Teacher of Food and Nutrition
Forest School
E17 3PY
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 25 February 2018
Job overview
Forest School is seeking to appoint a dynamic, engaging and innovative Teacher of Food and Nutrition, who has excellent subject knowledge, with the ability to contribute to the continued improvements in pupil progress and attainment. The successful candidate will be an inspiring presence in the classroom with a commitment to raising the achievement of all pupils.
The department currently consists of six members of teaching staff and a Head of Department, whilst the teaching is supported by one technician. The department has three specialist classrooms, each room is well-appointed to a high standard, enabling teaching across every Key Stage.
Food and Nutrition is taught to all pupils in year 7 and year 8, and is an extremely popular option in year 9 and at GCSE level. At Key Stage 3 pupils develop a broad base of skills through practical, investigational and theoretical work. Year 7 focuses on developing pupils’ ability to make decisions and choices concerning the relationships between diet and health. This is further continued in year 8 where a more experimental and enquiring approach is adopted. In year 9 pupils are introduced to methods of study and topics encountered at GCSE. OCR Food Preparation and Nutrition is then offered at GCSE level for two years.
The department has a proud record of achievement in GCSE. In the last two years pupils achieved 100% A*/C grades at GCSE. Therefore, the successful candidate can look forward to teaching enthusiastic and intelligent pupils, as well as joining an exceptionally talented department.
Closing date for applications: Sunday 25 February 2018
Interviews: Thursday 8 March 2018
Forest School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Appointment to this position requires an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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About Forest School
Forest is an outstanding all-round School, well known for its friendly, welcoming ethos, and full of 1450 bright sparky pupils aged 4-18. We are lucky to be located in this part of North East London, allowing us to attract pupils from a diverse range of social and ethnic backgrounds who share in being academically ambitious, but are grounded, engaging and very loyal to the School. Described by the Good Schools Guide as a ‘powerhouse with a heart’ and enjoying a reputation for strong expert teaching and learning, Forest pupils are encouraged to find success on all fronts through the breadth of the opportunities on offer to them.
We aim to develop the whole pupil through our distinct educational provision which gives equal weight to academic, co-curricular and pastoral strands of school life. To this end, Forest promotes all-round educational excellence, recognising that advancement to higher education or the world of work requires top academic grades but keen to develop a sense of service in the pupils and an awareness of their responsibilities to other people, as well as themselves. Forest is recognised as a school that is always evolving, self-evaluating and planning strategically for its future, while valuing its heritage and its location, all of which makes our community a stimulating one to work in for our 150+ teachers and 100+ non-teaching staff.
For full details about working at Forest School please visit our website www.forest.org.uk
Forest School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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