Head of Technology
Lady Lumley's Academy, Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 8NG6 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
30 April 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Design and technology, Food technology
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday 32.5 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR / UPR, (£32,916 to £51,048) TLR2B payment of £5,866 per annum
Additional allowances
TLR2B payment of £5,866 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Lady Lumley’s Academy are looking to appoint a Head of Department for Technology to join our academy in September 2026 on a full-time, permanent basis.
Role
Are you looking for a role that will enable you to influence and inspire the children in your curriculum area? Do you want to work for a Trust that is transforming educational outcomes for students? If so, this could be the role for you.
Our Head of Department for Technology role presents a brilliant opportunity to play a pivotal part in the improvement journey of our academy. You will need resilience, emotional intelligence as well as the ability to work with and take colleagues with you. Coaching and mentoring will be in your DNA. As part of our middle leadership team, you will play an important role in transforming our academy.
We are looking to appoint a skilled teacher, who has experience of teaching across KS3, KS4 and KS5, and a developing leader who will drive improvement across the disciplines of Food and Design Technology. The teaching responsibility will be in Food. We are looking for someone with a proven track record of raising both attainment and standards of teaching and learning within Food and Design Technology.
Curriculum
We currently offer a Key Stage 3 experience that prepares students for progression to GCSE, develops essential life skills as well as instilling a lifelong love of learning. We follow the AQA specification for both GCSE Design and Technology and Food Preparation and Nutrition. At Post-16 we follow the Level 3 Diploma in Food Science and Nutrition specification from Eduqas.
What the school offers its staff
As part of Delta Academies Trust, you’ll have access to ongoing CPD (both internally and externally) with the opportunity to further develop your skills and career alike. You’ll join a large network of colleagues across the Trust, meaning there’s of collaboration and peer support both within our academy and beyond. You’ll regularly have the opportunity to work alongside a Director of English, for instance, who supports the team with assessment, planning and intervention. You will also have access to an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your financial, physical and mental wellbeing.
We would welcome an opportunity for potential applicants to have a conversation with our Principal. We would also encourage visits to the Academy to show you around. To arrange this, please contact us on (01751) 380097.
Further information about the job
In 2025 Lady Lumley’s Year 11 students were the highest performing at GCSE Maths and English 5+ in the area and across the entirety of North Yorkshire bar 3 selective schools. We are very proud of the opportunities this has given our students. Many continue to thrive in our Sixth Form, which again was the top performing provider in the area, and our students went on to an array of amazing Universities and Apprenticeships. We are ambitious for even better this year!
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.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Lady Lumley's Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 716 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lady Lumley's Academy website
- Email address
- holbrookk@ladylumleys.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01751 380097
Lady Lumley’s School
Lady Lumley’s is an 11-18, mixed comprehensive, community school serving the town of Pickering, surrounding villages, and warmly welcomes students from Scarborough to Rosedale. We strive to ‘Be our best’, working to improve the experience for all students, staff, and the community. Our broad and balanced curriculum is ambitious for all, and we place great value in academic qualifications alongside the arts and practical subjects.
Set in an idyllic location, we make the most of fantastic sporting facilities and run an immensely popular Duke of Edinburgh experience alongside over 30 Enrichment Clubs. Our students and staff are loyal to Lady Lumley’s and are committed to improving our learning journey, whilst celebrating success.
Lady Lumley’s benefits from the knowledge and experience of Coast and Vale Trust. We retain our unique school identity with shared ambitious vision. Through leadership development, collaboration and investment. Lady Lumley’s is enabled to maintain its identity whilst belonging to a larger family of schools.
Arranging a visit to Lady Lumley's Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email holbrookk@ladylumleys.org.uk.
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