Teacher OR Head of Technology (Food & Nutrition Specialist)

Bungay High School, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1RW

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  26 February 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  20 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Food technology
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS

Teacher OR Head of Technology (Food & Nutrition Specialist) job summary

Tel: 01986 892140

Email: rblake@bungayhigh.co.uk

Web: www.bungayhigh.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Chanel Oswick

NOR: 1000 | Age 11-18

• Salary: MPS/UPS
• Permanent
• Full Time
• Starting September 2026

We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and passionate Teacher OR Head of Technology to deliver high quality lessons from September 2026. 

We are looking for a Food and Nutrition specialist and an excellent classroom practitioner, who is flexible, dedicated and passionate about delivering exceptional learning experiences. There is potential for teaching at all levels to be offered. We are reviewing the leadership structure within our technology faculty and there is the potential for a Head of Technology role for a suitable candidate.

Bungay High School Academy is a thriving and successful school situated in a pleasant rural area. We are 20 miles from Norwich and 15 miles from the delightful heritage coast. We have fantastic students, great staff and a commitment to success for all. We have an excellent CPD programme and are committed to staff development. Bungay High School is very proud to be part of the East Anglian Schools’ Trust.

Should you have any queries, please contact Mrs Blake, Headteacher’s PA: 01986 891642 or email: rblake@bungayhigh.co.uk.  

How to Apply:

For this vacancy, if you click the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected for further information and to apply. Please address your covering letter of interest to Mrs Chanel Oswick, Headteacher.

Closing date: 26 February 2026, 12noon

Interview date: w/c 2 March 2026

We reserve the right to interview before this date. Please note we do not accept CVs. No Agencies.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS check will be required for this post.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Our values, which underpin every decision we take and the systems we use, are demonstrated in The Bungay Way, underpinned by our character virtues of RESPECT, RESILIENCE, REFLECTIVENESS and RESPONSIBIITY. We have a comprehensive student character-building programme, through which we are working towards the nationally recognised Character Quality Mark.

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

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

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

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Bungay High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 996 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bungay High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bungay-high-school-bungay

Bungay High School Academy is a thriving and successful school situated in a pleasant rural area. We are 20 miles from Norwich and 15 miles from the delightful heritage coast. We have fantastic students, great staff and a commitment to success for all. We have an excellent CPD programme and are committed to staff development.

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