Do you believe that understanding nutrition and mastering cooking are vital life skills for young people?
Are you looking for a permanent, full-time position that will allow you to make a lasting impact from day one?
Can you foster an inclusive environment where students from all backgrounds feel empowered to excel?
If you answered yes, this is the role for you.
About the Role
Randstad Education in Leeds is seeking a passionate, dedicated, and talented Teacher of Food Technology for a full-time, permanent position starting in September 2026. The successful candidate will take on a vital role within a thriving Design and Technology department. This position involves delivering high-quality, practical, and theoretical Food Technology and Nutrition lessons across Key Stages 3 and 4. The role demands an educator who can balance the high-energy demands of a practical kitchen environment with the rigorous academic standards required for GCSE food preparation and nutrition. The incoming teacher will inherit a well-stocked, modern cooking facility and will be responsible for fostering a love of culinary arts, food safety, and healthy living among a diverse and enthusiastic student body.
About the School
Located in Bradford, this school operates under a traditional and highly respected educational model. The school is underpinned by a calm, deeply structured, and purposeful atmosphere where low-level disruption is non-existent, allowing teachers to focus entirely on delivering impactful lessons. Explicit leadership development and character building are woven into the very fabric of the school's culture. It is a school where relationships between adults and pupils are warm and respectful, and where staff are thoroughly supported by predictable behaviour systems and robust curriculum plans.
Requirements
... - Qualified Teacher Status (QTS): Holds QTS, QTLS, or an equivalent recognised UK teaching qualification.
- Enhanced DBS: A valid Enhanced DBS clearance registered on the Update Service (or a willingness to apply for one).
- Safeguarding Knowledge: Up-to-date training and a deep commitment to modern safeguarding principles and child protection procedures.
- Eligibility to Work: Valid legal entitlement to work full-time in the UK.
Essential Skills
- Culinary Expertise: Advanced knowledge of food preparation techniques, cooking methods, and complex culinary skills.
- Nutritional Science Knowledge: A strong understanding of human nutrition, dietary requirements, and food science theories.
- Classroom Management: The ability to maintain a calm, highly ordered, and safe working environment during high-intensity practical lessons.
- Differentiation: Skill in adapting complex practical tasks to make them accessible to students of all abilities and backgrounds.
- Time Management: Exceptional organisational skills to ensure lessons fit perfectly into the school's structured timetable.
- Data-Driven Intervention: Ability to analyse student performance metrics to implement targeted academic support.
Key Responsibilities
- Curriculum Delivery: Plan, prepare, and deliver high-quality, engaging Food Technology lessons that align with the national curriculum and exam board specifications.
- Practical Lesson Management: Oversee and manage all live cooking elements of the class, ensuring students execute culinary techniques safely and efficiently.
- Academic Assessment: Implement structured feedback routines, including the school's modelled examples, to secure long-term knowledge retention.
- Health and Safety Compliance: Maintain strict hygiene, food safety, and risk assessment protocols within the food room, aligned with standard school safety regulations.
- Resource and Ingredient Management: Manage the ordering, storage, preparation, and budgeting of food ingredients and kitchen equipment.
- Progress Monitoring: Track, record, and report on the academic progress and practical competencies of all students, identifying and supporting those who need extra intervention.
- Form Tutor Duties: Act as a dedicated Form Tutor, supporting the pastoral care, attendance, and holistic well being of an assigned student group.
- Character Development Support: Actively promote the school's core values of ambition, teamwork, and respect within the classroom and the wider school community.
- Departmental Collaboration: Work collaboratively with the Design and Technology team to share best practices, develop resources, and contribute to standard moderation.
- Parental Engagement: Maintain regular, positive communication with parents and guardians regarding student behaviour, practical needs, and academic achievements.
What We Offer:
- A supportive, collaborative working environment.
- Opportunities for career progression and ongoing professional development.
- The chance to make a significant impact on the lives of students.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- A Refer a Friend scheme where you could earn a £300 Love2shop voucher (subject to terms and conditions).
Could this be the ideal role for you?
Click "Apply Now" to submit your application for the role of a Teacher of Food Technology. For more information, please contact leeds@randstadeducation.co.uk or call 01132462500 to speak to the secondary team.
