Teacher of Design and Technology
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3ELThis job expired on 17 October 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
January 2023
Closing date
17 October 2022 at 11:59pm
Date listed
7 October 2022
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Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
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Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS commensurate with experience
Teacher of Design and Technology job summary
We are seeking to appoint an effective Teacher of Design & Technology who can deliver high-quality learning opportunities for our students.The Design and Technology department, alongside Art, is housed within ‘Da Vinci’, a purpose-built building constructed 10 years ago. The building and our workshops are large, airy and very well equipped which allows us to teach a wide array of skills to the students. Each workshop contains a universal laser cutter, interactive whiteboard, signwriting machine, band saw and pillar drills. Certain workshops have more specialist equipment like the brazing hearth, lathes, linishers and milling machines. We also have portable equipment that can be moved to workshops as and when they are required. These include compact casting machines, strip heaters, vacuum formers and die cutters. Within the building, we have an IT suite of 30 new PC’s alongside a trolley of laptops to expand our teaching of the subject. There is also a prep room with 3D printers, welding area, CAM lathe and a CAM router installed, as well as a staff room for both the Design & Technology and Art departments. There are three full-time and one part-time teacher within the department, alongside a full-time technician.
Design and Technology is taught over two 1 hour lessons a fortnight during Key Stage 3, four 1 hour lessons a fortnight in Key Stage 4 and ten 1 hour lessons a fortnight in Key Stage 5. During all Key Stages the groups retain the same teacher throughout the year, with only Key Stage 5 having groups with shared teachers. Key Stage 3 groups are a maximum of 16 students, Key Stage 4 can have up to 20 students and Key Stage 5 around 18 students. The sixth form Design & Technology students also have a room of their own to utilise during their study periods, if they wish to carry on with their studies within the subject.
Design and Technology is a popular subject when it comes to option choices, regularly having numbers between 80-100 for Key Stage 4 and between 30-40 for Key Stage 5. We put these high numbers down to the teaching of Key Stage 3 being enjoyable, varied and challenging. The examination board we use is AQA for both Key Stages and we follow the Product Design specification. We have seen a large number of students carry on the subject into universities and their careers.
This is a permanent position and we welcome applications from candidates seeking either a part-time or full-time role, offering a salary MPS/UPS commensurate with experience.
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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
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suitability to work with children
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About Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1479 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- Email address
- talent@latrust.or.guk
- Phone number
- 01634412200
Working with us: Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School was founded in 1701 in order to provide an education to young men who would go on to work at the famous Chatham Dockyard. More than 300 years later we still pride ourselves on providing a superb academic education alongside an unparalleled range of opportunities for personal growth and character development. Awarded ‘outstanding’ in our last Ofsted, the comment that stands out to us is, “students thrive within its distinctive ethos, enabling them to succeed academically and to develop into confident, well-rounded individuals who are prepared extremely well for their future lives.”
In 2012 the School became one of the first 100 National Teaching Schools and in 2021 was successful in converting this into becoming one of the first 35 National Teaching School Hubs. Alongside our work as a National Support School, our position in Leigh Academies Trust and as the lead school in the Kent and Medway Maths Hub the school is in unrivalled position to offer superb support and training to any new member of staff, regardless of their role, or their experience.
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