Teacher of Design and Technology
Chipping Norton School, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5DY8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1 September 2024
Closing date
16 May 2024 at 5pm
Date listed
3 April 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Art & Design, Design Technology
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,000.00 - £46,525.00 Annually (Actual)
Teacher of Design and Technology job summary
The Design and Technology and Art teachers form experienced departments, who have enjoyed GCSE and A level success over recent years. These subjects continue to be a popular choice at GCSE as a result of engaging teaching.
Whilst we seek a teacher of Design and Technology, we welcome teachers of Art and Design with experience of or an interest in teaching within Design and Technology.
The working hours of this role can be flexible with either full time (1.0ffte) or part time hours (0.5fte). We are open to hearing from candidates as to what they would be interested in working. We welcome all applications, including from ECTs.
The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.
If you would like to have a confidential conversation with the Head of Department, Keith Newton, about the role, prior to application, then please email knewton@chippingnortonschool.org or telephone 01608 544998.
This post includes regulated activity relevant to children.
What skills / experience are required
We are seeing a collaborative, dynamic and innovative colleague, who must be:
- skilled at making students feel engaged and motivated
- able to contribute to and support student outcomes
- committed to excellence and continuous learning
- prepared to have high expectations in all areas of their teaching practice
What we can offer
- a committed department that is part of this vibrant and dedicated rural comprehensive school
- a school that is widely known for calm classrooms and corridors, the passion and skill of its teaching and support staff, and the constantly improving facilities on offer
- students who are kind, polite and keen to succeed, and respond enthusiastically to well -planned and carefully delivered lessons
Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.
The River Learning Trust and Chipping Norton School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered
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 Chipping Norton School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 983 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Chipping Norton School website (opens in new tab)
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