Teacher of Design Technology

Rushey Mead Academy, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 7AN

24 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  26 August 2025

• Closing date

  27 April 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  2 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• 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: MPS/UPS (£31,650 – £49,084 per annum)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Teacher of Design Technology (All disciplines considered)

Job ref: DT2025

Full Time – Permanent

Start Date: August 2025

Salary: MPS/UPS (£31,650 – £49,084 per annum)

We are looking to appoint subject experts and enthusiasts to our high achieving Design team who want to work in a school where:

• Design & Technology is valued by students and families;
• Collaborate with teachers in a department that achieves a Progress 8 score well above national average
• where the majority of GCSE Design & Technology students go on to study this career path further at A level;
• where Academy’s results have been significantly above national averages for many years and are in the top 1% nationally;
• where there is a strong academic ethos and high expectations of students;
• where behaviour management is centralised and teachers are enabled to flourish

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure check.

This post will involve contact with vulnerable groups (children, young people and/or adults) and is therefore, exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. This exemption means that shortlisted applicants for this post will be required to declare all criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands, and bind- overs both spent and unspent in their application, before interview and regardless of the passage of time.

How to apply:

If you are interested in this post, please complete the application form online, including a cover letter detailing why you are a suitable candidate for the position should accompany your completed application form.

Should you have any queries regarding your application please contact school.

Please see the documents listed below, which may assist you in making your application:

• Applicant Pack
• Job Description
• Application and Recruitment Process document

Closing date: Sunday 27th April 2025 midnight

Interview date: Wednesday 7th May 2025

Rushey Mead Academy is committed to:

• safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment
• equal opportunities and equal value for staff and students, prevention of discrimination in its many forms

NO AGENCIES or CVs PLEASE

What the school offers its staff

They will be supported to plan and deliver great lessons across key stage 3 and 4 in order to achieve excellent outcomes for our students. The ability to offer teaching in one or more of the following areas: Food Preparation & Nutrition/Textiles/Product Design at KS3 is a requirement of the role.

The academy is well placed to offer a comprehensive support package to NQTs from all routes into teaching, including PGCE, SCITT and Schools Direct. Both new and established teachers will be supported and encouraged to develop their practice by engaging in the numerous opportunities to collaborate and share ideas with colleagues within our Professional Learning programme. We will work together to ensure you continuously develop your skills and pedagogy.

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to rmrecruitment@rushey-tmet.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Teacher of Design Technology - JD.pdf - 216 KB (opens in new tab)

Applicant Pack - Teacher of DT.pdf - 1.48 MB (opens in new tab)

About Rushey Mead Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1744 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Rushey Mead Academy website
• Email address: rmrecruitment@rushey-tmet.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/rushey-mead-academy

Arranging a visit to Rushey Mead Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email rmrecruitment@rushey-tmet.uk.

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