Head of Design & Engineering

Shire Oak Academy, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 9PA

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  17 May 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  6 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Head of year or phase
• 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 Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 31,650 and 49,084

What skills and experience we're looking for

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the department team in raising standards of attainment and achievement across the curriculum.
• Develop and maintain positive attitudes towards the subject and confidence in teaching it.
• Establish short, medium, and long-term plans for the development and resourcing of the subject.
• Monitor progress, evaluate the effects on teaching and learning, and guide further improvement.
• Implement clear policies and practices for assessing, recording, and reporting on student achievement.
• Set expectations and targets for staff and students in relation to standards of achievement and quality of teaching.
• Ensure high-quality, consistent teaching and learning across all ability groups.
• Provide guidance on appropriate teaching and learning methods.
• Lead professional development of subject staff through example and support.
• Use data effectively to identify and support students who are underachieving.
• Ensure the provision of a broad, balanced, relevant, and differentiated curriculum.
• Establish constructive working relationships among staff involved with the subject.
• Manage and deploy teaching/support staff, financial, and physical resources within the department.

Requirements:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
• Proven experience in teaching and leading a department.
• Strong subject knowledge and a passion for the subject.
• Ability to inspire and motivate students and staff.
• 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.

What the school offers its staff

This is an exciting and innovative time for the Academy and we are looking to appoint an individual who is:

- An inspirational and enthusiastic team member.

- Clear about what constitutes outstanding outcomes for all students.

- A passionate, creative Subject Leader who believes in all students’ capacity to succeed and will embrace our ethos ‘Turning Potential into Excellence’.

We can offer you the support of a strong, hard-working team and the opportunity to work with students who meet the high expectations we have of them.

The Academy has been heavily oversubscribed for a number of years and we are incredibly proud of our external examination results.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

SOA Generic Subject Leader JD (1).docx - 90.5 KB (opens in new tab)

About Shire Oak Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1425 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Shire Oak Academy website
• Email address: e.maguta@merciantrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/shire-oak-academy

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