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  • Start date details

    TBC

  • Closing date

    23 September 2026 at 12am (midnight)

  • Date listed

    9 September 2026

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Job details

Job role

Visa sponsorship

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Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

Food technology

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full time equivalent salary

Teacher Main / Upper Pay Range

Additional allowances

Dudley Academies Trust is fully committed to prioritising emotional health and wellbeing for all employees. We support our employees to make positive choices for their own wellbeing and encourage an open and understanding culture across and between all roles in the Trust. Our Employee Assistance programme offers 24/7, free legal, financial and counselling provision to all staff. Please see the attached wellbeing charter for further information.

Teacher of Food Technology / St James Academy job summary

St James Academy are seeking an enthusiastic and creative Teacher of Food Technology to join our successful secondary school within a supportive Multi Academy Trust. The successful candidate will deliver engaging and inspiring lessons across Key Stages 3 and 4, encouraging students to develop practical cooking skills, nutritional knowledge, and confidence in food preparation. You will be passionate about high-quality teaching, committed to raising achievement, and eager to contribute to a collaborative department. Whether you are an experienced teacher or an ECT, we offer excellent professional development, strong leadership support, and opportunities for career progression within our growing trust. A CTL role could be available for the right candidate.

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.
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Commitment to safeguarding

All successful applicants will need to undertake an enhanced disclosure and barring service check and children and adults barred list checks, where the applicant will be employed in a regulated activity.

Dudley Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds, including disabled, and black and ethnic minority applicants.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About St James Academy

Organisation type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary school
Size
867 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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Website
St James Academy website
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 This is an exciting time to join St James Academy and Dudley Academies Trust. For the third consecutive year, the school is oversubscribed and this year, the school achieved its best ever examination results. Not only did outcomes exceed those in 2019 but St James also did better than 2022, bucking the national trend. It is clear that St James is an academy that is rapidly improving and its dynamic, aspirant culture will ensure that the school goes from strength to strength.

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