Teacher of Food Studies

Salary: MPS / UPS

September 2024

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Teacher of Food Studies to join our team from September 24. 

We are looking for a passionate and dedicated professional who will continue to inspire our young people.

Why Us?

• You will have the opportunity to work with excellent within Art, Design and Technology.
• Students develop their knowledge and understanding of nutrition, healthy eating, food preparation, hygiene, cooking techniques, and sensory characteristics. 
• We are keen to promote student understanding, appreciation and acceptance of people from a variety of cultural backgrounds through the preparation of food from different countries.
• The department currently has 1 room fully equipped for Food Studies and has access to classrooms and ICT facilities within the Art, Design and Technology block.

About Northern Ambition Academies Trust:

• As a Trust, we place people at the heart of everything we do. Our organisation is driven by a strong moral purpose. We are first and foremost an educational charity established to benefit children and local communities.
• The Trust has a collaborative network both internally across our family of schools but also externally with other education providers across West Yorkshire and beyond. The Trust currently comprises four schools across the primary and secondary phases, with plans for future growth and the opportunities that brings. Airedale Academy has solid finances and rising student numbers over the next few years.
• CPD opportunities are readily accessible internally and via the National College, Every E-Learning Platform and subject specialist associations. The Trust has a collaborative network both internally across our family of schools but also externally with other education providers across West Yorkshire and beyond.

We understand the importance of our colleague’s wellbeing and offer a range of benefits including:

o  Access to the Trust’s Employee Assistance Programme providing a range of health and wellbeing resources and experts.

o  Our commitment to staff wellbeing (as shown by our Wellbeing Awards for Schools and school-based Staff Wellbeing Ambassadors who are all trained Mental Health First Aiders).

o  Trust wide commitment to reducing the workload of all staff through the use of Technology (both hardware and software).

o  The provision of informal staff workrooms.

o  Access to the Trust’s new Fitness Suite (based at Airedale Academy) from September 2024.

We would encourage you to visit us so that you can see for yourself what our Trust has to offer you. Please contact our Recruitment Partner at Hays Education by email michelle.audis@hays.com or by telephone on 07840047154 for an application pack, to organise a visit or for a confidential discussion.

Closing Date: 18th April 2024