Teacher of Food Preparation and Nutrition
Guildford County School
Surrey
- Expired
- Salary:
- TMPS, UPS or Unqualified, Fringe Allowance
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP or 1st September 2023
- Apply by:
- 5 December 2022
Job overview
Full or part-time position with a TLR, welcome incentive and leadership development opportunities in place for the right candidate.
“Pupils achieve very high standards and make excellent progress from their starting points.”
“The leadership of teaching is very well developed so that staff are well supported to improve their practice. As a result, staff blossom, including those new to the profession”
“OUTSTANDING in all areas” – Ofsted 2017
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and innovative individual to lead on our work in this vital area of our curriculum, which sits within a highly successful Technology department and to teach up to and including GCSE and A Level. The position could suit either an experienced teacher or a recently qualified teacher with the appropriate experience. We welcome applications from ECTs and actively support new teachers with an established and extensive ECT programme. We are as committed to your development as we will expect you to be to the progress of your students. The successful applicant will have strong subject knowledge, and be a reflective practitioner who embraces emerging technologies. Our results for 2021 were 70% at 5+ at GCSE.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is a popular and highly successful subject at Guildford County School and is highly regarded by all. Guildford County School places value on the creative aspects of our curriculum and we are excited to grow our work in this area.
We have a purpose built Food Preparation and Nutrition room that is IT enabled and with a large demonstration bench which will allow the successful candidate to demonstrate to the students. A friendly, experienced and designated food technician will support the teacher of Food Preparation and Nutrition and facilitate lesson preparation and stock control within the adjoining area. The food team work as a part of the wider technology team and we cannot wait to welcome you on board.
Strong academic results, great teamwork and a drive for excellence set this academy school apart. Our students and staff benefit from exceptional community links and are widely praised for their passion and dedication. Should you be interested in a leadership position within the school more widely, or specifically within the technology department, please include a paragraph regarding your leadership potential within your application.
In return, Guildford County School can offer you:
- Use of our state-of-the-art and brand new gym facilities
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Access to Childcare Vouchers
- Attractive pension
- Free onsite parking that is close to the thriving town centre of Guildford
- Supportive working environment
For further information, to download an application form, or to find out more about life as a member of the team at County with our 5 minute short film ‘Join the Team’, please visit the school website: https://www.guildfordcounty.co.uk/643/current-vacancies or contact Sarah Mackenzie, HR Officer, by telephone: 01483 447366 or email: smackenzie@guildfordcounty.co.uk
For exceptional candidates, interviews may be arranged prior to the closing date.
Closing date: 10am on Monday, 5th December 2022.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this obligation. The successful candidate will be required to undertake and enhanced disclosure by the DBS.
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About Guildford County School
At Guildford County School, we have a purpose. We are entrusted to provide our students with the best education in the country, focused on outcomes of every description.
We do this through focussing on our three core values. We expect all members of our community to demonstrate a generosity of spirit, to be creative in all of their endeavours and to celebrate success in all of its forms.
We are a high achieving, oversubscribed and non-selective mixed state secondary school in Surrey. Music and sport, as well as a number of other co-curricular activities, sit alongside our established, yet progressive, academic curriculum. Students, staff and other stakeholders love our school. An academy converter, we are proud members of the Learning Partners Academy Trust and work tirelessly to serve our local community.
As a School founded in 1905 we have deep-rooted values and traditions which have resulted in consistent academic success and we have held a strong place within the Guildford Educational establishment for over 100 years. These successes have been built on a clear vision and a strong set of core values.
Guildford County School values and promotes excellence and recognises different kinds of success. We appreciate individual difference, foster respect, promote tolerance and the acceptance of others, encourage warm relationships and provide a place for all. Through providing opportunities for everyone to give and achieve we demonstrate our integrity, fairness and an ethical way of working. We are creative, open to innovation and initiative, whilst remaining respectful of our traditions. We aim to affirm in everyone a sense of identity, confidence and community.
Our school has a strong reputation for academic success, developed within a caring and family atmosphere. We are proud of our consistently high examination results and the culture of ‘Better Never Stops’ that permeates throughout County. Our dedicated staff work in partnership with students, creating an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust, which helps students to achieve their full potential. We provide outstanding and varied learning experiences and the school is renowned for its friendliness and student support. We operate a mantra of ‘kindness, but with a bottom line’.
As a Specialist Music college, we have a national reputation for excellence in this curriculum area. Music inspires our students, encourages self-esteem, and helps them to work in teams and respect their peers. We take Music beyond the classroom to entertain and support the community and this highlights our drive for excellence in all aspects of school life.
Guildford County School educates the whole child and we have a wide-ranging programme of co-curricular activities that sit very much alongside our traditional class-based provision. We are delighted that our students grow into thriving, confident and resilient young people, well equipped for the challenges and opportunities that they will face when they leave us and enter honourable adulthood.
At Guildford County School, we aspire to be leaders in secondary education. A school where children thrive as truly resilient learners, are healthy, happy and successful and where we all believe that being ‘Better Never Stops’.
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