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Teacher of Design and Technology (food specialism)

Furness Academy, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA13 9BB

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• Job start date

  15 April 2019

• Closing date

  30 January 2019 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  16 January 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Design and technology, Design and technology
• Working pattern: Part time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main pay range 1 to Main pay range 6, £23,720 to £35,008 per year pro rata

Teacher of Design and Technology (food specialism) job summary

Required for Easter 2019
Teacher of Design and Technology (food specialism)

Job Reference Code: FA08/0901
Salary range: M1 – M6 depending on experience
0.6, fixed term (1 year) post

We are looking for a happy, enthusiastic and inspiring teacher of Design and Technology with excellent subject knowledge and a strong desire to engage students in learning; our ideal candidate will have a background in teaching a food related subject. Exceptional communication skills, a passion for the subject and a commitment to the continued development of their own pedagogy is essential. We welcome applications from NQTs.

We are:
• A ‘state of the art’ medium sized 11-16 mixed comprehensive Academy with approximately 875 students, located near the centre of the historic shipbuilding town of Barrow in Furness and close to the southern boundary of the Lake District National Park;
• An Academy with a Good Ofsted rating (September 2017) and excellent potential for the future
• An Academy with a truly comprehensive intake, playing a key role in our local community and with a strong foundation of moral purpose;
• An Academy that has at its heart a sense of ambition and determination to deliver excellent teaching, care and holistic school experience.

We will offer you:
• A very welcoming Academy where the development of every person matters.
• Hard-working, committed and aspirational staff and students.
• A fully established CPD programme.
• The whole-hearted support of Furness Academy’s Leadership Team.
• A welcoming and dedicated Design and Technology department consisting of four motivated and experienced teachers, supported by one full –time and one part-time technician.
• A well-resourced department, compromising of seven classrooms, including two workshops and two catering rooms. We also have two prep rooms.

You will:
• Secure high quality teaching and learning and lead by own example in the classroom.
• Understand your accountability for the performance standards of your students.
• Make a sustained and well-informed contribution to the physics provision at the Academy as well as whole Academy improvement strategies.

Furness Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students. All applicants are subject to the requirements of the Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education guidelines. This will include checks with past employers and the need for the successful applicant to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced DBS disclosure.

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 Furness Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1159 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Furness Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: hrrecruitment@furnessacademy.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/furness-academy (opens in new tab)

Furness Academy is an 11-16 Academy, with a current roll of 875 students. Here, we believe that what matters most is people. We understand that building positive, respectful relationships between everyone in our Academy is really important in making Furness Academy a truly exciting place to work and learn.

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