Teacher of Food and Nutrition
Laurus Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, SK8 5GBThis job expired on 13 May 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
13 May 2024 at 9am
Date listed
3 May 2024
Job details
Job role
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Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Food technology
Working pattern
- Full time, part time, flexible: 32.5 hours per week and would consider flexible / part time hours
Contract type
- Fixed term - 31/08/2024
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS: £30,000-£46,525
What skills and experience we're looking for
With our continued growth, we are seeking to expand our Food and Nutrition department.We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, passionate and knowledgeable Teacher of Food and Nutrition, who can offer a high-quality learning experience within the department. You will be passionate about teaching Food and Nutrition alongside building relationships with students.
Food & Nutrition is a broad and vast discipline that interacts with the worlds of science, technology, culture and health. Our Food & Nutrition Curriculum is complemented by several Elective opportunities within our specialist classroom. This includes the opportunity to embark on a range of culinary challenges, involving baking, creating their own dishes and team-based cooking competitions.
What the school offers its staff
Laurus Cheadle Hulme (LCH) is a non-selective, non-denominational Free School. It opened in September 2018. We currently have a total of 1071 students on roll.
Cheadle Hulme is a pleasant residential suburb on the edge of the Borough of Stockport, eleven miles south of the centre of Manchester. The location enjoys the advantages of proximity to the open countryside of Cheshire and the Peak District and the cultural and sporting activities of a major city.
Our students are housed in a purpose-built building with access to state-of-the-art facilities and overlooking Bruntwood Park, with our Year 11 students progressing to Sixth Forms in the Laurus Trust. We share the same site as Cheadle Hulme Primary School.
In 2023 Laurus Cheadle Hulme achieved an outstanding set of GCSE results with over 70% of students achieving at least a grade 4 standard pass and 61% a strong pass in English and Maths. Our Year 9 students also received phenomenal results in GCSE Spanish. 89% of our Year 9s achieved the gold standard of a grade 5 or better, 79% of students achieved at least a grade 6 or above and 42% of students achieved at least a grade 7 or above. These results far outstrip national Year 11 figures.
The school is run by the Laurus Trust and replicates the outstanding education offered by the Trust’s founder school, Cheadle Hulme High School (CHHS), based in Stockport. CHHS is a hugely oversubscribed school and has been named as one of the UK’s top-performing schools in The Sunday Times, ranking as the 15th non-denominational comprehensive school in Manchester and the North West in the annual Parent Power Survey for 2022.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Laurus Trust is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We welcome and encourage applications from all individuals regardless of individual background or circumstance.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we strongly encourage applications from all persons with a known disability, and we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants, that meet the minimum criteria for a role, will be offered an interview and given the opportunity to demonstrate their skills.
About Laurus Cheadle Hulme
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1071 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Laurus Cheadle Hulme website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@laurustrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01615497000
Laurus Cheadle Hulme (LCH) is a non-selective, non-denominational Free School. It opened in September 2018. We currently have 1082 students on roll.
Our students are housed in a purpose-built building with access to state-of-the-art facilities and overlooking Bruntwood Park, with our Year 11 students progressing to Sixth Forms in the Laurus Trust. We share the same site as Cheadle Hulme Primary School.
The school is run by the Laurus Trust and replicates the outstanding education offered by the Trust’s founder school, Cheadle Hulme High School (CHHS), based in Stockport. CHHS is a hugely oversubscribed school and has been named as one of the UK’s top-performing schools in The Sunday Times, ranking as the 15th non-denominational comprehensive school in Manchester and the North West in the annual Parent Power Survey for 2022.
Cheadle Hulme is a pleasant residential suburb on the edge of the Borough of Stockport, eleven miles south of the centre of Manchester. The location enjoys the advantages of proximity to the open countryside of Cheshire and the Peak District and the cultural and sporting activities of a major city.
If you want to work in a highly ambitious and successful school and believe you have the vision and commitment to join our team, then we would love to hear from you.
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