Teacher of Design Technology and Art
Torpoint Community College, Torpoint, Cornwall, PL11 2NHDeadline is today
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
26 March 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subjects
- Art and design, Design and technology
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share): Mon - Fri 8.45 - 3.10
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint a dynamic Design Technology teacher. This post would be suitable for an enthusiastic and flexible teacher, or ECT with the ability to teach Design Technology at KS3 and KS4 along with some Art and Design. The College would particularly welcome applications from candidates with the specialist area of Design Technology, Product Design.
What the school offers its staff
By working at Torpoint Community College you will be joining a very friendly and professional team, in a lovely location in the forgotten corner of South East Cornwall which has a stunning landscape of tidal creeks, sandy beaches and farmland. The College sits amongst its own well-maintained grounds, there is free parking and there are ample opportunities to participate in a range of staff wellbeing activities and events.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Torpoint Community College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 748 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Torpoint Community College website
- Email address
- jones.jo@torpoint.cornwall.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01752812511
Torpoint Community College (TCC) is situated in South-East Cornwall and is very much a part of the local community. Due to its proximity, it also enjoys close links with the urban area of Plymouth city. This results in a rich mix of urban and rural, village and city-based students and the College is very much an economic driver for the area.
The majority of students attending the College live in Torpoint or on the Rame Peninsula. It also has students from Plymouth who travel from Plymouth via the chain ferry over the River Tamar. The current number on roll is approximately 720, including 50 in the Sixth Form. The College’s Post 16 provision offers a small, but thriving, learning environment for its students with a wide range of A Level subjects on offer.
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