15 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    11 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    26 September 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subjects

Design and technology, Food technology

Working pattern

Full time: 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

M1 to UPS3

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you a ECT who is looking towards the next step in your career or a Food Technology, Hospitality and Catering Teacher looking for a new challenge?

Do you enjoy working in a welcoming and supportive environment with a passion for training and development?

The Heys School wishes to appoint an enthusiastic, innovative, and passionate Teacher of Food Technology, Hospitality & Catering to join our team who will provide excellent teaching and learning across the full age (KS3 and KS4) and ability range.

Teacher of Food Technology, Hospitality & Catering

Hours:Full time, 32.5 hours

Salary: TeacherMain scale to Upper scale range

Closing Date:10th October 2025

Interviews:To be confirmed

Head Teacher:Mrs L Turner

Applicants should be creative and forward thinking and have the drive and motivation to support the further development of the department and the school.

Applications are welcome from both experienced teachers and newly qualified teachers seeking their first appointment.You will be joining a committed team of staff, who work with enthusiastic and positive students, who are keen to learn.

The school is on an exciting journey as they work in partnership with The Rowan Learning Trust.

If successful you will be invited to teach a lesson and interview on a date to be confirmed.

Employees of The Heys School have a responsibility for, and must be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.

Appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Post is subject to safer recruitment process.

Please complete the application form, paying particular attention to the job description and a supporting statement of no more than two sides of A4 outlining why you are interested in the opportunity and how your application addresses the requirements for the role.

The short listing will take into account how you have demonstrated that your abilities match the skills and experience detailed in that document.

"The school has an unwavering determination that no pupil should miss out on the many wider opportunities that the school offers. The strong relationships that staff forge with pupils, particularly those who are disadvantaged, bring this to fruition. Pupils benefit from a myriad of experiences that help them to blossom."Ofsted, June 2024.

For further details please contact S.Bramah@theheys.school, or visit our website www.theheys.school

What the school offers its staff

ECT Mentoring


Employee Assistance programme

Pension Scheme

Continuous Professional Development

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

We aim to create and maintain a safe learning environment where our students feel safe, secure and valued and know they will be listened to and taken seriously. The four strands of safeguarding are embedded into school life.
Staff receive regular guidance to ensure that they are confident and capable in recognising the signs of harm and take prompt and effective action to address this.
We place strong emphasis on student well-being and provide support for our students around mental health in a range of ways in order to meet the needs of students holistically and on an individual basis

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About The Heys School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
569 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01617724408

The Heys School is a smaller than average 11-16 mixed comprehensive school. This allows us to provide aligned and
differentiated support as we strive to provide the highest standards for students and staff alike. Our core values of
Be Kind, Be Determined and Be Respectful underpin the goal for all students to maximise their potential, to be the best they can be, every day.

The Heys School stands at the centre of our community and we embrace the opportunity to offer our young people
guidance and aspiration to be the best that they can be in all aspects of life. We prepare our students to be active
and valuable adults. Quality teaching and learning supported by reliable and structured pastoral systems provide
opportunities and guidance on becoming resilient young people.

We strongly believe in building a culture of resilience and tolerance in which our students can thrive. Our aim is to
increase our student’s self-belief while opening their eyes and minds to pathways which lead to them becoming
whatever they believe they can be.

Relationships between school and parents/carers are key to the development of successful young people. We
actively encourage parents/carers to interact with school by calling anytime or arranging to come into school for a
visit and a tour.

Arranging a visit to The Heys School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email s.bramah@theheys.school.

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