Food Technology Teacher

Job description
What skills and experience we're looking for

The Pride Academy is seeking a passionate and dedicated Food Technology Teacher to join our team. As part of our innovative curriculum, you will inspire students to develop essential cooking skills, understand nutrition, and explore the science behind food. You’ll play a key role in fostering creativity and healthy living in a supportive and dynamic learning environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Effectively plan lessons that are stimulating, relevant and well-structured
• Work with members of the Senior Leadership Team in the development, review and evaluation of the curriculum
• Ensure that all learning equipment is in good order and available for the delivery of lessons
• Organise a person-centred learning environment allowing students to take ownership of their learning and ambitions
• Maintain a practical understanding of service standards and quality improvement initiatives relevant to the curriculum area
• Liaise with members of the support and therapeutic team and, as appropriate with parents/carers in the support of learners
• Promote good student behaviour

What the school offers its staff

Rewards & Benefits

OHC&AT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and there are many benefits to embarking on your career with us. In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes:

· Electric car lease scheme

· Enhanced parental leave schemes

· Cycle to work scheme

· Season ticket loans

· Employee referral scheme

· Membership to Discounts for Teachers – an app providing employee discounts and benefits

· Discounted gym membership subscription including digital fitness

· Comprehensive training and development

· Access to counselling advice and support via Health Assured (our employee assistance programme)

· Commitment to wellbeing supported by our occupational health service and mental-health first aiders

· Scope for career progression across eight college centres, 14 academy schools and shared services team

· As part of your contract of employment you will enrolled into a pension scheme, the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS) both of which have life cover and financial protection for your family.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details on the role and the skills, experience and knowledge we are looking for.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1+74 (Exceptions) Order 1+75.