Teacher of Food & Nutrition (Key Stage 3 & 4)

The Bishop Wand Church of England School, Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, TW16 6LT

47 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  30 June 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  13 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Food Technology, Hospitality & Catering
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Teacher's Main Pay Scale + TLR of £3,391.00 for the right candidate

Teacher of Food & Nutrition (Key Stage 3 & 4) job summary

Teacher of Key stage 3 and 4 Food and Nutrition (Fixed Term)

The Bishop Wand School is looking to appoint an inspiring Food and Nutrition Teacher for September 2025. The position would be suitable for an ECT or an experienced teacher focused on making a difference to students’ lives by delivering an exciting curriculum, preparing students for the future of an ever-developing world. A TLR of £3,391.00 could be available for a candidate with the right experience.

The Design and Technology Department at The Bishop Wand School is a team of dynamic and supportive teachers who bring energy and enthusiasm to the delivery of their subject. The role will include teaching of Food Technology across KS3 to KS4 and all ability ranges. The ability to teach other technology disciplines at Key Stage 3 would be an advantage.

We currently offer a full range of Design and Technology subjects using a fully resourced department. Our students enjoy access to a wood and metal workshop, a food technology kitchen, a fabric and textiles room, a CAD suite including 3D printers, vinyl cutter, laser cutter and a new creative suite with 36 wide screen computers. We have also invested in two class sets of laptops to support with flexible teaching at KS4 and KS5 when students are keen to work in different specialisms.

The Design and Technology team is innovative and constantly developing new and modern projects with enthusiasm. One of their strengths is to creatively tailor the curriculum to our students’ needs for the future. Our GCSE Design and Technology results have been consistently excellent, achieving some of the highest residuals in the School. The Design and Technology Department strongly values enriching the learning experience of our students and have fully embraced the new Brighter Futures programme, involving The Young Architect Club, Bespoke Jewellery Club, Landscape Design Club, Pupil Premium Cooking Club and Bishop Wand Bake Off. The department is always keen to observe design in action and has led trips abroad to Cern and Paris to explore the development of our world through design and technology.

To share our ethos of ‘Realising God-given potential’ you must possess a clear vision for outstanding subject provision and have the ability and commitment to securing high standards of student achievement making learning relevant and developing employability skills in our future young professionals. In return we can offer you a friendly and supportive environment with excellent development opportunities.

The right to work in the UK is imperative for all candidates.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Bishop Wand C of E School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Scheme clearance is required for this position. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

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About The Bishop Wand Church of England School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1181 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Bishop Wand Church of England School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-bishop-wand-church-of-england-school

With fifty-one years at the centre of the community in Sunbury on Thames and Spelthorne, we have a reputation for exceptional academic achievement, strong Christian values and providing an educational experience which creates high achieving confident articulate young people who most importantly love learning.

As a 11-19 School, we offer a seven-year education experience, with academic outcomes at GCSE and A Level, consistently exceeding the national benchmarks. We encourage all our students to complete their seven-year education journey here at Bishop Wand.

Students at Bishop Wand work hard, are well disciplined and are prepared to succeed in the competitive local and global environments in which we live. We are a traditional School in our approach to learning, we believe in high quality teaching in the classroom, supported by a wide range of extra-curricular activities that challenge and support our young people.

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