary:
- MPS / UPS
- Job type:
- Part Time, Temporary
- Start date:
- Temporary Position Required For January 2025 to July 2025
- Apply by:
- 7 October 2024
Job overview
Applications from ECT’s welcomed.
(Temporary Position Required For January 2025 to July 2025)
Wollaston School are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic part time Food Technology teacher, with the ability to teach throughout the school from Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 5. ECT’s applications are welcomed as we offer a fully sup-ported induction programme with tailored CPD including regular subject specific mentoring.
The successful candidate will be an innovative, reflective practitioner who can demonstrate the willingness to adapt and learn. We are looking for an individual with high expectations and standards who can deliver great lessons across all key stages. An additional strength would be an approach to offering a creative, engaging approach to the delivery of the cur-riculum and planning both within the classroom and also in the wider outdoor learning environment .
We have a highly successful team of specialist teachers who are passionate and forward thinking and have proven excel-lent exam success year on year. Food Technology is a highly popular and successful option choice and our students are en-thusiastic with strong uptake at both key stage 4 and key stage 5, therefore the ability to teach up to A-Level would be advantageous though not essential.
Wollaston School is a semi rural school with great connections to neighbouring towns and cities. We have a large open site and all departments are well resourced. The Food Technology department has excellent facilities featuring 3 excellent food rooms, on eof which is brand new this year. We are an ambitious school with staff and students equally aligned to that agenda, however we pride ourselves on our warm Wollaston welcome and are highly protective of our values of kindness and community. We are a fantastic place to work and study.
Informal visits are welcomed if you would like to see us in action and to learn more about us prior to your application.
We offer a comprehensive employee benefit package Including:
- Teacher Pension Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- An open & welcoming site
- Free Onsite Parking
- New Spin Studio
- School Counsellor
- Regular Team Building Events
Closing date for receipt of applications: 9.00am Monday 7th October 2024
Please contact our HR department for an application form, further details about this role or to arrange a visit on: recruitment@wollaston-school.net Alternatively you can download details directly from the school website at: www.wollastonschool.com
Wollaston School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
About Wollaston School
- Wollaston School
- Irchester Road, Wollaston, Wellingborough
- Northamptonshire
- NN29 7PH
- United Kingdom
Wollaston School is a large, rural community school located in a village setting about 15 minutes drive from Northampton. The student intake draws on nearby villages and the towns of Earls Barton, Wellingborough, and Irchester. We have over 1400 students on roll with approximately 240 students in the Sixth Form. The school is over-subscribed. Wollaston School was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2023.
We are a school that takes great pride in our central purpose - to prepare every student for success. Success in academic qualifications, success in a wide range of extra-curricular and leadership activities and success in every individual’s personal and social development. We work towards this mission through a focus on exceptional levels of pastoral support and an academic and enrichment programme designed to ensure that every individual reaches their true potential.
At Wollaston, we believe in aiming high. We target excellence with the utmost commitment, but we also remember that a truly inspiring education is one that is filled with joy, laughter and happiness. We are also a school that is led by our values. We value honesty, kindness and tolerance. We embrace individuality as well as collective responsibility, we celebrate diversity, promote equality of opportunity, and we are a community which supports every individual to achieve all that they are capable of.
For most students, Wollaston School provides an education which lasts for seven years, from age 11 to age 18. Our ambition is to ensure that at the end of that journey, every student is ready to take their place in society as positive, purposeful, ethical and well qualified individuals.
Life at Wollaston School is characterised by an ethos of warmth, respect and ambition. We value effective working relationships with parents and we believe in delivering a high quality professional service in every aspect of our work. We offer a broad and exciting curriculum, expert teaching and high standards of academic achievement. We promote impeccable standards of behaviour and we expect the very best of every individual who walks through our doors. We are a team of staff and students who are committed to ensuring that our school is a truly exceptional place of learning.
Welcome to Wollaston School. If you would like to see us at work, please book a visit; we would be proud to show you our school.
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