D&T Technician

The Weston Road Academy, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST18 0YG

2 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  14 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Design and technology
• Working pattern: Part time: 32.5 hours per week/term time (39 weeks)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £18,233

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to recruit a excellent D&T Technician to join our team.

We can offer you a friendly working environment with a supportive and dedicated team ofcolleagues and enthusiastic and well-behaved pupils.

The Weston Road Academy is a friendly, harmonious, progressive, over-subscribed 11-18 academy, located on the edge of an attractive county town. The Academy has an outstanding reputation for pastoral care. In March 2023, Ofsted judged the Academy Good, commenting that, “The Weston Road Academy is a calm, caring school in which pupils can thrive and feel safe. Staff know pupils well and support them to achieve their full potential. Pupils appreciate this support and are happy at school. They respond by working hard and achieving high standards.”

Please see our website for further details:

www.westonroad.staffs.sch.uk/TheAcademy/Vacancies/

Closing date: Monday 14th July, 9am

Completed applications should be returned to lbirks@westonroad.staffs.sch.uk

We are strongly committed to promoting and safeguarding pupil welfare and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

What the school offers its staff

Wellbeing

• Introduced various secret buddy schemes
• Gives staff monthly thank you’s
• Organised staff socials
• Organised staff events, including yoga classes, mud runs and Leadership Team cook breakfast

We can offer through external agencies:

• Nurse Support Services
• Physiotherapy
• Counselling
• Weight Management
• Menopause Support
• Private Medical Operations in some instances
• Cancer and Chronic Illness Support
• GP helpline
• Speech Therapy

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

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to lbirks@westonroad.staffs.sch.uk

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

DT Technician Recruitment Booklet.pdf - 620 KB (opens in new tab)

About The Weston Road Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 987 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Weston Road Academy website
• Email address: lbirks@westonroad.staffs.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01785 413600
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-weston-road-academy

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