Head of Design & Technology

West Hatch High School, Chigwell, Essex, IG7 5BT

14 days remaining to apply

Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
22 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
3 April 2025

Job details

Job role: Teacher
Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects: Design and technology, Food technology
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: tbc
Additional allowances: TLR2A - £8,279

What skills and experience we're looking for

Have a secure and up to date knowledge and understanding of the concepts and skills necessary to teach specialist subjects.
Plan to achieve progression in pupils learning in line with agreed expectations on targets.
Set homework, mark and assess in line with school policies. Engage with school-wide learning initiatives.
Ensure that high quality teaching and learning takes place in all allocated classes.
Mark, assess, record and report on pupil achievement and maintain records as stated in the schools policy. Maintain accurate records and use assessment data to monitor progress, targets and take action (e.g. SEN, Gifted & Talented, praise and track under achievement).
Contribute to the development of Schemes of Learning, School and Team policies as requested.
Maintain a purposeful, orderly classroom environment including neat storage, learning centred display and by employing a range of behaviour management strategies. Monitor targets for pupils on report.

What the school offers its staff

Newly built sports hall with fully fitted gym available for staff use,
Swimming pool available for staff use,
Banked cover scheme allowing staff to build time to take some term time days off,
The Headteacher is passionate about staff workload and wellbeing and holds regular wellbeing meetings with staff,
Minimal marking expectations,
Additional CPD day to allow staff to mark mock internal examinations,
All our teachers are provided with laptops and staff are welcome to work where and when they wish outside of school hours,
We offer a significant number of paid development opportunities within departments and also across the school.

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@westhatch.net

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Additional documents

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

Job Ad & Info.pdf - 131 KB (opens in new tab)

About West Hatch High School

School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase: Secondary
School size: 1505 pupils enrolled
Age range: 11 to 18
Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
School website: West Hatch High School website
Email address: recruitment@westhatch.net
Phone number: 02085048216
See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/west-hatch-high-school

West Hatch High School is a large, thriving, successful, heavily oversubscribed Academy. West Hatch is situated on the Central Line overlooking the Roding Valley with easy access to London.

A significant building programme has resulted in refurbishment in Science, a new English block, a Business and Enterprise Centre, new Music block, Maths, Drama and Dining Block, and a new Sixth form Centre. In addition there has been a new Sports Centre opened.