Art and Design & Technology Technician

St Dominic's School, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4DX

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  to be confirmed

• Closing date

  25 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  5 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours per week, Term Time only, Monday to Friday 8:30-16:00 (with 1-hour lunch break unpaid)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade R3 Scale point 13 – Grade R4 Scale point 21 FTE: £28,485.00 - £31,264.00, Actual: £22,020.26 - £24,168.56 (depending on experience)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a highly motivated and creative individual who will support the Teachers in the Art and Design & Technology departments, support pupils and students and contribute with assessment, monitoring and evaluation. The successful candidate will be required to support all pupils and students in their planned work, both in small group situations and individually, clarifying and explaining instructions as required to enable them to complete the work to their full ability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Teachers in the Art and Design & Technology Departments.
• Support Pupils
• Contribute with Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation
• Administration and Management of Resources
• Preparation of materials and equipment for classroom lessons.
• Maintain the equipment and services in good order.

Key Requirements:

• GCSE or equivalent in Maths, English, Art and Design & Technology
• Experience of working with children
• Other relevant training, eg: First Aid, Child Protection, Behaviour Management, Working with Children with ASC/SLCN, Team Teach
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
• A calm, reassuring and responsive approach
• Confident and self-motivated in exercising appropriate initiative
  

What the school offers its staff

OHCAT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:

Rewards & Benefits:

• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.

• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), offering life cover and financial protection for your family.

• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)

• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme

• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)

• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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About St Dominic's School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 19
• School size: 162 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Dominic's School website
• Email address: zpetkova@stdominicsschool.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-dominic-s-school-godalming

St Dominic’s School is a special academy in Surrey and provides outstanding education for pupils and students aged 7-19 typically with a primary diagnosis of Speech Language & Communication Needs and/or Autistic Spectrum Condition. The school is located in Hambledon, close to Witley, Milford, Guildford and Godalming.
We are part of Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust (OHC&AT), a specialist Trust with 12 Academies and seven College Centres across London, Surrey and Sussex.
At St Dominic’s we believe passionately in a multi-disciplinary, ‘needs led’ approach to meeting each child’s and young person’s needs, resulting in carefully managed groupings, including specialist intervention work from our in house therapeutic team.
The school works closely in partnership with families, referring authorities and external agencies to coordinate the best possible education, care, guidance and support for its pupils and students.

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