Curriculum Leader of Design & Technology
Great Wyrley Academy, Walsall, West Midlands, WS6 6LQThis job expired on 28 November 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
April 2024 or sooner
Closing date
28 November 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
17 November 2023
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subjects
- Design and technology, Food Technology
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS1 to UPS3
Additional allowances
TLR 2B
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Outstanding classroom practitioner
- Experience of using data to improve outcomes
- Able to accept autonomy, operate professionally and hold others to account
- Commitment to being involved in the wider life of school through participation in extracurricular activities
- Willing to organise and participate in enrichment visits to the UK and abroad
- Experience of teaching KS3 and KS4 Design & Technology subjects
- Enjoys working with young people
- Enthusiasm for subject
- Able to engage, enthuse and motivate students of all abilities
- Able to set targets, meet deadlines and work under pressure
- Maintains high professional standards
- Willing to lead and participate in extra-curricular activities
What the school offers its staff
As a member of the Windsor Academy Trust family you would receive an excellent package:
- Career development opportunities across the Trust and the chance to further your career through a wide range of recognised qualifications
- Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Free, confidential support service provided by an external organisation, Education Support
- Access to a ‘cycle to work’ scheme saving you money on your purchase
- Access to offers and discounts with well-known retailers
- Saving schemes with a local Credit Union
Commitment to safeguarding
Great Wyrley Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check with barred list check. Evidence of the right to work in the UK.
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About Great Wyrley Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 556 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Great Wyrley Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- mnewman@greatwyrley.windsoracademytrust.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01922 419311
Great Wyrley Academy is a secondary school and sixth form for students aged 11-18 in Great Wyrley, Staffordshire. The Academy is committed to delivering the very best education and fulfilling the academic personal potential of all and students.
Great Wyrley Academy is renowned for its performing arts specialism, with one of the best indoor theatres in the area. It also has excellent sports facilities including its own swimming pool, gymnasium, fitness suite, outdoor football pitches and newly built multi use games area.
Great Wyrley Academy is committed to delivering the very best education for all students. This is demonstrated through the school’s motto of “Relentlessly Pursuing Excellence” and in our recent ‘Good’ Ofsted judgement.
The Academy’s beliefs and values are practised through the ‘Wyrley Way’. This is a set of values and behaviours that are built upon respect and responsibility that are lived throughout the school.
Great Wyrley strives for students to have a love of learning, be successful learners and gain the knowledge, skills and attributes to be successful in the world of work. Equally, the Academy endeavours for our students to be good human beings, with a sense of purpose and character enabling them to flourish in life.
Arranging a visit to Great Wyrley Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email mnewman@greatwyrley.windsoracademytrust.org.uk.
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