Teacher of Design and Technology (Food and Nutrition)
St Peter's Church of England Aided School, Exeter, Devon, EX2 5AP5 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
19 May 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
14 May 2026
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: In the region of 0.4FTE - 0.5FTE
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- TPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
St Peter’s is an oversubscribed school, known as a high performing school and nationally recognised for our approaches to character education. Our most recent Ofsted inspection (‘Good’ April 2025 and SIAMS inspection (‘Excellent’ May 2019) indicate the significant progress we have made in developing well rounded students who ‘live life to the full’. As a Beacon School, Relational and Restorative Approaches are key to how we educate for a wise, courageous and compassionate community.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and innovative Design and Technology Teacher with experience in teaching Food & Nutrition up to GCSE level. GCSE Food & Nutrition is an extremely popular choice every year at St Peter’s and has a strong track record of success. The department is well resourced and supported, having two part time Food Technicians and dedicated purpose built rooms. The ability to teach across the department will also be advantageous. This is an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious department of specialists and teach Design and Technology across KS3 and 4. As well as early career teachers, this post could also be suitable for more experienced teachers.
Our students make working here a real pleasure, and as such we have high expectation for both our students and ourselves.
What the school offers its staff
We offer:
- a welcoming and friendly team of excellent staff
- a supportive working environment
- students with a drive to succeed
A willingness and ability to offer time and energy to our wellbeing programme &/or extra-curricular provision (which we believe adds significant value to our character based approaches to education, including our Duke of Edinburgh and Ten Tors), will be taken into consideration for applications.
As a Church of England Aided School, in cases of equal merit preference will be given to candidates who are in sympathy with the foundation. The school is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of its students, please refer to our child protection policy on the St. Peter’s website using the following link https://www.spexe.org/593/key-information-policies/key_information/3/safeguarding-esafety.
This role is subject to enhanced DBS clearance.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
As a Church of England Aided School, in cases of equal merit preference will be given to candidates who are in sympathy with the foundation. The school is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of its students, please refer to our child protection policy on the St. Peter’s website using the following link https://www.spexe.org/593/key-information-policies/key_information/3/safeguarding-esafety.
This role is subject to enhanced DBS clearance.
Applying for the job
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CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About St Peter's Church of England Aided School
- School type
- Local authority maintained schools, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1305 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Peter's Church of England Aided School website
- Email address
- vacancies@spexe.org
- Phone number
- 01392204764
St Peter’s is an oversubscribed school, known as a high performing school and nationally recognised for our approaches to character education. Our most recent Ofsted inspection (‘Good’ November 2019 and SIAMS inspection (‘Excellent’ May 2019) indicate the significant progress we have made in developing well rounded students who ‘live life to the full’. As a Beacon School, Relational and Restorative Approaches are key to how we educate for a wise, courageous and compassionate community.
Arranging a visit to St Peter's Church of England Aided School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@spexe.org.
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