Lead Practitioner in Food Technology
| Posting date: | 16 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 January 2026 |
| Location: | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE16 5AR |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | e6161e99-878f-4434-a9a9-188ea302bdf0 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
You'll join our successful IT, Business and Technology Faculty – a team of 13 staff whoconsistently deliver some of the school's top results. But more importantly, you'll:
● Model excellence – demonstrate what outstanding Food Technology teaching looks
like across KS3-KS5
● Develop others – coach and mentor colleagues using evidence-based approaches
● Drive innovation – lead our Whickham Learning Model implementation, ensuring
every pupil experiences the four stages of effective learning
● Shape practice – plan and deliver whole-school training that transforms teaching
across all subjects
● Make it real – work with pupils who are genuinely engaged, in a school where
behaviour is strong and aspiration is high. Our uptake of food at level 2 & 3 is high
and growing.
What the school offers its staff
What Makes Whickham Special?
We're not just another high-performing school (though our Progress 8 of +0.26 in 2024 and81%+ achieving 4+ in English and Maths in 2025 speaks for itself). We'39;re a community thatgenuinely invests in our staff:
Your work-life balance matters to us:
● Dedicated collaborative planning time – one hour every fortnight with your subjectteam
● Reduced teaching allocation so you can focus on development and coaching
● Flexible approach to work-life balance considerations
● Access to fitness facilities outside school hours
We invest in your growth:
● Work with our established team of lead practitioners shaping whole-school practice
● Leadership development opportunities that are meaningful, not just box-ticking
● Evidence-based CPD that actually makes a difference
The practical benefits:
● Salary sacrifice schemes including bicycle and electric vehicle leasing
● Higher priority for your children's admission to our heavily oversubscribed school
● Modern, outstanding technology facilities to work with
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
You'll join our successful IT, Business and Technology Faculty – a team of 13 staff whoconsistently deliver some of the school's top results. But more importantly, you'll:
● Model excellence – demonstrate what outstanding Food Technology teaching looks
like across KS3-KS5
● Develop others – coach and mentor colleagues using evidence-based approaches
● Drive innovation – lead our Whickham Learning Model implementation, ensuring
every pupil experiences the four stages of effective learning
● Shape practice – plan and deliver whole-school training that transforms teaching
across all subjects
● Make it real – work with pupils who are genuinely engaged, in a school where
behaviour is strong and aspiration is high. Our uptake of food at level 2 & 3 is high
and growing.
What the school offers its staff
What Makes Whickham Special?
We're not just another high-performing school (though our Progress 8 of +0.26 in 2024 and81%+ achieving 4+ in English and Maths in 2025 speaks for itself). We'39;re a community thatgenuinely invests in our staff:
Your work-life balance matters to us:
● Dedicated collaborative planning time – one hour every fortnight with your subjectteam
● Reduced teaching allocation so you can focus on development and coaching
● Flexible approach to work-life balance considerations
● Access to fitness facilities outside school hours
We invest in your growth:
● Work with our established team of lead practitioners shaping whole-school practice
● Leadership development opportunities that are meaningful, not just box-ticking
● Evidence-based CPD that actually makes a difference
The practical benefits:
● Salary sacrifice schemes including bicycle and electric vehicle leasing
● Higher priority for your children's admission to our heavily oversubscribed school
● Modern, outstanding technology facilities to work with
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.