Teacher of Design and Technology
West Hill School, Stalybridge, Cheshire, SK15 1LX13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Easter 2025 or as soon as contract allows for the right candidate
Closing date
4 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
8 November 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Design and technology
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
The candidate will be an outstanding classroom practitioner, with the drive and capacity to thrive in this role.
We
seek a passionate practitioner who can deliver challenge and support to our
students and contribute to the department planning, enrichment and
consequently, continue to maintain our healthy KS4 option numbers.
The
successful applicant will have experience of teaching GCSE Design and
Technology alongside KS3 experience of Technology.
What the school offers its staff
- A welcoming and collaborative staff;
- A comprehensive induction programme;
- Fully supported ECT programme;
- On-going investment into your career development through appropriate CPD;
- Smart working practices to help support work-life balance.
Further details about the role
Teacher of Design and Technology
Required from Easter 2025 or as soon as contract allows for the right candidate
Would you like to teach in a school that has a strong ethos of respect, responsibility and readiness to learn? Where students have a thirst for knowledge and a love of challenge?
The Design and Technology Department at West Hill is committed to the school ethos of Aiming High and delivering a curriculum experience that is ambitious and empowering to both learners and teachers. We encourage every student to develop technical knowledge and a high level of skill in designing, making and evaluating throughout their curriculum.
We are seeking to appoint a committed, reflective and talented Teacher of Design and Technology to work alongside our Head of Department to continue to enrich and grow the experience for our learners. We seek a passionate practitioner who can deliver challenge and support to our students and contribute to the department planning, enrichment and consequently, continue to maintain our healthy KS4 option numbers.
The successful applicant will have experience of teaching GCSE Design and Technology alongside KS3 experience of Technology. Some candidates may have relevant experience in subject-related skills such as CAD or engineering.
The candidate will be an outstanding classroom practitioner, with the drive and capacity to thrive in this role. In return, we can offer you:
- A welcoming and collaborative staff;
- A comprehensive induction programme;
- Fully supported ECT programme;
- On-going investment into your career development through appropriate CPD;
- Smart working practices to help support work-life balance.
Applications are most welcome from both experienced teachers and ECTs.
To find out more about us please visit the school website www.westhillschool.co.uk
Informal visits beforehand are welcome and should be arranged by contacting the School Reception Office on 0161-338-2193 or e-mail: recruitment@westhillschool.co.uk.
Applications should be emailed to recruitment@westhillschool.co.uk.
Please ensure that applications are clearly marked for the post you are applying for.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. Shortlisted candidates may be subject to online searches as part of pre recruitment checks.
Closing Date for applications: Wednesday 4th December 2024 at 12.00 noon
Interviews to be held week beginning 9th December 2024.
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
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About West Hill School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 847 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- West Hill School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@westhillschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01613382193
Our Ethos
At West Hill, our ethos runs through all that we do, teach and offer. Our core values of Respect, Responsibility and Readiness; our three Rs underpin our biggest asset; relationships.
We are proud of our history, our tradition and our focus on a holistic education that centres around opportunities to develop character and leadership alongside realising academic potential. When a student joins our West Hill family, when they walk our corridors steeped in images of our history or individual and team successes, they find a sense of belonging and purpose, wanting to mark their place and success within it. For many, their family and ancestors have walked the same corridors and the sense of multi-generational pride in attendance is palpable. Our staff, too, share our pride and ethos, which creates an invested and stable staffing, dedicated to aiming high for all.
Our reputation is one of manners, where hard work and effort is praised and valued. The journey that our students go through, learn and develop throughout their years at West Hill is our greatest achievement. We instil that all students should aim high in all elements of their learning and personal conduct - regardless of starting point or additional needs, all students are treated fairly and have equal opportunity. We want all students to believe in themselves, to enjoy school and feel successful with resilience and determination.
Our curriculum does not end at 3pm, nor does it finish on a Friday. We have a strong co-curricular offer that enhances opportunities for all during lunch breaks, after school and at the weekend. Our co-curricular offer works alongside our academic curriculum, creating opportunities to enhance ability and learn new skills creatively, academically, physically and practically to realise an undiscovered passion or interest, building our cultural capital. We are a driving force in our community and offer Park Run to students, families and staff who participate together every Saturday morning, furthering our relationships and modelling the desire to be our personal best.
Our students can access multiple leadership and community opportunities with annual opportunities to become an Ambassador, a Mentor, a Councillor, a Leader and a Prefect. Whilst we are proud of our sporting excellence, we are equally proud of the excellent leadership learnt. Our staff are united in our belief that opportunities like this build relationships, sense of community and identity in which we maintain high standards for all. Our established staff bring consistency to our students in our delivery of a truly broad and balanced curriculum.
A healthy mind is the foundation for all of the opportunities that we offer. Better never stops, and it is our duty of care to empower our students to be aware of themselves and their ability to self-regulate. We provide support for students with additional needs, notably within our Social and Emotional Mental Health Team, our Pastoral Support Team and Special Educational Needs Team alongside our student Ambassadors and Peer Mentors. We celebrate the diversity in our school and champion difference, knowing our students well and celebrating their personal successes. We are a school that cares and merge our high expectations with the security that support and guidance will be put in place to allow every student the opportunity to learn and thrive at West Hill.
To deliver on our ethos, we stand in partnership with our families and students. We have high aspirations that are reflected in our students, they leave us displaying our values and demonstrate that there is integrity in what we do and the young people that we nurture. A partnership that invests in our West Hill Way and our holistic wellbeing of each student is paramount for our joint success. Together, we maximise the present, build to our past and shape the future.
Our Vision
At West Hill School, we have an uncompromised, aspirational vision that:
Everybody will experience a rich curriculum that expands beyond the classroom, empowering them to feel successful and make ambitious future choices.
Every lesson enables individual success through quality adaptive teaching and shared expectations.
Everybody matters and has a right to be safe, valued and treated with kindness.
Everybody will be supported to develop a healthy understanding of themselves and respect for others.
Everybody will be ready and take responsibility for their own learning, choosing thoughtful behaviours that show empathy for others.
Everybody in our West Hill family will collaborate and support each other to realise their aspirations and celebrate success.
Arranging a visit to West Hill School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@westhillschool.co.uk.
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