Head of Design and Technology
St Mary's and St John's CofE School, London, NW4 4QRThis job expired on 24 February 2025
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
7 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
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, part time (Can be done as a job share): 36 hours a week, Monday to Friday.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR
Additional allowances
TLR
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Has a passion for their subject and experience of teaching Design and Technology at KS4 and 5
- Can precision plan and improve the quality of teaching and learning across a department
- Has the skills to develop a curriculum, implement and monitor change
- Can lead and motivate a team towards a shared goal
- Can analyse and use data effectively to ensure rapid and sustained student progress
- Has excellent communication skills with the ability to build excellent parent and student relationships
- Is willing to participate in the wider life and development of the school, including providing enrichment opportunities for students
- Has excellent written and verbal communication skills
What the school offers its staff
- The opportunity to work in a community rooted in Christian values and principles where the dignity of every individual is paramount
- A commitment to improving colleagues’ working experience through a focus on workload and wellbeing
- Nursery wrap around provision for staff members with children at SMSJ
- Staff are allocated a place for their children (in line with The School’s Admissions Policy)
- An openness to flexible working to benefit both the school and home
- A focus on
staff wellbeing within a close knit and supportive community
- A high-trust, supportive culture focused on innovation and continuing professional development
- Access to a confidential coach who will support you to hone your teaching practice
- Research-led attitudes towards teaching and learning including a real focus on exploring new ideas and taking risks
- A robust secondary phase feedback policy which eliminates the need for hours of unnecessary marking
- A focus on collaborative working in high performing subject teams
- A unique opportunity to develop skills and expertise in an all-through setting
Commitment to safeguarding
St Mary’s and St John’s CE School is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the KCSIE 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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Mary's and St John's CofE School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 18
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1650 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Mary's and St John's CofE School website
- Email address
- recruitment@smsj.london
- Phone number
- 020 8202 0026
St Mary’s and St John’s CE School is an all-through school in Hendon, North London, successfully providing high quality education and academic achievement for children and young people from Nursery to Sixth Form. We are proud to be a diverse, multi-faith, harmonious school, with a distinctive Christian ethos, resolute in the belief that "With God, all things are possible". In a changing world our values; Wisdom, Service and Hope, define us, strengthen relationships with our parents and children, and provide guiding principles that enable us to deliver academic excellence and promote self-discipline and resilience.
Arranging a visit to St Mary's and St John's CofE School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@smsj.london.
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