TEACHER OF DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood, Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 8AY12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
16 March 2026 at 9am
Date listed
4 March 2026
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
- M1 (£32,916) to UPS3 (£51,047)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Governors of this very successful Catholic High School wish to appoint a dynamic and inspirational Teacher of Design Technology to join our strong and dedicated Design Technology Department.
This role will offer the successful candidate exciting challenges that will be both rewarding and fulfilling, and will support you to achieve your own personal career goals and aspirations.
Cardinal Allen is a great place to work and an excellent community to belong to. We receive tremendous support from our parent body and our committed group of Governors. Our pupils actively engage in all aspects of school life, and there is a culture of mutual support and openness.
Governors hope to appoint someone who will:
Ø Love and care for our children as much as they would their own;
Ø Be, or have the potential to be, in every sense a great teacher;
Ø Be enthusiastic, resourceful and keen to ensure that the highest possible standards of pupil achievement, personal development and well-being are achieved;
Ø Have high expectations of both themselves and those they work with;
Ø Be able to lead and inspire colleagues to continuously improve;
Ø Always be willing to go the extra mile for our children.
What the school offers its staff
Our 800 pupils form a friendly, open school, in which discipline is good and where a high value is placed on order, respect for others and personal endeavour. This means that we can be rightly ambitious for all our pupils and encourage them all to have high expectations. We are once again oversubscribed for September 2025 having received nearly 400 applications for the 166 places available.
Our school is constantly striving to achieve higher standards as reported by Ofsted and in our Section 48 Denominational Inspection Reports. We recently enhanced our status as a Fairtrade school by being designated a FairAchiever School, we are one of only twelve Eco Ambassador Schools in the country and have been redesignated a Full International School by the British Council. We have held SGQM Centre of Excellence status for several years, have been awarded National Eco School of the Year, and we are a strategic partner in the Catholic Teaching Alliance.
Further information about the job
The Design Technology department comprises three members of staff. There is a strong sense of team spirit and mutual support, as well as a passion for the subject and a determination to deliver a curriculum that will improve outcomes and allow each pupil to reach his or her potential. Teaching in the department is strong, with pupils enjoying lessons in this popular subject.
The department is well resourced, with classrooms based in the main school building. There are two fully equipped traditional workshops, an electronics workshop, dedicated computer design suite and food technology classroom. In our modern food room, there are a combination of gas and electric ovens, as well as air fryers to allow pupils to learn to cook in a variety of ways. Our workshops have six 3D printers and two laser cutters, and the dedicated Design Technology computers have a range of specialist packages, such as 2D Design, Rhino and several other CAD packages. All three main classrooms also have new ViewSonic interactive TV screens and visualisers.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are an ambitious school and want the very best for the youngsters in our care. First and foremost we are looking for a great Teacher of Design Technology, with the ability to teach Construction at KS4. We welcome applications from ECTs and more experienced candidates. For a colleague new to teaching, we have a perfect track record of supporting newly qualified teachers through their NQT / ECT framework.
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
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 783 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood website
- Email address
- t.sales@cardinalallen.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01253872659
Cardinal Allen is a forward looking, oversubscribed, ‘outstanding Catholic school’, evaluated by Ofsted just last year as a ‘good school’. Inspectors said, ‘Pupils are happy to attend this kind and welcoming school. Pupils achieve well. This is because leaders set high expectations for all pupils’. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check.
Arranging a visit to Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email t.sales@cardinalallen.co.uk.
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