DT Teacher
Shire Oak Academy, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 9PA31 days remaining to apply
Closing date
6 March 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Design and technology
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 Hours Per Week.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Design and Technology Teacher
Please note that this role is not suitable for Early Career Teacher (ECT) candidates.
Job Purpose:
We are seeking a dedicated Design and Technology teacher to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality education to students, fostering their academic and personal growth, and contributing to the overall improvement and development of the academy.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implement and deliver a broad, balanced, and differentiated curriculum.
- Monitor and support the overall progress and development of students.
- Facilitate a learning experience that allows students to achieve their individual potential.
- Contribute to raising standards of student progress and attainment.
- Ensure a high-quality learning experience for students that meets internal and external quality standards.
- Prepare and update subject materials.
- Use a variety of teaching methods to stimulate learning.
- Maintain discipline in accordance with the school’s procedures.
- Assess, record, and report on student progress and development.
- Participate in the development of syllabuses, resources, and teaching strategies.
- Engage in continuous professional development.
Requirements:
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
- Strong subject knowledge and a passion for teaching.
- Ability to inspire and motivate students.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and contribute to a positive working environment.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Participate in the academy’s CPD programme.
- Communicate effectively with parents and external bodies.
- Contribute to the academy’s planning and quality assurance activities.
- Support the academy’s ethos and policies.
Our Design and Technology Department is led by a new Subject Leader for Design and the department offers a wide and varied KS3 curriculum including resistant materials, graphics, CAD/CAM, food and textiles. The KS4 offer currently includes vocational Engineering and GCSE Food preparation and nutrition and is looking to offer GCSE Product Design from September 2026. The department also offers the popular OCR A Level Product Design course.
The facilities in Design Technology include 2 workshops, a well-resourced computer suite, a CAD/CAM room equipped with a new laser cutter and 3D printers and a food room. The department is well looked after and maintained by two DT technicians. There are currently 3 full time DT teachers and 2 members of the senior team who are specialists in DT that also teach in the department and we are looking for one further DT teacher to teach across the whole spectrum of DT, specialising in RM and engineering as a preference with the ability to teach other aspects including food and some KS3 art.
We encourage you to visit to see the department and meet the team having read the full application pack. You’ll be pleasantly surprised !
Closing date - 6th March 2026
For a more detailed look at our Academy access our website on www.shireoakacademy.co.uk.
Further details are available by contacting the Headteacher’s PA by e-mail ons.read@soa.merciantrust.org.uk
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks include an enhanced disclosure and barring service check as a requirement of this post. Our Safeguarding Policy is available on our website, and we encourage applicants to review it before applying.
This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visitingwww.crb.gov.uk.
What the school offers its staff
Design and Technology Teacher
Please note that this role is not suitable for Early Career Teacher (ECT) candidates.
Job Purpose:
We are seeking a dedicated Design and Technology teacher to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality education to students, fostering their academic and personal growth, and contributing to the overall improvement and development of the academy.
Our Design and Technology Department is led by a new Subject Leader for Design and the department offers a wide and varied KS3 curriculum including resistant materials, graphics, CAD/CAM, food and textiles. The KS4 offer currently includes vocational Engineering and GCSE Food preparation and nutrition and is looking to offer GCSE Product Design from September 2026. The department also offers the popular OCR A Level Product Design course.
The facilities in Design Technology include 2 workshops, a well-resourced computer suite, a CAD/CAM room equipped with a new laser cutter and 3D printers and a food room. The department is well looked after and maintained by two DT technicians. There are currently 3 full time DT teachers and 2 members of the senior team who are specialists in DT that also teach in the department and we are looking for one further DT teacher to teach across the whole spectrum of DT, specialising in RM and engineering as a preference with the ability to teach other aspects including food and some KS3 art.
At Shire Oak Academy, we will invest in you and support you to reach your potential. As a school we are only as good as the people we work with and to ensure that we get the best from our young people, we need to make sure that we also get the best from our staff. Relationships matter and this is at the heart of what we do every day in our school and as one of 12 schools within the Mercian Trust.
Shire Oak Academy is not the easier school to work in currently, but we encourage you to visit to see we are far more than our most recent Ofsted report. We have a new Leadership Team, led by experienced Headteacher Matthew Everett and we would welcome applications from those wishing to join us on the exciting journey that Shire Oak is currently on. We are a community secondary school in Walsall Wood and proud of our inclusivity. Our ethos is built upon #BeIncredible and we accept that young people are going to make mistakes, but through positive interactions and support we will help to ensure that they fall less often and can reflect and learn from their mistakes and #BeIncredible in all that they do . Through our House System, and form tutors, we provide the care and support that is needed for all individuals and their families, including healthy competition. Everyone within the academy is expected to be an active member of their house, students and staff alike!
As well as offering a knowledge rich curriculum, which includes the full spectrum of creative subjects, we also offer an extensive enrichment and extra-curricular programme. Our drama shows are as good as what you would see in the local theatres, our sports teams are committed and driven taking part in local and regional competitions, and our wide array of trips provide awe and wonder for our young people. If there is an opportunity to improve the cultural capital of our young people, we will always be open to ideas.
The design of our building is unique, a huge campus at the highest point in Walsall with incredible views and huge open spaces, with top of the range facilities, including sport, technology and photography spaces.
Come and see what Shire Oak Academy has to offer, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Closing date - 6th March 2026
For a more detailed look at our Academy access our website on www.shireoakacademy.co.uk.
Further details are available by contacting the Headteacher’s PA by e-mail ons.read@soa.merciantrust.org.uk
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks include an enhanced disclosure and barring service check as a requirement of this post. Our Safeguarding Policy is available on our website, and we encourage applicants to review it before applying.
This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visitingwww.crb.gov.uk.
Further information about the job
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Shire Oak Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1297 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Shire Oak Academy website
- Email address
- avneet.bhullar@merciantrust.org.uk
Arranging a visit to Shire Oak Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email avneet.bhullar@merciantrust.org.uk.
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