Teacher of Design - (specialising in Food & Nutrition)
| Posting date: | 11 March 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 March 2026 |
| Location: | Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO3 5XT |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 616cc36e-41f5-4bd9-b29d-aea4ef7ef4e3 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Design is a well-regarded subject area at Admiral Lord Nelson School, with students achieving strong outcomes while enjoying a rich and engaging curriculum that prepares them for their future lives. The department is housed across six specialist teaching rooms, including two well-equipped Food Technology classrooms, enabling the delivery of a diverse and exciting curriculum. Students in Years 7 and 8 follow a carousel programme that includes Art, Textiles, 3D Design and Food. In Year 9 students follow a department option system which allows them to take part in Food & Nutrition lessons alongside two other Design subjects of their choice.
At KS4, Design continues to be a popular option choice, and students can choose from Fine Art, Textiles, 3D Design, Photography, and Food & Nutrition. It is a department which is well-led by a supportive Curriculum Director and supported by an excellent team of teachers and technicians. You will be joining a well-established, Design department and become part of an innovative team of teachers who enjoy working together.
We are passionate about ensuring every student experiences Food Technology at KS3, and GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition continues to be a consistently popular option choice. The successful candidate will work alongside our experienced Second in Department who is a highly skilled and supportive Food Technology specialist. This post is therefore well suited to an ECT or a more experienced practitioner. You will join a dedicated team of Design teachers and technicians who are committed to delivering a challenging and inspiring curriculum.
Collaboration and the sharing of good practice are central to our school culture. Our professional learning programme provides meaningful opportunities to reflect on and develop excellent teaching and learning. We pride ourselves on supporting teachers at every stage of their career to become the very best they can be. ECTs will benefit from a comprehensive induction programme and ongoing professional development. For colleagues seeking the next step in their career, we are committed to investing in your development and supporting progression into middle or senior leadership roles.
What the school offers its staff
Admiral Lord Nelson has a proven track record for providing a route into teaching for those with suitable skills and qualifications. We are fully committed to training and developing successful candidates and welcome applications from those with or without prior experience.
In June 2022, OFSTED agreed the school continues to be a good school, the inspectors were incredibly impressed with the high quality of both our safeguarding, and our extensive curriculum offer here, both in academic lessons and beyond lessons in our personal development curriculum. We were thrilled to see how much the inspectors valued our inclusive approach to education and our commitment to being ambitious for every child, ensuring that they are well supported to be successful in their learning at school and in their preparation for adulthood. In June 2019, our school won the highly prestigious TES Award for Creative School of the Year in recognition of our commitment to creativity across all aspects of our curriculum.
Salterns Academy Trust is a learning community where every member of staff understands the difference they can make to our students’ outcomes.
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.
Design is a well-regarded subject area at Admiral Lord Nelson School, with students achieving strong outcomes while enjoying a rich and engaging curriculum that prepares them for their future lives. The department is housed across six specialist teaching rooms, including two well-equipped Food Technology classrooms, enabling the delivery of a diverse and exciting curriculum. Students in Years 7 and 8 follow a carousel programme that includes Art, Textiles, 3D Design and Food. In Year 9 students follow a department option system which allows them to take part in Food & Nutrition lessons alongside two other Design subjects of their choice.
At KS4, Design continues to be a popular option choice, and students can choose from Fine Art, Textiles, 3D Design, Photography, and Food & Nutrition. It is a department which is well-led by a supportive Curriculum Director and supported by an excellent team of teachers and technicians. You will be joining a well-established, Design department and become part of an innovative team of teachers who enjoy working together.
We are passionate about ensuring every student experiences Food Technology at KS3, and GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition continues to be a consistently popular option choice. The successful candidate will work alongside our experienced Second in Department who is a highly skilled and supportive Food Technology specialist. This post is therefore well suited to an ECT or a more experienced practitioner. You will join a dedicated team of Design teachers and technicians who are committed to delivering a challenging and inspiring curriculum.
Collaboration and the sharing of good practice are central to our school culture. Our professional learning programme provides meaningful opportunities to reflect on and develop excellent teaching and learning. We pride ourselves on supporting teachers at every stage of their career to become the very best they can be. ECTs will benefit from a comprehensive induction programme and ongoing professional development. For colleagues seeking the next step in their career, we are committed to investing in your development and supporting progression into middle or senior leadership roles.
What the school offers its staff
Admiral Lord Nelson has a proven track record for providing a route into teaching for those with suitable skills and qualifications. We are fully committed to training and developing successful candidates and welcome applications from those with or without prior experience.
In June 2022, OFSTED agreed the school continues to be a good school, the inspectors were incredibly impressed with the high quality of both our safeguarding, and our extensive curriculum offer here, both in academic lessons and beyond lessons in our personal development curriculum. We were thrilled to see how much the inspectors valued our inclusive approach to education and our commitment to being ambitious for every child, ensuring that they are well supported to be successful in their learning at school and in their preparation for adulthood. In June 2019, our school won the highly prestigious TES Award for Creative School of the Year in recognition of our commitment to creativity across all aspects of our curriculum.
Salterns Academy Trust is a learning community where every member of staff understands the difference they can make to our students’ outcomes.
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.