Curriculum Leader of Design & Technology
Bruntcliffe Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS27 0LZThis job expired on 13 May 2025
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
13 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
9 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subjects
- Art and design, Design and technology
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 Hours Per Week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS / UPS + TLR2c
Additional allowances
TLR2c
What skills and experience we're looking for
Either:
- A successful placement(s), teaching at KS3 & KS4
or:
- A successful record of teaching with very good exam results at one or more of KS3 & KS4 (applicants who already have gained QTS)
- A detailed knowledge of current developments in education including the use of the Pupil Premium
- The ability to put vision into practice.
What the school offers its staff
What we offer you:
As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:
- Membership to a local government pension scheme.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
- Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
- £2k Cycle to work scheme.
Further information about the job
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Bruntcliffe Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1374 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bruntcliffe Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@bruntcliffe.leeds.sch.uk
Bruntcliffe Academy is an increasingly popular 11-16 comprehensive school with approximately 1400 students on roll. The school is situated in Morley which is on the outskirts of the thriving city of Leeds, with a very good motorway access to all areas of the north of England and beyond.
The school joined the highly successful GORSE Academies Trust which has a national reputation for its excellence in 2015. Since this time, the academy has been on an upward trajectory in all aspects of its work. Bruntcliffe Academy in 2018 received a Good judgement from Ofsted, with Outstanding grades for Teaching and Learning, Leadership and Management and also Personal Development. We are proud to be one of the highest performing schools in the country with students securing outcomes in the top 10% of schools nationally in 2023.
A collection of like-minded individuals, members of staff all choose to work at Bruntcliffe Academy because they believe in making a difference to young people’s lives. Members of staff work collaboratively across the academy as well as in Partnership with colleagues from across The GORSE Academies Trust to develop new and innovative approaches around teaching that will inspire students and cultivate a lifelong love of learning.
Bruntcliffe Academy is typified by students who enjoy learning; you will find the students to be polite, well-mannered and respectful at all times mirroring our high expectations of them. Bruntcliffe Academy aspires for all students to leave us at the end of their secondary school journey as well-rounded citizens who are articulate and confident with a strong sense of social responsibility.
If you would like to know more about The GORSE Academies Trust, please visit;
Arranging a visit to Bruntcliffe Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bruntcliffe.leeds.sch.uk.
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