Teacher of Design and Technology
Oxford Spires Academy, Oxford, OX4 2AU16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Easter (or Earlier by Negotiation)
Closing date
6 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
19 December 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Design Technology
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- TMs/UPS
Teacher of Design and Technology job summary
We are looking for a dynamic teacher of Design and Technology who is able to teach across the specialisms, is a strong practitioner and has a passion for inspiring students. This is the perfect opportunity to work within a dynamic faculty and to help to support and further develop our exceptional provision within the academy. As an academy we are committed to arts, design and creativity within our curriculum.
We are a highly sought after and well-established comprehensive in East Oxford with over 1300 students including 6th form. A strength of Oxford Spires is the warm, welcoming culture for students and staff alike and a huge sense of community as ‘our children are happy and there is a strong culture of respect across the school’ (Ofsted 2017)
The Design & Technology department is a highly respected and pedagogically focused faculty. The subject plays an important role in our richly diverse school community and contributes positively to the experience of our students. As a teacher of design and technology you will be part of an exceptional team, you will play a key role in further shaping and developing what is already an area of strength within the school. Design & Technology is extremely popular at GCSE. We have also introduced engineering at Level 1 and hospitality and catering at Level 2. Our first cohort of A-Level students started in September 2019.
What we are looking for:
- A creative and energetic teacher of design & technology
- A passionate and dynamic teacher who will inspire innovation and creativity within our students
- Applicants who have a commitment to creating an inclusive classroom where all students make excellent progress and experience success
We appoint on potential as well as experience, and we are committed to nurturing staff development. In return, we offer you a friendly and supportive environment and the chance to make a genuine difference to the amazing young people that make up our Academy.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children’s Barred List check and satisfactory references.
It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a ‘regulated activity’. The position advertised is a ‘regulated activity’. Anthem will undertake a basic online check for all shortlisted candidates.
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
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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Oxford Spires Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1317 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Oxford Spires Academy website (opens in new tab)
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