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  • Job start date

    1 September 2019

  • Closing date

    29 April 2019 at 1am

  • Date listed

    9 April 2019

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full-time equivalent salary

Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £23,720 to £39,406

Additional allowances

Why teach at West Park?
Do you want to work in a welcoming and supportive environment? Does excellent staff camaraderie, support and development appeal to you? Do you want to be challenged professionally in a meritocracy that recognizes and develops talent? Do hands-on senior and middle leaders sound like a good and refreshing idea? Do you want to work with positive students who want to learn and progress in their studies and who fully embrace a vibrant extracurricular life?
If you answer yes to the above questions, we want to hear from you. West Park School could be the next step in your career. Come and visit and see for yourself.

This is West Park School:
• Welcoming and supportive place to work
• Excellent staff camaraderie
• Excellent staff support, development, and induction
• Meritocratic with talent recognition and professional challenge
• Hands-on Leadership Group; leading by example
• Excellent middle leaders who lead and support their staff
• Positive students who want to learn and progress in their studies
• Vibrant and successful extracurricular life for students
• Supportive parent body
• Supportive governors

Teacher of Design and Technology job summary

Resistant Materials/Electronics and Mechanical Systems
We have a vacancy for a full time Resistant Materials teacher, who can also teach elements of Electronics and Mechanical Systems and has a willingness to broaden their knowledge base. The successful candidate will have some CAD/CAM experience and will be expected to teach ages 11 – 16, in an energetic, dedicated and successful team of Design and Technology specialists in a well-resourced and productive faculty.
We are committed to appointing only the most inspirational teachers. Our teachers routinely deliver great lessons, which are well planned, challenging, innovative and active for our pupils. The successful applicants must be prepared to share their practice with colleagues and fully contribute to our in-house programme of continuing professional development.

Applications are welcome from experienced teachers or NQTs. Visits to the school are encouraged to enable you to savour the unique atmosphere. Please call or email for an appointment.

Further information about the school is available on the school’s website at
www.westpark.derby.sch.uk

Further details about the post are available from the following link. Application forms (Teachers) should be completed and submitted online at www.westpark.derby.sch.uk/technologyvacancy.php together with a CV and supporting letter.

Full child protection procedures are followed in the appointment of staff to our school, and an enhanced DBS check will be required.

Closing date for applications 9.00 am 29th April 2019

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 West Park School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
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School size
1475 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16

West Park is an 11 – 16 school based in Spondon with 1409 pupils currently on roll. The school prides itself on exceptional pupil achievement, dynamic teaching and learning and excellent behaviour and engagement.

We have a committed and talented staff team who work cohesively to get the best for all of our pupils. The pupils themselves are focussed, polite, positive and determined to take full advantage of the range of opportunities provided to them.

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