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  • Start date details

    January 2025

  • Closing date

    2 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    14 November 2024

Job details

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Subject

Design Technology

Working pattern

Part time, full time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

TMS/UPS

Teacher of Design and Technology (Fixed Term January-April 2025) 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.

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About Oxford Spires Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1317 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19

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