Teacher of Food Nutrition and Preparation

An exciting opportunity to join the team at Oasis Academy Sholing

Superb opportunity for an ECT teacher, or experienced member of staff to join a well-established and supportive department.

We are looking for a motivated and driven professional to join our team and teach Food nutrition and preparation at both key stage 3 and key stage 4.  The successful candidate will be a committed individual able to inspire and motivate our young people. In addition, the successful candidate needs to be a strong classroom practitioner with excellent subject knowledge who can deliver engaging and challenging lessons to all students regardless of their abilities. This appointment will also be an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to develop outstanding subject knowledge working under an excellent subject leader who developed an exciting and fully resourced Food curriculum.

Our offer to you

When you join the Sholing family there are a significant number of benefits that make us stand out as an employer of choice. These include but are not limited to:

• An exceptional CPD offer including fortnightly personalised Incremental Coaching, weekly Academy-wide and department-based CPD and termly Trust-based CPD.
• A pre-planned, fully resourced, Trust-wide curriculum with the autonomy to adapt for your students - no planning lessons from scratch!  
• A centralised Culture for Learning policy which allows the teacher to teach and students to learn. You will be fully supported too by a superb Pastoral and SEND team.
• A streamlined, personalised feedback & assessment policy, created to minimise staff workload and maximise student progression.
• The opportunity to undertake fully-funded National Professional Qualifications and access to Apprenticeship Levy for further professional and academic qualifications.
• The opportunity to run a weekly extra-curricular club of your choosing, and to share your hidden talents with students!
• Access to an iPad for all staff / students enabling the use of Formative and other online self-marking assessment resources.
• The opportunity to further your career within the Trust and region.  There are also  a range of National Lead Practitioner roles within the Trust which you may also have the opportunity to apply for.
• Access to Eye Care vouchers and a national Cycle to Work scheme.
• Access to Health Shield Cash Plan which can include 24/7 access to a GP, assistance with the cost and access to dental treatment, eye-care, physiotherapy, and chiropody.
• Support to balance your work/life/caring responsibilities via our Time Off Work Policy, Menopause Policy, Flexible Working and Sabbatical Policy
• Trust wide recognition of the challenges to mental health, facing both staff and students, and the support of our National Mental Health Team which is staffed by professionally qualified Mental Health Nurses.
• Confidential Counselling services for you and those that live with you, should times get tough.

Our academy

Oasis Academy Sholing is a rapidly improving, forward-thinking Academy that maintains high expectations of staff and students.

Sholing is part of the highly successful Oasis Community Learning multi-academy trust.  The successful candidate will share the ambition of community transformation, delivered by exceptional education at the heart of the community.

We are searching for somebody who has high expectations, a commitment to raising standards and up to date knowledge of teaching and learning. 

Application process

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For further information and an application pack please visit www.oasisacademysholing.org or email us at recruitment@oasissholing.org or phone 02380 448861.

For an informal discussion about the role and the Academy, please contact Ashley Ranger, Head of Department at Ashley.Ranger@oasissholing.org