Assistant Director of Innovation (Food, Technology and Science)
Woodhey High School, Bury, Lancashire, BL0 9QZ19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
3 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
13 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Design and technology, Food technology, Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1-UPR3 £31,650-£49,084 + TLR
Additional allowances
M1-UPR3 £31,650-£49,084 + TLR
What skills and experience we're looking for
Woodhey High School are seeking an inspirational colleague to join our Innovation team as Assistant Director of Faculty. The successful candidate will be required to teach Food Preparation and Nutrition to Key Stage 4, and some elements of Key Stage 3 Design Technology. This is the perfect post for either a current or aspiring middle leader who has experience within their subject and a passion for teaching and learning and wants to develop their leadership skills further both within and outside of their specialist areas.
Our Innovation faculty consists of our Science, Child Development, Technology and Food Technology subjects. As Assistant Director of Faculty, you will take a lead on ‘Quality of Education’, supporting the Director of Faculty with delivering CPD to colleagues, and providing support to staff in all areas related to teaching and learning, curriculum and assessment. This role is ideal for some who is passionate about the classroom and is eager to share their passion and expertise across our superb team to help to support excellent provision in the classroom for our students. A comprehensive programme of support will be available to the successful candidate, along with full support from experienced faculty and school leaders.
The successful candidate will be:
- Innovative, diligent, flexible and with a drive for improvement
- A dedicated team player who develops excellent relationships with students and staff alike
- Professional, always leading by example
- Fully supportive of the positive ethos of the school and a willingness to contribute to wider school life, for example, through extracurricular activities
- Willing to participate in personal continued professional development.
This is an exciting time to join #TeamWoodhey! We are on a real journey of improvement, taking rapid action to make our school the centre of excellence our students deserve. Everything we do is underpinned by our values of Respect and Excellence, and putting students at the heart of what we do. We equip staff with the knowledge, skills and support to flourish in their roles through our Staff Pledge and welfare package. Teachers and students are equipped with an iPad, to support responsive teaching and allow our students to flourish. We are already seeing the impact of our changes, having seen our students achieve the best results in the school’s history in 2024.
Do you want to be a part of our exciting team on this exciting journey? Contact us to arrange a visit or complete the application form; we cannot wait to hear from you!
What the school offers its staff
Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
- An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
- Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
- Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
- Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
- Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
- Free Eye Tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.
Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications – NPQH, NPQSL, NPQEYL, NPQLL, NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC are all delivered by the Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. In addition, we provide access to the NPQEL for Executive Leaders.
- Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
- Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
- Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.
- Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
- Participating in peer reviews.
- Access to a suite of online courses.
- Placement projects within our family of schools.
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.
Applying for the job
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About Woodhey High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1111 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Woodhey High School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- rosie.harrison@shaw-education.org.uk
Woodhey High School is a secondary school in Ramsbottom, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester.
The school strives for all-round excellence in a dynamic, secure, happy and caring community where everyone has the opportunity to achieve their highest potential for life, encouraging independence and group work, as well as maintaining a positive community.
Woodhey is a dynamic school of opportunity. Pupils and staff have both the desire and determination to reach their full potential in a safe and supportive environment. Mutual respect, high expectation and ambition are at the heart of everything we do.
School life at Woodhey encourages pupils and staff to work hard, play hard, achieve success, and be prepared for the challenges of life.
Arranging a visit to Woodhey High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email rosie.harrison@shaw-education.org.uk.
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