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  • Job start date

    1 January 2024

  • Closing date

    13 October 2023 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    29 September 2023

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: full time, 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPR to UPS

Additional allowances

With possible TLR for Second in Art & Technology Department
depending on experience

What skills and experience we're looking for

Be an Outstanding Teacher (or have the potential to be) with evidence of impact on pupil outcomes with a proven track record of total commitment to helping every pupil achieve their very best and make progress;

  • Have excellent understanding of what constitutes excellence in teaching and learning;
  • Have a keen understanding of data and be able to analyse patterns in performance over time;
  • Be a positive role model for pupils and staff on a day-to-day basis;
  • Collaborate effectively with staff, parents/carers and students;
  • The ability to communicate clearly and tactfully using appropriate methods and an awareness of the impact of your own communication on others;
  • Able to maintain positive relationships with all and able to work as an effective and flexible part of a team;
  • Be able to multi-task and work under pressure;
  • Be flexible and resilient in managing and executing their daily responsibilities;
  • Able to demonstrate strong planning and organisational skills;
  • Willingness to accept responsibility for your own actions;
  • The ability to prioritise effectively, meet deadlines and accept challenges.
    Specific Responsibilities:
  • Lead the subject effectively and proactively, ensuring that all Schemes of Work are creative, fully developed, regularly updated and that accompanying resources are available for staff to use in lessons.
    • Ensure that lessons are differentiated and meet the needs of all learners, including Gifted and Talented students and those on the SEN register.
    • Create and monitor an annual ‘Action Plan’ for Technology (Food) and work with staff and the SLT line-lead to meet set objectives
    • Ensure that duties and responsibilities within the department are delegated where appropriate and monitored for effectiveness.
    • Develop extra-curricular opportunities for students.
    • Ensure that careers and events information is adequately disseminated to staff and students in the department.
    • Promote the subject fully at events, including Fakenham Academy & Sixth Form Open Days.

What the school offers its staff

Fakenham Academy is a local school with high ambitions and a key drive for continuous improvement. We believe that education is the key to transforming life chances, and that by creating an outstanding learning environment where all students are happy and taught well, we will enhance their prospects to become productive, successful citizens of the future. Our core standards include high expectations of everyone in our learning community; good discipline consistently applied; reliably good quality teaching; a commitment from parents to work in partnership with the academy and respectful, positive relationships between everyone in our learning community. For us it is about educating the whole child through a diverse and broad curriculum and making sure they are prepared to enter today’s modern world, as well rounded capable young men and women. Our latest Ofsted inspection recognised the high-level standard we work hard to deliver resulting in being rated a “good” school in all aspects of the inspection.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.

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JD Food Tech Catering Teacher - Final - Sept 23.docx - 103 KB (opens in new tab)

About Fakenham Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
767 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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School website
Fakenham Academy website
Email address
hr@setrust.co.uk
Phone number
01953609012
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Fakenham Academy is a local school with high ambitions and a key drive for continuous improvement. We believe that education is the key to transforming life chances, and that by creating an outstanding learning environment where all students are happy and taught well we will enhance their prospects to become productive, successful citizens of the future. Our core standards include high expectations of everyone in our learning community; good discipline consistently applied; reliably good quality teaching; a commitment from parents to work in partnership with the academy and respectful, positive relationships between everyone in our learning community. For us it is about educating the whole child through a diverse and broad curriculum and making sure they are prepared to enter today’s modern world, as well rounded capable young men and women. Our latest Ofsted inspection recognised the high level standard we work hard to deliver resulting in being rated a “good” school in all aspects of the inspection.

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