Teacher of Food & Nutrition EDV/2025/JMS/63488 Wootton Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1JB Pe[...]

Springwell Alternative Academy; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking educational institution in Abingdon is seeking a highly motivated Food and Nutrition teacher to join its Visual Arts faculty. The successful candidate will inspire students and promote the importance of healthy lifestyles and creative arts. Responsibilities include engaging students, ensuring their potential is met, and contributing to a supportive teamwork environment. Join a committed staff dedicated to professional development and fostering a collaborative educational experience.

Benefits

Supportive induction program

Commitment to professional development

Focus on staff well-being

Qualifications

• Experience in teaching Food and Nutrition across key stages 3 & 4.
• Ability to engage students in creative arts and healthy lifestyles.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Ignite student interest in Food and Nutrition.
• Ensure all students reach their potential.
• Promote collaborative working among staff.

Skills

Passion for teaching

Knowledge in nutrition

Ability to inspire students

Education

Qualified Teacher Status

Job description

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic and reflective Food and Nutrition teacher to join our supportive and successful Visual Arts faculty. Applications are invited from inspiring practitioners who can teach across key stages 3 & 4 and have expertise in areas such as nutrition, hospitality and catering processes would be an advantage. The subject is currently a popular option at KS4.

The successful candidate will be passionate about promoting the teaching and learning of creative subjects and healthy lifestyles and have the capacity to deliver great teaching, ensuring that students achieve their potential and thrive in an environment that is engaging, challenging and inclusive. Our goal as a faculty is to work to engender in our students an appreciation of the value of the creative arts in the curriculum, and develop and achieve creative confidence, in depth subject knowledge as well as refined practical and transferable skillsets.

The faculty is committed to facilitating manageable workloads and ensures that practices are informed by current evidence and evaluation. We are on a continuous reflective journey to develop our curriculum design and assessment strategies further and this is an exciting time to join the faculty and work alongside experienced and dedicated colleagues.

If you are committed to inspiring your students to learn how the creative arts help them to understand the world, and value the transferable skills developed through purposeful practice, then we encourage you to apply.

Key responsibilities

• Enthusiastic teacher, able to ignite interest from students and colleagues;
• Committed to ensuring that all students reach their potential;
• Capable of promoting partnerships and collaborative working in our school, across the Abingdon Learning Trust and in the wider artistic teaching community;
• A role model for our students and staff;
• Effective in setting and attaining high standards of student progress;
• Active in working to develop their own teaching practice.

What we offer

• The support and satisfaction of being part of a collaborative, aspirational and reflective team led by experienced staff.
• A program of supported induction and continuing professional development firmly rooted in educational research.
• A commitment to supporting the well-being of staff.

Students who have a desire to achieve and respect the school’s expectations.