Teacher of Design Technology - Food Specialist (40%FTE)

Silverdale School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 9QH

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  4 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  23 April 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Design and technology, Food technology
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) M1 - UPS3 40%FTE

Teacher of Design Technology - Food Specialist (40%FTE) job summary

Required for September 2026, an enthusiastic and qualified Design Technology/Food teacher. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated and highly successful team and would suit a newly qualified or experienced teacher. The candidate will be required to teach Key Stage 3 and 4 Design Technology, Food Preparation and Nutrition.

Benefits include:

CPD support from one of the largest Teaching Schools, the Sheffield Teacher Training Alliance, throughout your career.

Opportunities to develop skills and experience as part of a growing, local Trust.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education 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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Silverdale School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1451 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Silverdale School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/silverdale-school-sheffield

Silverdale School is an extremely popular and high-achieving 11-18 comprehensive in the south west of Sheffield and is now the founding school of Chorus Education Trust. The school achieved the best GCSE results in 2018 of any state school in Sheffield. At Post 16 the progress students make places Silverdale in the top 10% of schools nationally. At its heart is one of the country’s largest Teaching Schools, the Sheffield Teaching School Alliance. Silverdale moved into a brand new building in January 2009 with a full complement of facilities. Silverdale School is part of Chorus Education Trust, and as such all appointees may be required to work at any Trust site in the future.

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