15 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    January 2026

  • Closing date

    22 September 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    5 September 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Head of department or curriculum

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

Design and technology

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS/UPS (£37,101 - £51,048) + TLR

Additional allowances

TLR £5866

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking an inspiring teacher with excellent subject knowledge to teach inspirationallessons and to use their drive, passion and teaching dynamic to make a significant contribution to our successful Design and Technology department.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced teacher of Design and Technology. We are looking for somebody who will have a committed focus on raising attainment and achieving progress for all pupils within a caring and aspirational environment.

You will benefit from working with a strong team of teachers and support staff in a purpose-built learning environment.

All staff share the Academy’s vision that every pupil will ‘Aspire and Believe to Achieve the Extraordinary’. Pupils will leave The Weston Road Academy with excellent academic outcomes and a clear purpose for the next stage of their lives.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

  • An employer placing staff welfare and wellbeing at the heart of our school
  • A stimulating working environment with a platform to share your ideas
  • Outstanding professional development
  • Career development opportunities, with structured support as you embark on your new role
  • A supportive and dedicated team of colleagues
  • Enthusiastic and well behaved pupils.

In return for your overwhelming desire for excellence and career ambition, weoffer an outstanding framework for improving learning and a stimulating, innovative environment.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
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.

This is an excitingopportunity for a person wishing to develop their career in an environment that issupportive of its staff.

The successful candidate will be joining the Academy at an exciting time as itcontinues to be a popular choice for parents. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed teacher/leader who cares deeply about the prospects of the young people under our care, and join us on our journey to becoming an established, outstanding school.

We are strongly committed to promoting and safeguarding pupil welfare and expect all staff to share his commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

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

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

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

DT Subject Leader Recruitment Pack Sept 2025.pdf - 538 KB (opens in new tab)

About The Weston Road Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
987 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
School website
The Weston Road Academy website
Email address
lbirks@westonroad.staffs.sch.uk
Phone number
01785 413600
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teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-weston-road-academy

Weston Road is a friendly, harmonious, progressive, over-subscribed 11-18 academy, located on the edge of an attractive county town. The Academy has an outstanding reputation for pastoral care.

Our ethos is built on traditional values such as respect, hard work, community, pride in our appearance and high expectations. We work together to instil an enjoyment in learning and strive to support each child. We work hard to develop their confidence and skills to be the best they can be and to reach their full potential.

We are not just a school recognised by Ofsted as Good, we are also welcoming and caring, with the staff, ideas and a drive to continually improve. Our students leave us well qualified and proud of their achievements. We guide them to be mature, highly skilled and successful learners equipped for the fast-paced modern society they will eventually join.

In return for your overwhelming desire for excellence and career ambition, we offer an outstanding framework for improving learning and a stimulating, innovative environment.

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