Head of Food & Nutrition 

St Mary's and St John's CofE School, London, NW4 4QR

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  14 May 2025 at 5pm

• Date listed

  2 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Food Technology, Hospitality & Catering
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £36,413.00 - £53,994.00 Annually (Actual) MPS Outer London ranges from £36,413-£48,532 UPS Outer London ranges from £50,210-£53,994 + TLR (£6,594

Head of Food & Nutrition  job summary

Who we are: 

St Mary’s and St John’s CofE School is an all-through school in Hendon, North London, successfully providing high quality education and academic achievement for children and young people from Nursery to Sixth Form. We are proud to be a diverse, multi-faith, harmonious school, with a distinctive Christian ethos, resolute in the belief that "With God, all things are possible". In a changing world our values; Wisdom, Service and Hope, define us, strengthen relationships with our parents and children, and provide guiding principles that enable us to deliver academic excellence and promote self-discipline and resilience. 

What we offer:

• Two-week October Half Term
• We support flexible working and have family friendly policies
• In class feedback policy which eliminates retrospective marking
• Curriculum driven assessment rather than exam weeks encouraging staggered assessment marking
• Concise curriculum design and centralised planning and resourcing
• Consistent, whole school commitment to learning systems leading to excellent student behaviour
• High quality CPD with implementation time to embed training
• Established coaching culture and focus on career progression
• Supportive appraisal policy and no formal observations
• No written school reports
• Paid lunch duties
• Centralised reflections (detentions)
• Colleagues can leave school every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 3:15pm (Monday/Tuesday - 4pm finish)
• Early finish at the end of the Autumn, Spring and Summer terms.
• Nursery wrap around provision for staff members with children at SMSJ, staff are allocated a place for their children (in line with The School’s Admissions Policy)
• Access to free counselling and other wellbeing support
• Termly staff social events and tea and cake Fridays
• SMSJ school personalised staff planners
• Carpark and off-street parking

We are looking for somebody who: 

• Has a passion for their subject and experience of teaching Food & Nutrition at KS3 and GCSE level
• Can precision plan and improve the quality of teaching and learning across a department
• Has the skills to develop a curriculum, implement and monitor change
• Can lead and motivate a team towards a shared goal
• Can analyse and use data effectively to ensure rapid and sustained student progress
• Has excellent communication skills with the ability to build excellent parent and student relationships
• Is willing to participate in the wider life and development of the school, including providing enrichment opportunities for students
• has excellent written and verbal communication skills

Head of Department

Job Purpose:

• Lead, develop and manage the teachers, trainees and support staff in the department
• Lead, develop and enhance the teaching practices and enrichment programme in the department.

Key Responsibilities: Specific responsibilities in relation to the department Knowledge and expertise

• Lead the department in curriculum knowledge
• Promote good subject knowledge throughout the department
• Develop the use of ICT within the department
• Keep up to date with DfE and subject specific developments

Teaching and Learning

• Role model in the department
• Monitor and evaluate teaching within the department
• Marketing of department
• Lead on reporting progress
• Organisation of teaching groups
• Meeting all pupils needs at each key stage by maximising pupil’s learning potential
• Coordinate after school educational enhancement
• Staff Development
• Management of the department / support staff (not relevant in all departments)
• Organise and chair regular department meetings
• Organise the induction and training of new members of staff
• Identify suitable INSET opportunities
• Develop a team and a team approach
• Supervision and induction of staff new to the school and the department

Resources, Budget, Stock & Ordering

• Organise suitable rooming and allocation of classes to staff
• Resource deployment in the department
• Create a good learning environment in the department classrooms, including display
• Update risk assessments for rooms
• Health and safety
• Complete department Budget Bids annually
• Be responsible for department orders and maintenance of budget

Pupil Progress

• Monitor and report the progress of all pupils
• Examination entries and results
• Continuous assessment
• Use of comparative data, benchmarking, value added etc
• Challenge and support staff in seeking pupil progression

Whole School Role

• Attend Head of Department Meetings with SLT
• Coordinate and manage the Department’s Agenda for Team Meetings.
• Manage any parental concerns
• Attend Parent Information Evenings to explain the curriculum
• Attend any Heads of Department Borough Meetings to share good practice
• Update any documents as and when requested by SLT
• Contribute to the development of school policies where appropriate
• Support whole school initiatives
• Communicate with and report to parents and governors
• Contribute to the school’s extra-curricular / enrichment ethos and activity

Appraisal

• Complete all appraisal requirements as set out in the school policy, including being appraised
• Strive to fulfil agreed appraisal objectives If an appraisal team leader
• Set objective numerical targets to challenge and stretch staff and pupils
• Challenge staff to aspire to greater goals and positive outcomes for pupils
• Take a developmental, proactive approach to moving team / department / individual forward
• Meeting whole school aims
• Record appraisal objectives and reviews on required templates
• Promotion of Corporate Values:
• To ensure that our stakeholders are supported to the agreed standards according to the school’s
• Christian values.
• To ensure that a high level of confidentiality is maintained in all aspects of work

Flexibility

The successful candidate may be required to carry out other reasonable duties commensurate with the grade, as requested by the line manager or Principal

We reserve the right to close the application process early if suitable candidates apply. 

St Mary’s and St John’s CE School is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts which will be subject to enhanced checks. The school embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. We wish to further develop a diverse community and encourage applications from all sections of society. The school embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. We wish to further develop a diverse community and encourage applications from all sections of society.

Commitment to safeguarding

St Mary’s and St John’s CE School is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the KCSIE 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 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About St Mary's and St John's CofE School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 18
• Education phase: Through
• School size: 1650 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mary's and St John's CofE School website
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St Mary’s and St John’s CE School is an all-through school in Hendon, North London, successfully providing high quality education and academic achievement for children and young people from Nursery to Sixth Form. We are proud to be a diverse, multi-faith, harmonious school, with a distinctive Christian ethos, resolute in the belief that "With God, all things are possible". In a changing world our values; Wisdom, Service and Hope, define us, strengthen relationships with our parents and children, and provide guiding principles that enable us to deliver academic excellence and promote self-discipline and resilience.

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