Teacher of Food Technology and Catering
Lydiard Park Academy, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 6HN6 days remaining to apply
Earliest start date
1 July 2024
Latest start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
10 May 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
25 April 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Food technology
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS / UPS (depending on experience)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Lydiard Park Academy requires a motivated Teacher of Food Technology and Catering to join the Creative Arts Department in a permanent post on a full time basis at an exciting time of growth for the school. We welcome applications from both newly qualified and experienced teachers. Whether you are an Early Careers or a more experienced teacher, we provide the environment and training for you to develop your career and refine your practice.
Are you:
- Highly motivated, enthusiastic and passionate about teaching?
- Willing to work flexibly in the face of changing demands?
- Inspired by young people achieving their potential?
- Motivated by the prospect of building on our recent exam successes?
Please see Job Description for full details of this role.
What the school offers its staff
About Lydiard Park Academy:
Lydiard Park Academy is proud to have maintained its Good rating after a recent Ofsted inspection in December 2023. The school continues to be recognised for its commitment to excellence and is a consistently trusted choice for families with its broad and ambitious curriculum
We are constantly seeking new ways to enhance the educational experience for our pupils and to ensure that they have access to the resources and support they need to excel. We encourage all staff to be committed to their professional development, supported through our programme of professional learning that supports everyone to develop their practice and leadership skills.
As a school in The Park Academies Trust, we aim to be a centre of educational excellence that inspire all pupils to turn their potential into performance. Located in Swindon, near the natural beauty of the Wiltshire Downs and the Cotswolds, we are also within easy reach of the university towns of Bath, Bristol and Oxford and just under an hour by train from London. Our ideal location means that our students benefit from a wide range of curriculum-enhancing opportunities.
About The Park Academies Trust:
The Park Academies Trust was formed in 2016 with the vision to make a significant contribution to improving education in Swindon and surrounds. A family of six schools; Abbey Park School, Lydiard Park Academy, Highworth Warneford School, Orchid Vale Primary School, Red Oaks Primary School and Bridlewood Primary School; the Trust offers a high quality all through educational provision from nursery right up to our Sixth Form based at Lydiard Park Academy, enabling staff and pupils alike to benefit from being part of a thriving multi-phase educational Trust.
We offer:
- A positive and dynamic environment in a Trust which is growing in both size and success
- A strong pupil ethos centred on mutual respect and fulfilling potential
- Excellent opportunities for CPD across the Trust.
- Competitive salary
- Staff Discount portal
- Support from experienced and knowledgeable colleagues across the Trust
- Attractive Pension Scheme
The Park Academies Trust has joined forces with a number of excellent service providers to give you that little bit extra, that little pat on the back:
- Doctor Care Anywhere
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Let’s Connect – Salary sacrifice Technology
- Love Electric – Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- My Gym Discounts
Further details about the role
All post holders are expected to recognise overall Trust objectives and practice when carrying out their
Academy role.In addition to those professional responsibilities which are common to all classroom teachers in the Trustand described fully in the Core and Post Threshold Teacher Standards, the postholder’s keyaccountability will be for delivering high standards of teaching and learning, leading to high attainmentand achievement for pupils.
Please see Job Description for full details of this role.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Park Academies Trust 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. All job offers are subject to satisfactory reference and DBS checks. In line with statutory guidance in ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, we will carry out an online search as part of our due-diligence on short-listed candidates.
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About Lydiard Park Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1275 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Lydiard Park Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- askhr@lydiardparkacademy.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01793 874224
Arranging a visit to Lydiard Park Academy
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