Part time Teacher of Design & Technology

Verulam School, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 4PR

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  22 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  31 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Design Technology
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS - UPS + Fringe

Part time Teacher of Design & Technology job summary

Headteacher: Mr F Moane

School Roll: 768 with 221 in Sixth Form

Part time Teacher of Design and Technology

MPS - UPS + Fringe

Permanent

September 2025

We are seeking an innovative subject specialist to join our highly successful and expanding Design and Technology department in our high achieving School with is part of the Ambition Education Trust.

As a Teacher of Design and Technology, you will plan, prepare and deliver engaging Design and Technology lessons to our independent and inquisitive learners, ensuring that they fulfil their potential in the subject and are sufficiently equipped for life beyond school.

You will be an enthusiastic and dynamic teacher with excellent computer design skills, who possesses previous experience of teaching across KS3 to KS5. Excellent professional and subject knowledge is essential, along with strong practical skills and workshop experience. We currently provide Resistant Materials and Systems and Control to GCSE and Product Design at A level.

If you are an inspirational teacher and team player, with the passion, creativity and drive to maintain the very highest of standards in the department, we would be delighted to hear from you.

The Design and Technology department is vibrant and forward-thinking, with passionate, dedicated staff and students. This is an exciting time to join the team as we look forward to the refurbishment, when we will be upgrading and re-formatting the facilities in a modern and exciting environment, ensuring we remain abreast of new technologies and innovations.

Verulam places great emphasis on extra-curricular activity and engagement and benefits from outstanding attendance and exemplary behaviour.

Verulam School is a high achieving boys’ school with a mixed Sixth Form, which forms part of the highly successful BeauSandVer consortium. As a school, our core values of “Excellence, Character, Respect” permeate all that we do. We are located in St Albans, a beautiful and vibrant Cathedral city with a lively cultural life and a huge variety of restaurants, bars, pubs and shops. Recently named in the Sunday Times as the best place in the southeast to live, St Albans is surrounded by beautiful countryside but is still only 20 minutes from London by train and with easy access to motorways and airports.

The school has good GCSE and A Level results and achieved an above average Progress 8 score of +0.36 in 2023 for the whole school. It was judged to be a Good school in all categories by Ofsted in May 2024.

Verulam School is a member of the Ambition Education Trust (AET). The Ambition Education Trust (AET) consists of ten schools in Hertfordshire; three primary, one nursery and infants’, one juniors and five secondary. Our Trust launched in September 2024 following the amalgamation of two established Multi Academy Trusts (MATs), Alban Academies Trust and ATLAS Multi Academy Trust. As a member of AET, we are able to maximise opportunities for rewarding careers and opportunities for personal and professional development throughout our wider organisation. We work together within the Trust to share best practice, deliver joint training, promote the highest of expectations and raise achievement for all students.

Verulam School is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and the creation of an inclusive environment for all employees. Employment selections are made according to suitability for the post, irrespective of background or protected characteristic. Verulam School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

If you wish to have a tour of the school or ask any questions, please contact Roberta Williams on HR@verulam.aetrust.uk or 01727 766100.

To apply, please submit a completed application form from the portal My New Term via a link on the school website: https://verulamschool.co.uk/job-vacancies/

Closing date: Tuesday 22nd April 2025

Interviews: TBC

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Commitment to safeguarding

Verulam School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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About Verulam School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1023 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Verulam School website
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Verulam School is a high achieving boys’ school with a mixed Sixth Form, which forms part of the highly successful BeauSandVer consortium. As a school, our core values of “Excellence, Character, Respect” permeate all that we do. We are located in St Albans, a beautiful Cathedral city with a lively cultural life surrounded by countryside but still only 20 minutes from London by train and with easy access to motorways and airports.

The school has good GCSE and A Level results and achieved an above average Progress 8 score of +0.22 in 2019. (Last national data set). It was judged to be a Good school in all categories by Ofsted in October 2018.

Verulam School is a member of the Alban Academies Trust, together with Sandringham, Ridgeway, Wheatfields Junior and Wheatfields Infants’ and Nursery schools. We work together within the Trust to share best practice, deliver joint training, promote the highest of expectations and raise achievement for all students. The Trust’s motto is ‘Educational Excellence for All.’ The Trust offers significant opportunities for career development of staff at all levels of the organisation.

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