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TEACHER OF FOOD, HOSPITALITY & CATERING
Required September 2025
A payment of £1,000 will be paid to the successful candidate if they have applied direct to the School for this role (this will be paid in three instalments at the end of each term during the first year)
West Hatch is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, well organised and motivated teacher to join our successful DT team in the Food & Hospitality Department. The ability to teach Food, Hospitality and Textiles at KS3 and KS4 would be required. Currently, the department offers Food and Textiles at Year 7 on a carousel structure. Year 8 and 9 experience a combination of Hospitality and Catering lessons that leads into our recently implemented KS4 Technical award in Hospitality and Catering. The successful candidate would have the opportunity to be involved in the further development and successful delivery of these courses.
You will be working with, and supported by a team of experienced, successful and hard-working staff who are committed and passionate about their subjects. The Faculty has a number of modern and well-resourced teaching environments, with recent expansion of the department and its resources further enhancing its success. Food & Textiles is also supported by knowledgeable technicians. The post is suitable for an experienced practitioner or an ECT teacher.
We offer the following benefits:
- Newly built sports hall with fully fitted gym available for staff use,
- Swimming pool available for staff use,
- Banked cover scheme allowing staff to build time to take some term time days off,
- The Headteacher is passionate about staff workload and wellbeing and holds regular wellbeing meetings with staff,
- Minimal marking expectations,
- Additional CPD day to allow staff to mark mock internal examinations,
- All our teachers are provided with laptops and staff are welcome to work where and when they wish outside of school hours,
- We offer a significant number of paid development opportunities within departments and also across the school.
For more detailed information please see the additional information pack.
At West Hatch we believe in building strong relationships with students and going the extra mile to support students' successes both in and outside of school.
The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in the commitment. This appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and positive references.
Further details about this post and an Application Form are available by visiting our School website at www.westhatch.net
If you require additional information, please contact recruitment@westhatch.net
Closing date: Monday 12th May 2025 at 9am
Early applications are encouraged as we will review applications as we receive them; and applicants may be contacted before the closing date.
Information about the School
West Hatch is a thriving, heavily oversubscribed innovative school. Proud of its success with significantly above average results and recently rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted, we are always striving for improvement. We are keen to appoint individuals with a positive outlook and a proactive attitude – colleagues who enrich the lives of the learners and staff with whom they work.
We place great store on teacher development at all levels and offer a whole range of opportunities for colleagues to develop their leadership potential within and beyond West Hatch.
The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in the commitment. This appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and positive references.
Further details about this post and an Application Form are available by visiting our school website.