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Subject Leader Design and Technology

Paddington Academy, London, W9 2DR

This job expired on 2 July 2021 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2021

• Closing date

  2 July 2021 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 June 2021

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Design and technology
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Competitive
• Additional allowances:

  Attractive

Subject Leader Design and Technology job summary

Do you want to be part of a transformational team at one of the top schools for progress in the country?

 

We are a high performing school and have a relentless focus on high standards in all that we do. We work together to dismantle any barriers to learning and achievement and have a total belief that every student can be successful regardless of their starting point.

 

We ensure that our classrooms are disruption-free so our teachers can focus on the main thing – teaching and learning.  We have a strict discipline policy, and the senior team run daily centralised detentions so that consequences are immediate and teacher time is protected.

 

Paddington Academy is a mixed Academy for 1,200 students aged 11-18. The Academy was judged to be outstanding by OFSTED in 2011 and was described by the Education Minister as a ‘jewel in the crown of state education’.

 

Our thriving and oversubscribed Academy also has a large Sixth Form with over 300 students and we have consistently been in the top 1% of schools for student progress for the last seven years.

 

We are looking for someone to establish a Design and Technology department.  As Subject Leader you will implement an ambitious curriculum and ensure there is high-quality teaching and learning across the department which will enthuse and motivate students and bring out the best in them.   

 

 

The ideal candidate will:

 

- Be an outstanding and inspirational teacher of Design and Technology

 

-Be able to lead the development of the curriculum in Design and Technology

 

-Be able to lead teaching and learning in Design and Technology

 

- Be committed to continually improving their teaching and learning;

 

- Be committed to our ethos of high expectations and no excuses;

 

- Have the belief that every student can be successful;

 

- Have the desire to make a real difference to the lives of our students.

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.

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About Paddington Academy

• School type: Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1232 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Paddington Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: alina.alecu@paddington-academy.org
• Phone number: 07966941361
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/paddington-academy (opens in new tab)

Paddington Academy ensures that every student is well-educated, has the opportunity to attend university, and is able to lead a happy and fulfilled life. Paddington Academy shares the objective of bringing out 'the best in everyone', enabling each student to become a balanced, happy and articulate person with the intellectual freedom to be creative; confidence to initiate; flexibility to respond to challenge, change and adversity; compassion to serve others; spirit to enjoy life; integrity to be trustworthy; and motivation to have a lifelong love of learning. 

Arranging a visit to Paddington Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email alina.alecu@paddington-academy.org.

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