FOOD TECHNOLOGY CLASSROOM TEACHER (FIXED TERM)
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 4AE6 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
20 June 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
13 June 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Food technology
Working pattern
- Part time: 2 days per week (negotiable working days)
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 Year Contract
Pay scale
- MPS1-UPS3
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Saint John Henry Newman School is seeking to appoint a passionate and dedicated Food Technology Teacher to join our team from September 2025 on a part-time, fixed-term basis. This role is ideal for a teacher looking for flexible working hours and an opportunity to contribute to an outstanding school community.
We are a vibrant and inclusive Catholic school, where staff are valued and supported. Our most recent 2025 Ofsted ungraded inspection confirmed that The Saint John Henry Newman School is an outstanding school. Inspectors noted:
“We were immediately struck by the many smiling faces of students, who enjoy coming to school. When speaking to them, students universally highlighted how their teachers ‘go above and beyond’ to help them achieve well. Students display a real pride in their school.”
Job Purpose
The successful candidate will:
Deliver engaging and effective lessons in Food Technology at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4/5.
Support the development and delivery of the department’s schemes of work.
Undertake both formative and summative assessments in line with department policy.
Maintain accurate records of pupil progress and contribute to school-wide data collection.
Participate in departmental training, INSET days, and extra-curricular activities.
Key Responsibilities
Liaise with parents as required, including at Parent Consultation Evenings.
Implement departmental policies on rewards, sanctions, and communication.
Support and, where appropriate, help organise school trips and extracurricular activities.
Uphold high standards of discipline and student welfare, following school procedures.
Mark and assess students’ work regularly in line with school policy.
Monitor student progress and address underachievement proactively.
Contribute to departmental self-evaluation and school improvement initiatives.
Accountabilities
Report to the Headteacher and the Leadership Team member overseeing your department.
Promote a safe, respectful, and inclusive learning environment.
Support school values by discouraging discrimination and promoting positive self-image and equality.
Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities
Promote and support the school’s policies on safeguarding, equality, and inclusion.
Be fully aware of procedures relating to child protection and health and safety.
Ensure child protection and student welfare are prioritised at all times.
This role is subject to an enhanced DBS checkas part of the pre-employment process.
What the school offers its staff
§ Excellent transport links – close to the A1 and 30 miles to central London. Stevenage to London is just over 20 minutes on the train.
§ Stevenage is an area with more affordable housing, than other areas of Hertfordshire. Staff also choose to live in the beautiful villages and market towns of North Hertfordshire.
§ Secure free car parking for all members of staff
§ Excellent staff facilities including free tea and coffee and microwaves and fridges in the staffrooms
§ Staff association which provides gifts, flowers and cards for leavers and staff with significant life events
§ Social activities e.g. Friday after school football, staff choir, staff book group, running club, Christmas party, informal nights out, staff pantomime
§ Child care voucher scheme
§ Flu vaccinations for all staff
§ Excellent teaching facilities with the new and refurbished buildings
§ Supportive of flexible working
§ Ensuring equality and diversity is a priority
§ Governors focused on Staff wellbeing
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, the position is subject to safeguarding checks that will include the receipt of satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.
Following the shortlisting stage, and prior to making a final decision, the School will collect and process information publicly available about you by conducting a brief online search using an internet search engine. We do this to ensure that the school acts in accordance with its obligations set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1603 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School website
- Email address
- hr@jhn.herts.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01438314643
The Saint John Henry Newman School is a popular 11-18 mixed Catholic comprehensive school in Stevenage, and is a member of the Diocese of Westminster Academy Trust. The school serves the Catholic community across north Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and as far south as Hatfield, with pupils from more than 25 different parishes. It has an excellent reputation; it is heavily oversubscribed and there are continuing interest lists for all year groups. The roll is currently approximately1600, including 400 in the Sixth Form. The school has benefitted from considerable investment in its buildings, including a new £3.5 million Sports and Performing block (The Pavilion) and a substantial new build programme to replace our main building and Art block.
Since its foundation in 1987, the school has developed a reputation for excellent educational standards combined with unique opportunities to prepare students for a rapidly changing world. This academic success has been acknowledged by the Department for Education, who have written to the school and acknowledged its excellent performance, commenting that The Saint John Henry Newman School is one of the top 90 schools in the country on one measure and in the top 100 schools in the country on another measure. In 2021/22 the students achieved:
89% GCSE English and Maths at 9-4
38% of all GCSE grades achieved were 9-7
68% A Level at A*, A and B:
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School sees the quality of interpersonal relationships as the most significant factor in the provision of an outstanding education. The School strives to create the most conducive learning environment which results in our students fulfilling their potential and going out to change the world. Exam results, important though they are for opening doors for pupils in the future, do not determine success and happiness. Therefore we have a strong enrichment and wellbeing programme that encompasses every pupils and student and a comprehensive career curriculum. We have been awarded with the Kitemark for emotional health and wellbeing for our work supporting students, their families and staff.
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School works towards being a living Christian community where every student is known and valued for their differences and strengths. Serving the Catholic community across over 25 different parishes, the secondary school has a wide catchment area. Teachers are dedicated to giving students a well-rounded education that prepares them for further education and the wider world at this important time in their life.
Arranging a visit to The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@jhn.herts.sch.uk.
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