Design & Technology Technician
Queensmead School, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 0LS17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
December 2025
Closing date
22 September 2025 at 9am
Date listed
5 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Design and technology
Working pattern
- Part time: Hours of work:- Monday to Thursday, 8am to 3.45pm, with 30 minutes lunch (unpaid) Friday, 8am to 3.30pm, with 30 minutes lunch (unpaid)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- NJC Scale 4, Points 7-10, £26,233 - £27,263 actual salary (£30,288 - £31,611 FTE)
Actual salary
- NJC Scale 4, Points 7-10, £26,233 - £27,263 actual salary (£30,288 - £31,611 FTE)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Queensmead is an oversubscribed 11-18 mixed academy school where students achieve highly and ‘behaviour around the school is excellent’ (Ofsted). With access to new facilities completed in 2022, the building includes three workshops and two computer suites, with areas set aside for 3D printing and laser cutting projects.
We are looking for a DT technician to provide support for the Design & Technology Department. The ideal candidate will be competent in the set-up, use and maintenance of workshop equipment and machinery, new technologies such as laser cutting and 3D printing and art processes. It will involve preparing resources and equipment for lessons: hard materials: woods, metals and plastics, as well as maintaining machinery and ordering supplies.
Previous experience of working in an educational environment is advantageous because you will need to be able to support students and staff in the workshops. A knowledge of basic engineering and/or mechanics would be highly advantageous, however full training will be given.
Hours of work:- Monday to Thursday, 8am to 3.45pm, with 30 minutes lunch (unpaid)
Friday, 8am to 3.30pm, with 30 minutes lunch (unpaid)
If you do not hear from us by 3.00pm on the working day following the closing date of this advert, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful. We are unable to provide individualised feedback on each application, unless you are invited to interview.
What the school offers its staff
A comprehensive induction programme will be provided
Free membership of the Fitness Zone at Queensmead Sports Centre
Free BUPA Health Care Plan (Includes benefits worth over £2000)
Ride to Work Scheme
Free access to Goals Soccer Centre
Refer a Friend / Colleague Scheme
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Queensmead School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to references and an enhanced DBS check.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Queensmead School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1499 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Queensmead School website
- Email address
- recruitment@qmschool.org.uk
About Queensmead School
Queensmead School is based in South Ruislip, Middlesex, and is a ‘Good’, oversubscribed 11-18 mixed comprehensive school where students achieve very highly and display ‘excellent behaviour’ (Ofsted). It currently has around 1,450 students.
Head Teacher
Rhona Johnston
Values and Vision
Queensmead School strives to maintain a learning environment where students can reach their maximum potential, wherever their skills may lie. Technology is a key part of the education environment, with devices such as visualisers, iPads and Chromebooks a regular classroom feature. There is also a strong emphasis on attendance and punctuality, with these qualities seen as essential to the learning process and academic endeavour.
Queensmead offers students the chance to participate in activities such as music tuition and sports, with facilities including basketball courts, a fitness zone and access to five-a-side football pitches. International experiences offered to secondary students include language development in France, Germany and Spain, trekking excursions in Morocco, and skiing in Italy and Austria.
Ofsted Report
“There is a strong culture of respect and tolerance at the school. Pupils are calm and mature. The school’s values of kindness, respect, resilience and independence shine through when staff and pupils interact... Behaviour around the school is excellent. All staff are supported by leaders and school systems to maintain high expectations of pupils’ behaviour... ”
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