Design & Technology Teacher
The Forest School, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5NEThis job expired on 4 January 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Spring/Summer term
Closing date
4 January 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 November 2022
Job details
Job role
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- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Design and technology
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS - Salary dependent upon qualifications and experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you looking to develop your career in a supportive environment, where you can build on your teaching experience? If so, then The Forest School could be the next step in your journey. We are looking to appoint a teaching colleague with a track record of enabling young people to achieve. You will be passionate about developing creative, imaginative and practical skills with young people.
You’ll be teaching in a well-equipped and well-financed department, with keen students who love the empirical, creative and problem solving nature of the subject. We will be asking you to teach KS3, KS4 and A*Level and we currently offer Product Design, Systems and Control and Graphics with a strong take up at GCSE. We’re looking forward to you bringing your unique teaching qualities and experiences to our friendly and close knit team. As we offer resistant materials, electronics, and graphics, we’re interested in hearing from teachers of those specialisms. If you have the ability to inspire students, work as part of an effective team, strive for excellence in all that you do, and to help to further develop design and technology teaching at The Forest School, then we want to hear from you! A visit to the school will show you what a vibrant and interesting student body we have, and our plans for how to help them to achieve success in the curriculum.
What the school offers its staff
We are a boy’s secondary school for students aged 11-18 with a co-educational 6th Form. Staff at The Forest School teach in modern, well equipped classrooms and are offered a tailored CPD programme. Staff are allocated a laptop, have access to the school’s sporting facilities as well as the lively staff social calendar. The school has continued to invest in new technology with projects including a brand new school WiFi network, Show My Homework, GCSE Pod, Chromebooks for students to support learning and reduce staff workload. The school's drive on technology was invaluable during the lockdowns as the school had already established Google classroom. The school has a newly refurbished Core subject block with each classroom having an interactive whiteboard. In addition, we have invested in our all facilities across the school: new heating system reducing our carbon footprint, revamped technology including food room, whole school repainted, new interactive whiteboards, in addition to sporting facilities; building a upgraded our indoor swimming pool, invested in our sports hall, all weather pitches: MUGA, an all-weather football dome. During our last Ofsted Inspection in June 2021, the school was rated ‘Good’. Staff wellbeing is paramount to us and we are working towards being ‘Outstanding’.
Further details about the role
For further information, please see our website for the Job Description and Teachers Application Form. Please return your completed application form via email to recruitment@forest.academy. Please complete the application form in full; CVs will not be accepted.
Closing date for applications: 12:00pm, Wednesday, 4th January 2023. Please note, we will be considering and interviewing as applications are received; we have the right to appoint a suitable candidate on receipt of application.
Please note: Submissions from agencies will not be accepted.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Forest School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service clearance being received.
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About The Forest School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 742 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Forest School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@forest.academy
- Phone number
- 0118 978 1626
We are a boy’s secondary school for students aged 11-18 with a co-educational 6th Form.
Staff at The Forest School teach in modern, well-equipped classrooms and are offered a tailored CPD programme. Staff are allocated a laptop, have access to the school’s sporting facilities as well as the lively staff social calendar. The school has continued to invest in new technology with projects including a brand new school WiFi network, Show My Homework, GCSE Pod, Chromebooks for students to support learning and reduce staff workload. The school's drive on technology was invaluable during the lockdowns as the school had already established Google classroom.
The school has a newly refurbished subject block and subsequently every classroom across the school now has a ViewSonic interactive screen. In addition, we have invested in our all facilities across the school: new heating system reducing our carbon footprint, revamped technology including food room, whole school repainted, new interactive whiteboards, in addition to sporting facilities; upgraded our indoor swimming pool, invested in our sports hall, all weather pitches: MUGA, an all-weather football dome.
Academically the school has a positive progress measure and the boys achieve above national average. Our curriculum is clearly mapped and was a strong “good” as part of our Ofsted 2021.
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