Teacher of Food and Nutrition
Rugby Free Secondary School
Warwickshire
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- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2021
- Apply by:
- 23 April 2021
Job overview
Rugby Free Secondary School opened in 2016 and has just moved into a brand-new purpose-built facility with a state-of-the-art Design & Technology suite. The road hasn’t been smooth, but it is a school committed to providing success for all of its students and providing a workplace that supports its staff to ensure they are able to work to the best of their ability for our students every day. You won’t find teachers and staff anywhere else who are as committed to a school’s purpose and supporting its success.
We are currently graded as inadequate by Ofsted (May 2019) but on our first monitoring visit (December 2019) and then again in February 2021, it was recognised just how much the school has improved in such a short space of time. Our aim is to be at least ‘good’ by December 2021.
Teaching and Learning and Assessment
- To support in the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work to ensure curriculum coverage, continuity and progression for all students
- To provide guidance on appropriate teaching and learning methods and styles to meet the needs of different students
- To keep up to date with national developments in the subject area and teaching practice and methodology
- Ensure regular and reliable assessments are in place and are used to inform subsequent planning
Curriculum Development
- To ensure that the specification chosen is suitable for the needs of students and the aims and objectives of the school
- To create student enrichment opportunities in the subject area
- To build positive links with creative industry organisations in order to enhance student vocational experiences
Outcomes for Students
- In consultation with the Director of Learning, analyse and evaluate all relevant available data in order to set targets for individual students
- To be accountable for student attainment and progress within the subject area
- To monitor student progress including data analysis and, where appropriate put in place intervention
Safeguarding
- To ensure that all students have a safe environment in which they can learn, reporting any concern about the environment to a member of the site team or if appropriate to one of the Designated Safeguarding Leaders.
- To be aware of systems which support Safeguarding and following the procedures as highlighted in the Safeguarding Policy
- To identify students who may benefit from early intervention and liaise this with one of the Designated Safeguarding Leaders
- To consider the best outcomes at all times as to what is to be in the best interests of the students
- To protect students from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
- To take action to enable all students to have the best outcomes
Generic Responsibilities of all Rugby Free Secondary School Staff
- Individuals have a responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people they are responsible for or comes into contact with. Part of this responsibility involves the checking of visitor identification at the point of school entry and the issuing of relevant safeguarding information.
- Ensure all tasks are carried out with due regard to Health and Safety.
- To remain confidential at all times.
- To undertake appropriate professional development including adhering to the principle of appraisal.
- To adhere to the ethos of the school.
- To promote the agreed vision and aims of the school.
- To set an example of personal integrity professionalism
Rugby Free Secondary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
If you feel that you could bring further impetus to our drive to improve the provision for our students and have the necessary energy, enthusiasm, and sense of humour to take us forward in this exciting curriculum area then please get in touch.
To arrange a visit to school or for an informal discussion with the Director of Learning, please call Baljit Mander, Operations Manager, on 01788 222060 or email; baljit.mander@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk
To apply, please
use the quick apply function on the TES website; https://www.tes.com
Closing date for applications: Friday 23rd April 2021
Interview date: w/c Monday 3rd May 2021
Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow (LT2) is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. LT2 is always happy to receive speculative applications from excellent teachers and support staff. This job description is current at the date shown but in consultation with the post holder may be changed by the Headteacher to reflect or anticipate changes in the job commensurate with the grade and job title. We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy at any time.
Attached documents
About Rugby Free Secondary School
Welcome to Rugby Free Secondary School
‘Pupils benefit from a school community that includes pupils from a wide range of different backgrounds and cultures. There is a culture in which pupils see these differences as a positive thing. Uniqueness is valued and celebrated. Pupils feel confident ‘to be themselves’ at Rugby Free Secondary School. (Ofsted ‘Good’: July 2021)’
At Rugby Free Secondary School, we aim to foster kindness and pride, whilst maximising our academic and personal potential. We believe that all of our students should be happy and safe, whilst demonstrating the limitless endeavour and resilience required to succeed by striving for excellence. To achieve these goals, our school ethos is underpinned by the foundations of mutual respect, positive relationships and genuine curiosity. This is encompassed in our educational philosophy of creating more articulate, organised and progressive learners, and the desire to create both independent and collaborative learners who are proud to be educated at Rugby Free Secondary School. Alongside this, we focus on broadening our students’ core subject knowledge and understanding of the wider world. As a consequence, quality-first Teaching and Learning is at the centre of our school’s ethos, and is the key priority for all staff. Our aim is for teachers to deliver high-quality lessons to all year groups, whilst also being supported to develop through pertinent and purposeful internal and external CPD that is bespoke. Learning is integral to everything we do at RFSS. We ensure that all of our students, regardless of gender, ethnicity or ability, receive the best possible learning experiences, to enable them to achieve and maximise their potential. Here at RFSS, we continually support students to develop a love of learning to help them become learners for life, in order to equip them with the knowledge and skills that they will need in the real-world. This is also the case with our teaching staff, who continuously develop and update their own pedagogical practices, through Action Research projects and other bespoke professional development sessions.
Please find below link to our website with the latest Ofsted report when we were graded as ‘Good’.
https://www.rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk/ofsted
Our Values are:
- Kindness – The quality of friendliness, generosity, consideration, honesty
- Collaboration – The belief that working and learning with others will lead to greater success
- Curiosity – A strong desire to know and to learn
- Resilience - The ability to recover quickly and learn from the difficulties we face
- Respect - To appreciate the importance of understanding and admiration for others and self
- Endeavour - The belief that hard work is needed to achieve something we can be proud of.
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