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Teacher of Food Technology
The East Manchester Academy, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M11 3DSThis job expired on 13 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
13 May 2025 at 8am
Date listed
30 April 2025
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, part time: Full-Time or Part-Time (0.8FTE)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Full-Time or Part-Time (0.8FTE) , Salary: Teachers’ MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a passionate subject specialist who can motivate and challenge all learners, instil a lifelong love for the subject, and contribute to our wider school community. In return, you’ll be part of a dynamic team that is united in its mission to improve life chances and outcomes for the young people of East Manchester.
Come and be part of our success story!
The successful candidate will join an academy that is relentless in its drive to ensure our students and staff alike achieve their very best and our proud of themselves. We are proud to serve our diverse and inclusive community and wish to appoint a practitioner who shares our commitment to young people in challenging circumstances who believes that education is the best way to ensure social justice.
The East Manchester Academy is committed to safeguarding, child protection and promoting the well-being of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check prior to starting.
What the school offers its staff
This is a truly exciting time to join The East Manchester Academy as we continue our journey of transformation. Following our most recent Ofsted inspection in March 2025, we are proud to have been judged ‘Good’ overall, with ‘Outstanding’ in Personal Development and Leadership and Management. This marks a significant step forward from our previous inspection and reflects the dedication, ambition, and talent of our staff and students. We are now ready to build on this momentum and accelerate our journey to become an exceptional school where every child flourishes both academically and personally.
As a growing academy located in the heart of East Manchester, we are seeking to strengthen our team further. We are looking for a committed and inspiring teacher who shares our belief that all students deserve the very best—and who is eager to contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and inclusion.
We are a forward-thinking, research-informed, and collaborative school. We work closely with colleagues across our Trust and beyond to drive standards and ensure our students benefit from the most effective teaching and learning practices.
We are also thrilled to announce that our Food Technology suite has recently undergone a full refurbishment, now boasting modern, industry-standard facilities. This investment underlines our commitment to providing a high-quality learning environment that promotes creativity, practical skills, and a love of food and nutrition.
Whether you are an experienced practitioner or an Early Career Teacher (ECT), this role offers the opportunity to thrive in a supportive and ambitious school. You will benefit from:
- A strong professional development programme tailored to your needs
- An enhanced 20% PPA allowance
- Dedicated faculty time for curriculum and pedagogy development
- A culture of high expectations balanced with care and compassion
We value our colleagues and also offer the following:
- A minimum 20% PPA allowance for all staff
- Joint PPA time for departments to plan collaboratively
- Bike2work scheme
- Gym membership
- Employee Assistance
- Health Cash Plan
- A comprehensive CPD programme to support pedagogical and leadership development
- A low stakes approach to QA to ensure teachers keep getting better
- Strategic partnerships with external organisations to support staff development
- A genuine commitment to wellbeing and effective workload management
Flexible working opportunities
Full-Time or Part-Time (0.8FTE) considered
Further details about the role
Please visit our website to learn more about us (https://www.theeastmanchesteracademy.co.uk) and contact: recruitment@temac.co.uk if you would like to arrange a visit to the academy prior to application.
The academy is part of The Greater Manchester Education Trust. The Trust is a multi-academy trust, which came into effect in September 2022 comprising four schools; The East Manchester Academy, a mixed school of over 1,000 students in the heart of Manchester’s re-generation area, Whalley Range 11-18 High School, a girls school of 1,500 students, Levenshulme High School, a girls school which is three miles away with a very similar, diverse community and Parrs Wood 11-18 High School a mixed school of nearly 2000 students in the heart of East Didsbury.
Please return your application form to recruitment@temac.co.uk by Tuesday 13th May at 8am
Shortlisting and interviews are scheduled to take place during the week beginning: Thursday 15th May
Successful applicants are subject to appropriate vetting procedures including social media and online background checks as well as a satisfactory Enhanced Check from the Disclosure and Barring Service
Commitment to safeguarding
The East Manchester Academy is committed to safeguarding, child protection and promoting the well-being of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Enhanced Check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The East Manchester Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 999 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The East Manchester Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@temac.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01612308039
‘The East Manchester Academy is a beacon of hope and aspiration for pupils’ (Ofsted 2023).
This is an exciting time for the academy and to help transform the life chances of students within East Manchester. As you will see from our recent Ofsted inspection report, we have driven rapid improvements to all areas and are ready to accelerate further. We are a growing academy and we are now looking to add further capacity to our team as we enter the next stage of our development; to become an exceptional school that ensures the children of East Manchester flourish both academically and socially. We are a forward thinking and happy school, we embrace research and work collaboratively with colleagues within and beyond our trust to drive standards.
The academy is part of The Greater Manchester Education Trust. The Trust is a multi-academy trust, which came into effect in September 2022 comprising four schools; The East Manchester Academy, a mixed school of over 1,000 students in the heart of Manchester’s re-generation area, Whalley Range 11-18 High School, a girls school of 1,500 students, Levenshulme High School, a girls school which is three miles away with a very similar, diverse community and Parrs Wood 11-18 High School a mixed school of nearly 2000 students in the heart of East Didsbury.
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