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Teacher of Design & Technology

Lord Williams's School, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2AQ

This job expired on 17 March 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  17 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Design Technology
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (FTE) Teachers' Main/Upper Pay Scale

Teacher of Design & Technology job summary

We wish to appoint from September 2025 a well-qualified, enthusiastic and committed Teacher of Design & Technology. The post is full– or part-time and permanent. The position would suit an ECT or experienced teacher.

This is an excellent opportunity to join one of Oxfordshire’s largest and most successful schools. Effective administrative systems support the two sites. Students are well-behaved and motivated, and there is a strong sense of community in Thame, with a committed parent support base. We are exceptionally strong in terms of pastoral support for all students and have the highest expectations for individual achievement whatever the starting points. Outside the classroom there are wonderful extra-curricular activities for all. Students leave the school successful and well-rounded individuals. There is a ‘buzz’ about learning in the school and our students are fortunate to be supported in their learning by dedicated teachers and support staff. Staff training and professional development are always a developmental priority and many of our staff move on to promotions in other schools.

The Design and Technology Faculty

The Design and Technology Faculty offers a range of very successful courses, where students make excellent progress in their learning and produce very strong results. It has very supportive and friendly staff who, between them, have a lot of experience and a diverse range of specialisms. Staff have well-resourced, purpose-built workshops, classrooms and preparation/resource areas, where the teaching, administration and technical staff are able to provide excellent support to one another.

Curriculum

Key Stage 3

The current course, studied by all students, seeks to provide students with a sound foundation to understanding our modern technological world, as well as providing a solid introduction to the values, knowledge, skills and understanding they will need if they go on to study Design and Technology based subjects on offer at GCSE and beyond.

The teaching modules cover Food, Textiles, Design Skills, Materials, Structures, Electrical and Mechanical Systems, Graphical Skills, and CAD/CAM.

Key Stage 4

Year 10 and 11 students follow AQA GCSE courses. A wide range of options are available to students allowing them to specialise in areas that they are interested in. These include Food Preparation & Nutrition; DT: Textiles; DT: Electrical and Mechanical Systems; DT: Materials; DT Engineering Materials, and Child Development. In addition, students have access to a range of vocational courses, such as Construction Level 1, which is delivered in our purpose-built skill centre.

Results each year are very good with high numbers of students achieving GCSEs at grades 9-4 (A* - C).

Key Stage 5

The Advanced Level Design Technology (AQA) courses are very popular, producing excellent results and the majority of our students go on to pursue related subjects at degree level. As well as Product Design, the Faculty also offers very successful course in Textiles.

Resources

The Lower School has a purpose-built Technology Centre, comprising a suite of six very well-equipped and networked rooms supported by preparation areas and designed around a central ICT room, a team room and an inspirational display area. Extensive teaching resources are available alongside excellent technical and administrative support.

The Upper School courses are also taught in well-resourced areas with adjacent computer suites, these have all either been recently built or modernised. There has been significant investment in computer networking and equipment in all classrooms; this includes a full suite of CNC lasers, routers, lathes and 3D printers.

Commitment to safeguarding

Lord Williams’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

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About Lord Williams's School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 2276 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lord Williams's School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lord-williams-s-school

Lord Williams’s School is a thriving and popular comprehensive school serving the Thame community and its surrounding rural area. We are a split-site school, with Years 7 – 9 on the Lower School site at Towersey Road and Years 10 – 13 on the Upper School site at Oxford Road. We pay particular attention to each individual student by promoting their personal, social and educational development to enable all to achieve at the highest level possible. As a result of our continuing success, Lord Williams’s School is consistently oversubscribed.

We promote high quality teaching and learning. We attract talented, committed and conscientious teachers who produce stimulating and challenging learning activities helped by experienced support staff. Teamwork is a key feature of our work.

We are an inclusive school; we cater for all abilities and we provide access for all students. This is reflected in our work with the more able, with students with a range of learning and other difficulties and in our admissions policy for the Sixth Form.

The school has excellent teaching facilities on both sites with accommodation that is suited to the demands of the curriculum.

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