Teacher of Food Technology - Maternity Cover
Aylestone School, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR1 1HYThis job expired on 14 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
14 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
7 May 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
Contract type
- Fixed term - Maternity Cover - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a teacher who has a clear commitment to achieving the best possible outcomes for pupils of all abilities. Applications are invited from outstanding classroom practitioners with a proven record of motivating pupils to achieve success. The successful applicant will have a record of delivering consistently good to outstanding lessons.
Skills and Abilities
- Ability to teach to KS3 Technology and Food at GCSE
- Commitment to improving student learning and raising achievement.
- Enthusiasm to inspire in students a desire to learn and participate.
- Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively.
- Well developed inter-personal skills and flexible approaches in using them with staff, students, parents and the wider community.
- Interest in innovation in the classroom including interactive whiteboard skills.
- Experience and understanding of helping high and low achievers.
Experience
- Experience of teaching Food across the full age and ability range of an 11-16 school, with proven success.
- Experience of curriculum planning, assessment and moderation.
- Experience of team work.
- Proven record as a teacher whose students reach high standards of learning and achievement.
- Able to enthuse, motivate and discipline students.
- Experience in the use of ICT in the classroom with the skill to impart that expertise to others.
- Successful track record of achieving school improvement in previous posts.
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
- Evidence of successfully introducing new ideas and leading educational innovation in current post.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
- a supportive leadership team and vibrant professional community
- a commitment to continuing professional development
- a positive school culture
- an opportunity to work with our federated primary schools if appropriate
We offer you an exciting opportunity to work with, and enhance, a forward thinking, highly successful and motivated team. Whilst the school has a relentless focus on high expectations and aspirations we are proud to provide a happy and nurturing environment, so that as well as maturing into well-rounded, confident, young people, our students develop a passion for learning.
Further details about the role
Aylestone is a caring school. Students and staff members matter, consequently, a happy and friendly, atmosphere has been developed combined with a sense of purpose and unity in striving to be the best that we can. We would thoroughly recommend any potential candidates visit the school to experience this for themselves, you will not be disappointed.
The successful candidate will be joining the school at an exciting time. Building on Aylestone’s success the Local Authority are investing over £13 million to increase the number of pupils to 750. This includes the building of brand new block and sports hall. This expansion will allow Aylestone to retain it’s ‘small school ethos’ whilst expanding its curriculum offer and opportunity.
Should you wish to visit the school or talk to key staff prior to application then we would welcome the opportunity to meet you and show you around our school. If you would like to arrange such a visit, then please call the school office on 01432 357371 to arrange this, or to discuss the post over the phone with Mr Ben Dugdale – Deputy Headteacher.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Governing Body are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service and additional recruitment checks.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Aylestone School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 460 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Aylestone School website
- Email address
- hr@aylestone.hereford.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01432357371
Aylestone School is a co-educational 11-16 school, located in the picturesque Cathedral City of Hereford, adjacent to the Herefordshire Colleges' campus for Further Education, and 10 minutes walk from the City railway station.
Arranging a visit to Aylestone School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@aylestone.hereford.sch.uk.
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