Curriculum Team Lead of Design and Technology
Horbury Academy, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4 5HEThis job expired on 16 May 2025
Start date details
To Start September 2025
Closing date
16 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
Subject
- Design and technology
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR + TLR 2B
What skills and experience we're looking for
Horbury Academy are seeking to recruit an inspirational Curriculum Team Leader with vision, expertise and the desire to lead a forward-thinking team. The successful candidate will build on existing strengths within the department and drive improvements to ensure that excellent teaching leads to sustained success, skills or experience in an Engineering capacity are desirable.
Horbury Academy is an Ofsted ‘good’ rated secondary academy with great facilities and a fantastic Design and Technology department.
We are looking for an outstanding practitioner who can enthuse, engage, motivate and inspire both students and staff. The successful candidate should have demonstrable experience of leading others to deliver successful outcomes. Your role will involve shaping the curriculum to meet the needs of our diverse pupil body and ensuring alignment with industry standards. You will have a deep interest in the attainment of pupils at every ability level and show vigour and initiative. The Design and Technology department at the Academy are an outstanding team of professionals who are vibrant and forward thinking.
If you have the vision and skills to deliver inspirational teaching whilst having the focus and drive to ensure successful outcomes are reached, we’d love to hear from you.
We are confident that new staff joining our Trust will feel welcomed and happy to have chosen us. Prospective applicants are welcome to visit prior to applying.
What the school offers its staff
As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits, and we also encourage prospective candidates to look at our website for further information regarding our ‘People Pledge’ and our recently launched Employee Benefit package Working For Our Trust - Accord (accordmat.org).
Here are a few examples of employee benefits that focus on our employees Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing:
- Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Technology scheme via SmartTech*
- Access to an extensive discounts platform via Accord Rewards
- Access to an industry leading Employee Assistance Programme
- 24/7 access to an online GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner through Healthcare Cash Plans
- Cycle to Work Scheme*
- Free annual flu jab
- Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings
*restrictions apply
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 Horbury Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1102 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Horbury Academy website
- Email address
- hr@accordmat.org
- Phone number
- 01924282748
The Accord Multi Academy Trust was established in September 2016 and is currently made up of five academies, four of which were the founding members of the Trust. The Trust is committed to providing world class education for all our young people within our community and as such we recognise the pivotal role that our staff team have in this respect. The Trust places at the heart of its development a commitment to high quality professional development for all staff who join the Trust. We understand that by investing in our staff we will create an organisation with a shared vision and values that will transform education for young people.
Horbury Academy is a mixed, 11-16 academy, situated on the outskirts of Wakefield.
We are immensely proud of our academy, staff and students and strongly believe that all students are entitled to experience the full breadth of education; reflected through our curriculum model that encourages learners to study a broad range of subjects.
From securing academic success to securing success in extra-curricular activity, our staff are fully committed to ensuring that all pupils make the most of their time at Horbury Academy.
Alongside our extensive curricular and extra-curricular offer, we provide excellent pastoral care for our students; tailored to their individual needs.
Our environment and academy building is purpose built, under one roof, allowing for a unique community and supportive feel.
Our facilities are used during the Academy day and outside of Academy hours by a wide range of community partners including Horbury Churches Together, Horbury Brownies and Guides, Horbury Spice Dancers, Ossett Town Juniors, Pageant Players, Phoenix Netball and Horbury & Ossett Music Centre to name but a few.
Arranging a visit to Horbury Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@accordmat.org.
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