Teacher of Design Technology
Avanti Fields School, Leicester, LE5 0BX24 days remaining to apply
Job start date
23 February 2026
Closing date
11 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 December 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Design and technology
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 Hours per week.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS1 - UPS3
What skills and experience we're looking for
Please note:This position is available for a start date after February half-term or from the beginning of the Summer term (April 2026).
About us and the role
Avanti Fields School is seeking a dedicated Teacher of Design and Technology who is committed to helping pupils achieve strong academic and personal growth.
The successful candidate will deliver high-quality, well-structured teaching and create a purposeful, respectful learning environment that reflects the values of our school.
They will work collaboratively with colleagues, families and external partners to support pupil progress, champion creativity and promote confident, independent learning.
This role offers the chance to make a measurable impact within a school that is ambitious for every learner. Join us and help shape the next generation of skilled creators, innovators and problem-solvers.
School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.
Avanti Fields School is an all-through, faith-designated (Hindu) state school which welcomed the first intake of Year 7 students in September 2018, and first intake of Nursery and Reception students in September 2022. The school is rapidly expanding and will grow year by year to a full cohort of 1,320. This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues its journey to outstanding.
The staff at Avanti Fields School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our students. All staff that work at the school will need to subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our students.
This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both students and staff:
- Educational excellence
- Character formation
- Spiritual insight
What will you do?
- Deliver high-quality Design and Technology teaching that meets the needs of all learners, ensuring strong progress, well-planned lessons and effective use of assessment.
- Create a safe, respectful and purposeful learning environment that upholds the ethos of Avanti Schools Trust and promotes excellent behaviour, engagement and relationships.
- Take responsibility for the planning, preparation and evaluation of lessons, materials and assessments, using data to monitor progress and inform future teaching.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues, parents, governors and external partners to support pupils’ wellbeing, achievement and broader school life.
- Engage fully in professional development, contribute to whole-school responsibilities, and uphold safeguarding, statutory requirements and high standards of conduct.
What are we looking for?
- Qualified to bachelor’s degree level in relevant or allied subject
- QTS qualified
- Clear vision and understanding of how to implement and sustain a high quality teaching and learning
- Excellent skills in the use and application of technology
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to delegate
- Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students
Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role..
What the school offers its staff
Why should you apply
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:
- Great opportunities for professional development
- Teacher pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
- O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
- Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
- Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
- Cycle-to-work Scheme
Further information about the job
Further information
Pre-employment checks
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks. Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Diversity and Inclusion
We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
Commitment to safeguarding
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Applying for the job
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About Avanti Fields School
- School type
- Free School, Hindu, ages 3 to 16
- Education phase
- All through school
- School size
- 1178 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Avanti Fields School website
- Email address
- talent@avanticareers.org.uk
Avanti Fields School is a new all-through school which welcomed the first intake of Year 7 students in September 2018. The school is rapidly expanding, and will grow year by year to a full cohort of 1,320. This is an exciting time to join the school as it moves into its new state of the arts building and continues its journey to outstanding.
Avanti Fields School; we are an all-through; 3–16 Hindu-faith school – part of the multi-academy, Avanti Schools Trust.
Avanti Schools are extremely popular with Hindu and non-Hindu parents alike who want an outstanding, disciplined and inclusive environment for learning for their children.
Our established schools in London and Leicester are all at least rated good with outstanding features and have the highest expectations are our pupils.
Avanti’s faith ethos means high academic and moral standards and an environment that values and nurtures the best within all faiths.
Avanti Fields is a Hindu-designated faith school, part of the growing family of Avanti schools. However, staff and students at Avanti Fields School do not originate from any specific faith background. Applications are welcome from practitioners of any faith and from those of none; they will, however, be expected to be in full sympathy with the unique ethos and vision of the School.
Arranging a visit to Avanti Fields School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email talent@avanticareers.org.uk.
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