TEACHER OF DESIGN TECHNOLOGY (FOOD SPECIALIST)
Charlton School, Telford, TF1 3FAThis job expired on 6 October 2023
Start date details
Maternity cover to start preferably 10th November 2023 or as close as possible
Closing date
6 October 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 September 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subjects
- Design and technology, Food Technology
Working pattern
- Full time: Maternity cover to start preferably 10th November 2023 or as close as possible
Contract type
- Fixed term - Negotiable - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a specialist teacher to join our forward-thinking Design & Technology department. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, dynamic teacher of Design & Technology, with an ability to inspire, enthuse and engage students. Experience of teaching D&T Food and Textiles specialisms is essential, whilst the ability to teach across all four D&T specialisms would be desirable.
As a member of our team, you will focus on ensuring the progress of every child by developing their skills, knowledge and understanding within an exciting and relevant curriculum.
You will work closely with the Design & Technology team and Curriculum Leader to continue developing a new, broad, balanced and relevant curriculum, which will allow students to feel they can succeed in Design & Technology and enjoy their learning journey along the way.
The Design & Technology department at Charlton are creative, supportive and reflective practitioners with excellent team spirit. The sharing of best practice is key to this, as is hard work and ambition to achieve the very best results for our students.
What the school offers its staff
Charlton is an 11-16 comprehensive school, well established in the heart of its local community. We are a truly comprehensive school, admitting children from over 20 primary schools, with students’ prior attainment at KS2 broadly in line with National Average, with a slight bias towards higher ability range. We know the importance of inspiring students to develop a thirst for learning, so our curriculum is broad, rich and matched to individuals’ needs.Our emphasis on purposeful, relevant learning means that our students benefit from a range of visits, specialist teaching and extensive extra-curricular experiences. We aim for all our students to enjoy school, excel in their studies and attain outstanding outcomes.Our vision is to nurture happy, healthy young people who have the knowledge, academic achievement and strength of character to lead safe and successful lives in modern Britain, preparing them for their next steps in education or employment with a thirst for lifelong learning.Additional investment in state-of-the-art ICT, Sports, Expressive Arts, Science and Technology, have been a great boost to students’ already rich curriculum of Foreign Languages, Humanities, English and Maths. We firmly believe that the new facilities will further strengthen our high performance across the school.The school joined the Learning Communities Trust as an academy in December 2018. This is a multi-academy trust set up to serve the needs of the students in the Wellington and Hadley areas of Telford.Following a recent Ofsted inspection (May 2023), the school has been judged to be good overall and good in all the separate judgement areas. We are delighted with the outcome, and that the dedication and hard work of our students and staff has been rightly recognised.
Commitment to safeguarding
The appointment will be subject to enhanced DBS clearance (including a check on the children’s barred list for those working in regulated activity) for the successful applicant. We are committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow the Safer Recruitment practices as set out in the Statutory Guidance - Keeping Children Safe in Education. We are also committed to Equality and Diversity. Sorry but CV’s will not be accepted.
About Charlton School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1229 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Charlton School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- vacancies@charlton.uk.com
Charlton is a very successful 11-16 Academy located in the market town of Wellington, Telford. We were very fortunate to move into our new school building in June 2016, the last school built under the governments Building Schools for the Future programme. We are a member of the Learning Community Trust (LCT), a multi-academy trust that serves the education needs of students in primary, secondary and special schools in Telford and Shropshire. We work in partnership with the LCT towards a shared vision that places students’ learning, environments, and local communities at the centre of our approach.
Wellington is a busy market town, with excellent facilities in the local community and new housing being built nearby the school. From its central position, Wellington is easily reached by road or rail and has a large train station in the town. It is close to Shrewsbury and the famous Ironbridge, which is an area of local beauty and historical interest and one of the best in Shropshire!
Our vision is to nurture happy, healthy young people who have the knowledge, academic achievement, and strength of character to lead safe and successful lives in modern Britain, preparing them for their next steps in education or employment with a thirst for lifelong learning.
Our vision is built around three core values: Respect, Responsibility and Resilience. We expect all members of the Charlton community to always exhibit these values. Underpinning our vision and values are our shared character virtues:
• Gratitude: feeling and expressing thanks.
• Compassion: exhibiting care and concern for others.
• Humility: estimating oneself within reasonable limits.
• Justice: acting with fairness towards others by honouring rights and responsibilities.
• Courage: acting with bravery in fearful situations.
• Integrity: having strong moral principles and standing up for what you believe in.
• Honesty: being truthful and sincere.
Arranging a visit to Charlton School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@charlton.uk.com.
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