Job Advert: Head of Food - Chesterfield Area
Location: Chesterfield area
Salary: £30,000 to £46,525 + SEN1 (£2,539) + TLR2a (£3,214) (Pending Teachers' Pay Award 2024-25)
Contract: Temp to perm, full-time
Start Date: ASAP
Grade/Scale: MPS/UPS + SEN1 + TLR2a
Travel: Mileage expenses claimable for travel across academy sites and occasional home visits.
Are you a passionate and inspiring educator with a love for food education? Academics Agency are seeking a dedicated Head of Food to join our team, leading the secondary food curriculum across multiple sites. This full-time, permanent opportunity is ideal for a strong teacher and leader ready to make a real difference in the lives of KS3 and KS4 students.
The Role:
- Oversee and deliver the food curriculum, ensuring high-quality teaching and engaging lessons.
- Teach a range of qualifications, including GCSE Food and ASDAN Foodwise.
- Lead a small team of 3 staff members, with responsibility for sequencing the curriculum, driving student progress, and ensuring outcomes are met.
- Organise and lead practicals, manage coursework, and stay updated on exam regulation changes.
- Act as a form tutor with small class sizes of up to 10 pupils.
- Conduct curriculum Deep Dives and provide leadership in food education.
What We're Looking For: We welcome applications from teachers with experience delivering engaging food lessons to KS3 and KS4 students, especially those who may face challenges or disengagement. If you have the passion to inspire, lead, and help students achieve their potential in food education, we want to hear from you!
Benefits you will receive -
- Amazing pay rates (depending on experience) inclusive holiday pay.
- Flexibility- We offer all of our candidates the opportunity to choose the days where they work, providing great work life balance.
- ASAP start, or a start date that works for you.
- The ability to "try before you buy" with schools- allowing you to select your next permanent position based on your experiences on supply.
- Additional support from our dedicated staff throughout all of your placements.
- Temp to perm contracts
- Refer a friend scheme that allows you to earn up to £125 of love to shop vouchers for every education professional you refer to us.
- Tailoured CPD opportutinites
You are encouraged to apply if you have -
- QTS Qualification.
- SEN experience.
- Eligibility to work in the UK.
- Have applicable references on request.
- Enhanced DBS on the update service or willing to obtain one.
Apply today by sending your CV to or Tel: and take the next step in your teaching career as Head of Food.
"Charlotta and the Academics team are outstanding in their commitment to supporting educators. Their professionalism and dedication have made my experience smooth and rewarding."
- Helena C, SEN HLTA
If you're ready to make a difference in the lives of pupils with special needs, we want to connect with you. Join our team and help us continue making a positive impact in classrooms across the region.
Academics- A quality agency which prides itself on delivering continuity in the classroom and has an exceptional reputation amongst schools nationwide.
The team here at Academics Ltd South Yorkshire have over 15 years combined experience in Education Recruitment, helping schools with a bespoke solution & supporting Educational professionals with the right opportunities.