Head of Food & Food Preparation and Child Development

Hazelwick School, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1SX

10 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  14 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  3 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Head of department or curriculum
• Visa sponsorship: Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subjects: Design and technology, Food technology
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 33,075 to 50,471 including Fringe Area Allowance plus TLR 2c (currently £8,279 per annum)
• Additional allowances:

  TLR 2c (currently £8,279 per annum)

What skills and experience we're looking for

For September 2025, we are looking for:

•an experienced and exceptional mentor, with the vision and drive to lead our talented and enthusiastic department

•an outstanding and innovative teacher who is passionate about teaching and learning and is committed to excellence and high student achievement

•a skilled practitioner with the ability to teach across all key stages, enabling students of all abilities to reach their maximum potential

•a teacher with a passion for working with young people and a perseverance to make a difference to them and their future

•a teacher with a focus on their own professional development and a drive to work with us to become the best teacher they can be

What the school offers its staff

Hazelwick is a high achieving and oversubscribed 11-18 mixed secondary school with 1500 students in Years 7 – 11 and 383 students in the 6th form.

As one of the highest performing schools in West Sussex, with a Progress 8 score of +0.30, (2024) we have an unwavering focus on enabling our students to achieve their maximum potential.

Hazelwick is an outstanding school. According to our recent outstanding Ofsted reports (2022 & 2023), Hazelwick is a school

•which is very successful, welcoming and ambitious

•which is kind and caring, with remarkably strong relationships between staff and pupils

•where you can see and feel the shared values of respect and responsibility in and out of lessons

•where there is a remarkable sense of community

•where staff have extremely high expectations

•where pupils behave impeccably

•where pupils from diverse backgrounds work extremely well together to achieve very high standards

•with confident learners who focus especially hard in lessons and use lesson time extremely well

•where pupils ‘thrive’ and ‘flourish’

•where pupils achieve exceptionally well in national examinations

•which is a safe and inspiring place to learn

•where the school motto ‘effort achieves’ pervades all aspects of school life

•where staff at all levels speak very highly of the support and professional development they receive

•where staff ‘love working’

Food and Nutrition at Hazelwick is:

•taught by a superb team of highly skilled, supportive and dedicated staff

•level 3 Food Science and Nutrition taught in the sixth form

•a popular KS4 subject with four exam groups in Year 11 in Food, Preparation and Nutrition and Child Development and six groups in both Year 9 and 10.

•an extremely supportive and collaborative staff team

•supported by a dedicated food technician

Further details about the role

We offer a range of benefits to all our staff including:

•an excellent CPD programme

•Microsoft Surface for all teaching staff

•free onsite gym for staff

•free yoga classes and circuit training

•employee benefits package, including discounts at high street shops and supermarkets

•employee assistance programme

•cycle to work scheme

•on site car parking

Commitment to safeguarding

Hazelwick School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and communicates a clear framework to employees. Safeguarding is a key aspect of every role and all staff must have read and be fully aware of the Child Protection Policy. All posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored.

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About Hazelwick School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1883 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hazelwick School website
• Email address: recruitment@hazelwick.org.uk
• Phone number: 01293 584604
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hazelwick-school

Hazelwick is a high achieving, oversubscribed and Ofsted 'Outstanding' 11-18 mixed secondary school in West Sussex. we are incredibly proud of our reputation, and of our students, who are fantastic ambassadors for our school.

Our purpose is to maximise the academic achievement and wellbeing of every student at Hazelwick and our staff are essential to that.

We are committed to developing our inclusive workplace, welcoming staff rom all backgrounds and cultures, investing in training and development, and providing a work environment to promote employee well-being and feeling of community spirit - our low staff turnover rate pays tribute to this.

Hazelwick is in the excellent commuter location of Crawley, West Sussex, close to Gatwick Airport with great access and transport links via the M23 and Three Bridges railway station to London, East Croydon, Brighton and the South Coast. Many of our staff travel to Crawley from Brighton - we are the first school on the train line from Brighton to attract the Fringe Area Allowance.

Arranging a visit to Hazelwick School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@hazelwick.org.uk.

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