Food Technology Teacher

KS3/4 Food Technology teacher

FULL TIME, UNTIL APRIL 2025

Prospero Teaching is looking for Food Technology teacher for a Secondary School in the Bury LA. This position is to cover the absence of the current post holder. You will be responsible for teaching Food Technology across Years 7 to 11, and other DT subjects at Year 7 and 8 on a carousel basis. The department is settled and welcoming and produces strong results year on year. The Head of Department has been in post several years and consistently produces outstanding schemes of work.

The school is a mainstream Secondary School with a supportive cover team and teaching staff. Accessible to both the M60 and M66 in Bury, our school has superb Food rooms and the department has been heavily invested in over the last few years.

The position is open to NQT’s/ECT’s and more experienced colleagues. You will be paid to scale from day one of this assignment and we are available to discuss this role with teaching professionals as soon as possible.

Our school has a strong reputation across the LA and the DT staff are central to the magnificent props and set that feature in the Christmas and Summer pantomines – so your help would be welcomed outside of school hours where possible.

CONTRACT/POSITION DETAILS

Location Bury, Lancashire
Position Teacher of Food Technology
Type of work Long term Teacher cover
Start date ASAP 22 April 2025
Duration / Likely Duration April 2025
End date (if applicable) N/A
Contract type – Temporary
Full time/part time Full
Minimum rate of pay – £163
Hours 8:30 am 3.30pm

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS

Graduate, with a 2:2 or higher
UK Qualified Teacher Status is essential for this role
Previous experience working in a UK school
Up to date Safeguarding training issued in the last year

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:

Hold Right to Work in the UK
Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
Provide two professional child related references
If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up to date CV. Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register and have passed all safeguarding/vetting checks with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy. Any adult working with children and vulnerable young people are responsible for safeguarding and protecting the welfare of the children and young people.

Prospero Teaching is able to offer the successful candidate:

Free, accredited continued professional development courses including safeguarding and behaviour management
In-house Training and Development Team

Proud to be listed in the Times as one of ‘The Best Companies To Work For’, Prospero Teaching is an innovative and forward-thinking recruitment agency. With over two decades of experience, our education consultants work hard to find you the most suitable role, from a wide range of teaching jobs across the UK, in thousands of excellent schools, academies, and nurseries. We are an APSCO-audited education agency, and our awards for excellence demonstrate our commitment to high-quality service and best practice.