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Design & Technology Teacher

Moulton School and Science College, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 7SD

This job expired on 25 February 2019 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2019

• Closing date

  25 February 2019 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  7 February 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Design and technology
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £28,403 to £44,089

Design & Technology Teacher job summary

TEACHER OF DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
Would suit Full-Time or Part-Time
Teachers’ Professional Scale

We are seeking to appoint for September 2019, a qualified and enthusiastic teacher to join our Design & Technology team. The successful candidate will be expected to teach within the Design and Technology Resistant Materials area of the subject.

THE DESIGN FACULTY

The Design Faculty at Moulton School and Science College is well established and has an excellent reputation within the local area. The department is staffed by six specialist teachers supported by two technical staff.

Design has specialist facilities located in two distinct areas of the school, the Food Technology department consisting of one kitchen and one demonstration/theory room are located in the main school building and is equipped with a whiteboard, projector, and a full-class bank of Chromebook computers connected to an A4 colour printer. The Design & Technology including Textiles areas are located in a newly refurbished specialised building that includes facilities for working with both compliant and non-compliant materials. The building also provides a centralised learning resource facility equipped with audio-visual equipment and a network of PCs which are linked to a range of in-put and out-put devices including a CNC router machine, a 3D printer, a laser cutter, two cutter-plotters, a number of Janome sewing and embroidery machines, and sublimation printing.

Design has developed significantly over recent years, both in terms of facilities and curriculum. We pride ourselves in looking forward, a vision based on sound pedagogical principles, keeping the best of traditional thinking and being receptive to new challenges and philosophies. Food Preparation and Nutrition and Design & Technology (Textiles, Graphics, Systems and Control, and Resistant Materials) are taught to all Year 7 and 8 students, preparing them with a foundation for further and specialised study to GCSE and GCE qualifications. The faculty has aspirations to broaden the range of subjects it offers at GCE A level, currently AQA Design and Technology, Product Design is offered.

THE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM
Key Stage 3 (Y7-8)

All students receive two one-hour lessons of design and technology each week. Throughout Years 7-8 students are taught, via a range of strategies, to make sound decisions, to communicate their thinking, and to develop practical skills. There is a strong emphasis on developing knowledge, understanding, and capability.

Taught in groups of no more than twenty, students stay with their class teacher for the whole year, and projects taught cover the breadth of the Design and Technology curriculum. In recent years it has been usual for a teacher to teach across two or more specialised areas, including Food Preparation and Nutrition, Textiles, Resistant Materials, Systems and Control, and Graphics.

Key Stage 4 (Y9-11)

At Key Stage 4 Design and Technology has become an option subject and students can opt to take a course in one Design and Technology specialism to a GCSE qualification. Again, group sizes are capped at twenty students.

Post 16
Currently, Design and Technology Product Design course is run very successfully to A level.

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.

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About Moulton School and Science College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1389 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Moulton School and Science College website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@moultonschool.co.uk
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Moulton School is a warm, welcoming and hardworking school community, striving for excellence in all that we do. We want our students to leave school having maximised their academic progress, but also with fond memories of the breadth of opportunities taken, the relationships made, and the experiences enjoyed; for example, through our flagship student leadership programme.

Situated five miles from Northampton and close to the M1, Moulton is a peaceful location with close proximity to the modern conveniences of town living .

Moulton School is built on a commitment to academic excellence and the highest of personal standards, within an environment which provides each individual with the care, support and encouragement that they need to succeed. We pride ourselves on traditional values, such as hard work and discipline, whilst preparing young people for all the challenges of life in the 21st century.

Our students are committed to their learning, and we have the highest of expectations of them, both academically, and in the character that they demonstrate as they grow and develop. Our core values and ethos statement “ASPIRE – Strive for Great Things” sets the tone, both for our expectations, and for the achievements that we are able to celebrate.

Students are encouraged to become highly motivated, independent learners and are able to learn through differentiated learning activities. This allows them to develop high levels of knowledge, skills and technological understanding. Students’ work is carefully monitored and assessed regularly and they are involved in target setting.

Our success is built on partnership and we are very fortunate in the high quality of staff who care for and guide the students through their time at Moulton challenging them at every step to become the young people that they can be.

We are, as you may imagine, very proud of our students.
 

STAFF DEVELOPMENT
Moulton has a talented and dedicated staff who show pride and commitment to their role. Our students benefit from their professionalism and their work in supporting students to achieve their best.

High quality teaching and high expectations are at the heart of Moulton School and all teachers will be expected to develop practice which supports the ethos, values and vision, and contributes to the overall life and work of the school.

Moulton School has strong staff development programme with a wealth of experienced staff working with teachers and support staff. To that end, we strive to create a learning environment that elicits outstanding outcomes for students.

Staff are committed to their own development, and many take part in helping others to progress. In order to support this, we run training and development sessions that take place after school.

There are also various training routes for staff to follow including.

• Training School Network Programme
• New staff and ECT induction programme in-house and as part of the SWAN network
• Year 2 Teachers’ Programme
• Middle Leaders’ Programme
• Subject Leader and Senior Leadership qualifications (NPQSL) (NPQML)

Many staff take part in regular subject specific training, and staff I specialist roles may attend external training courses run by specialists in areas such as pastoral care, First Aid, mental health and wellbeing, MAGT and challenge.
Moulton School values diversity, and has developed an Equalities Policy to ensure that everyone within the school community is treated fairly, irrespective of race, gender, disability, sexuality or age.

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