Director of Design Technology and Food
Sandwell Academy, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 4LGThis job expired on 11 July 2022
Job start date
1 January 2023
Closing date
11 July 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
30 March 2022
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Design and technology, Food Technology
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS + TLR (negotiable)
Director of Design Technology and Food job summary
Required from January 2023 (or sooner if possible)
We are seeking to appoint an innovative Curriculum Leader for Design Technology and Food to join our Academy team.
The successful candidate should have a minimum of three years’ experience working in Design and Technology with a track record of excellent outcomes at all Key Stages.
The ideal candidates will be able to demonstrate the following characteristics:
* Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) is essential.
* The ability to deliver an innovative curriculum in Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.
* Evidence of good quality teaching and subject knowledge.
* Evidence of achieving and securing high standards and outcomes.
* An understanding of how to use assessment to inform planning for excellent teaching and learning.
* The ability to differentiate materials to meet the needs of the learners.
* Evidence of good classroom management skills.
* The ability to work with the needs of the students and parents in our culturally diverse community.
* A willingness to contribute to enrichment activities and the wider life of the Academy.
* The desire to help and support children from all backgrounds.
* The ability to organise and prioritise your own workload whilst working alone and as part of a team.
* The ability to work flexibly.
* A confident and competent approach to the use of ICT to engage students in their learning.
* The ability to lead adults and support improved performance of others.
* A confident and competent approach to the use of data.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Excellent health and attendance record.
* Resilient nature and positive approach to life.
* A dynamic personality including a capacity, drive, passion and energy to succeed.
Salary & Benefits
Salary is negotiable and is dependent upon experience. Salaries broadly reflect national pay scales and successful candidates are also eligible for performance related pay linked to Academy policy and other benefits in addition to their salary.
The post offers an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and hardworking professionals to launch or develop a career in teaching with outstanding professional support within a dynamic team of staff.
For more information, and to request an application pack including job description and person specification, please contact Paul Hunt at Hays Education on
M: 07921583731
E: sandwellacademy@hays.com
Closing date: 9am Monday 25th April 2022
* We reserve the right to close this vacancy sooner if necessary. Candidates are encouraged to return their application as soon as possible.
Please also see our recruitment site for more information about working at Sandwell Academy:
https://webmicrosites.hays.co.uk/web/sandwell-academy/
Sandwell Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children so you will need to take an Enhanced DBS Disclosure. We are committed to promoting Equal Opportunities and therefore only applications submitted on the Academy’s application form will be considered.
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.
About Sandwell Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1325 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Sandwell Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- sandwellacademy@hays.com
- Phone number
- 07921583731
Sandwell Academy opened in 2006 and now educates over 1,200 students, recruiting 200 students each year into Year 7 and a Sixth Form of 350 students. Sandwell Academy is part of the Thomas Telford Multi Academy Trust (TTMAT), established in September 2017. The MAT currently consists of three secondary schools; Madeley Academy, Sandwell Academy and Walsall Academy. Sandwell Academy works closely with the schools within the MAT and Thomas Telford School.
Sandwell Academy is proud of its achievements, and is a school where students receive praise, support and challenge. We are relentless in our pursuit of high standards and excellent teaching. Students benefit from state of the art facilities and modern equipment in all areas, especially in Sport, Business and ICT.
In November 2011, January 2014 and again in May 2017 Ofsted graded the Academy as Outstanding. Students benefit from a broad curriculum, a flourishing extra-curricular programme, a safe and caring environment with high levels of pastoral support and an emphasis on traditional values of good behaviour, mutual respect and excellent attendance.
We expect great things from our students and a strong work ethic and motivation to succeed are vital. Teachers and parents are required to work together in partnership to ensure children make excellent progress.
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