Head of Department - Food Technology
Christopher Whitehead Language College, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR2 4AF13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
12 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
29 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Food technology
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to UPS3
Additional allowances
TLR
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate must be a team player with excellent communication skills. You need to be talented, passionate, and enthusiastic teacher to join a successful department with fabulous facilities, to teach two courses up to and including KS4:
- Food Preparation and Nutrition
- Catering and Hospitality
We welcome applications from experienced teachers who want to lead staff and teach in a lovely, vibrant secondary school. The department currently has two enthusiastic staff, and we are looking for a dynamic Head of Department to take this department to the next level.
What the school offers its staff
Christopher Whitehead Language College is an oversubscribed 11-18 school with 1,600 students, described by Ofsted as:
‘An inclusive, tolerant and welcoming school. Leaders have high expectations. They place a strong focus on academic achievement and pupils’ character development.’
Commitment to safeguarding
Committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. All staff, volunteers must share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment are subject to these checks
• childcare disqualification
• 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 convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. We will protect your personal data and we take this responsibility very seriously.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Christopher Whitehead Language College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1526 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Christopher Whitehead Language College website
- Email address
- recruitment@cwlc.email
- Phone number
- 01905423906
Christopher Whitehead Language College, 11-18 school with 1,600 students, this very good school, described by Ofsted as:
‘An inclusive, tolerant and welcoming school. Leaders have high expectations.
They place a strong focus on academic achievement and pupils’ character development.’ We have built the lovely inclusive culture where all
children matter and where the school prides itself on making a difference – going the ‘extra mile’.
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