Teacher of Food & Nutrition

John Mason School, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1JB

32 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  February or Easter 2026

• Closing date

  5 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Food technology
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE)

Teacher of Food & Nutrition job summary

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic and reflective Food and Nutrition teacher to join our supportive and successful Visual Arts faculty. Applications are invited from inspiring practitioners who can teach across key stages 3 & 4 and have expertise in areas such as nutrition, hospitality and catering processes would be an advantage. The subject is currently a popular option at KS4.

The successful candidate will be passionate about promoting the teaching and learning of creative subjects and healthy lifestyles and have the capacity to deliver great teaching, ensuring that students achieve their potential and thrive in an environment that is engaging, challenging and inclusive. Our goal as a faculty is to work to engender in our students an appreciation of the value of the creative arts in the curriculum, and develop and achieve creative confidence, in depth subject knowledge as well as refined practical and transferable skillsets.

The faculty is committed to facilitating manageable workloads and ensures that practices are informed by current evidence and evaluation. We are on a continuous reflective journey to develop our curriculum design and assessment strategies further and this is an exciting time to join the faculty and work alongside experienced and dedicated colleagues.

If you are committed to inspiring your students to learn how the creative arts help them to understand the world, and value the transferable skills developed through purposeful practice, then we encourage you to apply.

The successful candidate will be:

an enthusiastic teacher, able to ignite interest from students and colleagues;

committed to ensuring that all students reach their potential;

capable of promoting partnerships and collaborative working in our school, across the Abingdon Learning Trust and in the wider artistic teaching community.

a role model for our students and staff;

effective in setting and attaining high standards of student progress;

active in working to develop their own teaching practice.

In return we will offer you:

the support and satisfaction of being part of a collaborative, aspirational and reflective team led by experienced staff.

students who have a desire to achieve and respect the school’s expectations.

a program of supported induction and continuing professional development firmly rooted in educational research.

a commitment to supporting the well-being of staff.

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

Abingdon Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check. The Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, di-versity and inclusion and welcomes applications from less well-represented groups in the school and Trust. Posts in regulated activity are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and all shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose information about their previous criminal convic-tions. All staff are expected to promote fundamental British values.

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 John Mason School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 995 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: John Mason School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/john-mason-school

John Mason School is part of the Abingdon Learning Trust and is fully committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of all its students and staff.

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