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Teacher of Food, Hospitality& Catering

West Hatch High School, Chigwell, Essex, IG7 5BT

This job expired on 24 November 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  24 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: Food technology
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: TBD

What skills and experience we're looking for

West Hatch is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, well organised and motivated teacher to join our successful DT team in the Food & Hospitality Department. The ability to teach Food, Hospitality and Textiles at KS3 and KS4 would be required. Currently, the department offers Food and Textiles at Year 7 on a carousel structure. Year 8 and 9 experience a combination of Hospitality and Catering lessons that leads into our recently implemented KS4 Technical award in Hospitality and Catering. The successful candidate would have the opportunity to be involved in the further development and successful delivery of these courses.

You will be working with, and supported by a team of experienced, successful and hard-working staff who are committed and passionate about their subjects. The Faculty has a number of modern and well-resourced teaching environments, with recent expansion of the department and its resources further enhancing its success. Food & Textiles is also supported by knowledgeable technicians. The post is suitable for an experienced practitioner or an ECT teacher.

What the school offers its staff

We offer the following benefits:

• Newly built sports hall with fully fitted gym available for staff use,
• Swimming pool available for staff use,
• Banked cover scheme allowing staff to build time to take some term time days off,
• The Headteacher is passionate about staff workload and wellbeing and holds regular wellbeing meetings with staff,
• Minimal marking expectations,
• Additional CPD day to allow staff to mark mock internal examinations,
• All our teachers are provided with laptops and staff are welcome to work where and when they wish outside of school hours,
• We offer a significant number of paid development opportunities within departments and also across the school.

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.

At West Hatch we believe in building strong relationships with students and going the extra mile to support students’ successes both in and outside of school.

The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in the commitment. This appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and positive references.

Further details about this post and an Application Form are available by visiting our School website at www.westhatch.net

If you require additional information, please contact recruitment@westhatch.net

Closing date: Monday 24th November 2025 at 9am

Early applications are encouraged as we will review applications as we receive them; and applicants may be contacted before the closing date.

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.

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About West Hatch High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1564 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: West Hatch High School website
• Email address: recruitment@westhatch.net
• Phone number: 02085048216
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/west-hatch-high-school

West Hatch High School is a large, thriving, successful, heavily oversubscribed Academy. West Hatch is situated on the Central Line overlooking the Roding Valley with easy access to London.

A significant building programme has resulted in refurbishment in Science, a new English block, a Business and Enterprise Centre, new Music block, Maths, Drama and Dining Block, and a new Sixth form Centre. In addition there has been a new Sports Centre opened.

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