Design Technology Teacher / Head of Design Technology
Bedford Free School, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 9AD30 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
20 January 2025 at 8am
Date listed
19 December 2024
Job details
Job role
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Subject
- Design Technology
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,756.00 - £52,758.00 Annually (Actual) AST 1-12 £31,756-£52,758 dependent on experience (£3,214 Head of Dept Allowance if applicable)
Design Technology Teacher / Head of Design Technology job summary
Design Technology Teacher / Head of Design Technology
Bedford Free School have an excellent opportunity for a dedicated and passionate Teacher of Design Technology to join our growing department, a teacher who is able to deliver engaging lessons that ignite curiosity and inspire the students to achieve. We are aiming to recruit a person who can teach exceptionally well, contribute to the development of the curriculum, and ensure that outcomes in the subject are exceptional.
Pupils are currently studying Pearson Edexcel Design and Technology at GCSE with a focus on papers and boards, and most lessons take place in our workshop, which is fitted with a 3D printer and laser cutter, along with typical tools such as pillar drills and disk sanders. A bank of new laptops is available for design work. You would be the sole teacher of design technology, giving you the freedom as subject expert, working with our technician, to secure success for our pupils.
We welcome applications from candidates of all levels of experience and the successful candidate would have the opportunity to work closely with colleagues in the art department, and colleagues across the trust, to review and develop the design curriculum to ensure that it is ambitious and rich with knowledge.
Key Duties
Be able to develop, plan and deliver effective and high-quality learning experiences to all students.
Be an aspirational professional who is enthusiastic, influential, and committed to working in pursuit of success for the academy and its learners.
To set high expectations for all pupils, to deepen their knowledge and understanding and to maximise their achievement.
To assess pupils’ work systematically and use the results to inform future planning, teaching, and curricular development.
Job Specifics
START DATE: September 2025
SALARY: AST 1-12 £31,756-£49,544 dependent on experience plus £3,214 Head of Department Allowance if applicable
CONTRACT: Full time, permanent
The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.
Safeguarding
We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.
The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.
Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:
“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”
The defiition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding children enrolled at the School is of paramount importance, and we are fully committed to the protection and safe care of our pupils. The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate checks as well as providing proof of your right to work in the UK.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Bedford Free School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 529 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Bedford Free School website (opens in new tab)
Set up in 2012 by local teachers and parents, Bedford Free School exists to offer families a choice in Bedford.
Bedford Free School is a unique school with a fantastic educational offer. We really do believe that our pupils can go on to achieve extraordinary things. In our young history, we have proved they can and we are now one of the highest performing secondary schools not only in the area, but in the country.
BFS is a small school of only around 500 pupils, so staff get to know each pupil as an individual and we have a family feel. This allows us to encourage, demand and collectively strive for academic and personal success.
We believe that all pupils deserve a ‘grammar-school’ style education, with access to an academic curriculum, strong discipline, high expectations and access to highly selective universities, and a wide range of extra-curricular activities.
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