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  • Job start date

    1 January 2027

  • Closing date

    18 September 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    17 July 2026

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Job details

Job role

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subject

Food technology

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term - 1 year - Maternity or parental leave cover

Pay scale

MPS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

-Degree in a Design Technology discipline
-Qualified Teacher Status
-Ability to teach Design & Technology to KS3, including Food Preparation & Nutrition to KS4/5

-A passion for Food and for teaching
-A strong academic background and subject knowledge
-An excellent classroom practitioner (or the potential to beone)
-A commitment to professional development
-An understanding of the needs of pupils across the abilityrange
-A teacher who can inspire and enthuse pupils and who uses arange of teaching and learning strategies for effectivedelivery
-An understanding of how to assess pupil progress
-An awareness of ways to raise pupil attainment
-A commitment to safeguarding and the welfare of students

What the school offers its staff

Lifestyle and wellbeing

-Attractive salary and pension
-Free one-to-one wellbeing support with a qualified psychotherapist and a coach
-Family-friendly policies
-Onsite parking facilities and cycle storage
-Four electric charging points
-Free access to the school’s Gym-Cycle to work scheme
-Discounted gifts cards via Voucher Store
-Tech scheme – save money on the latest tech from Apple and Currys PC World
-A comprehensive range of staff social events throughout the year
-Our dining centre and Pit Stop Cafe is open between 8:30am and 1:30pm every day

Professional development

-Every year, there is some disaggregatedINSET time, resulting in additional holidaydays per academic year
-Personalised CPD hours to develop areasspecific to your practice and needs
-Support to complete further academic studyand professional qualifications
-Access to high quality in-house and externalleadership development programmes, tailoredto a wide variety of levels of experience
-Membership of your subject associationthrough your department
-Membership of the Chartered College ofTeaching for ECTs
-A well-stocked CPD library

Statutory and other benefits

-A wide range of statutory benefits includingsick pay, maternity, parental, and adoptionleave
-Enhanced Paternity Leave Policy-
-We will honour your continuity of service inother state funded schools in relation to sickpay and pension rights.

Settling in at Bournside
We will fully support you with your transition to Bournside. The Deputy Headteacher, Rachel Foxoversees the provision for new staff, including your induction during the first year of teaching with usto support you in understanding and coping with your new role.

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.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are an equal opportunities employer and value and respect diversity across our whole school community. Bournside is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

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About Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre

Organisation type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
Size
1846 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Website
Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre website
Email address
recruitment@bournside.com
Phone number
01242235555
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Bournside is the largest comprehensive 11-18 school in Gloucestershire. We are an established single academy trust with a good reputation (Ofsted ‘Good’ rating 2022), wide catchment, and a strong presence in the community. Our school is consistently oversubscribed with a PAN of 300, and most of our students choose to stay with us for their
post-16 study.

Bournside is a mixed, non-denominational academy school for students aged 11 to 18. It is located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It settled in its current location of Warden Hill in the early part of the 1970s and converted to academy status in 2011.

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