Teacher of Design Technology

North Walsham High School, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR28 9HZ

53 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  28 April 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  22 January 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Design and technology
• Working pattern: Part time, full time (Can be done as a job share)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (Actual)

Teacher of Design Technology job summary

“We put the success and happiness of our students at the heart of everything we do”.

North Walsham High School, part of the Enrich Learning Trust, is a small secondary school in Norfolk. We are a rapidly growing school that has a strong community of dedicated staff who live out our vision and put the success and happiness of our students at the heart of everything we do. This is underpinned by our core values of Trust, Resilience, Excellence and Kindness.

We are delighted to share our most recent Ofsted report stating North Walsham High School is a "Good" school with "Outstanding" leadership and management. Most pleasingly it states: "At North Walsham High, pupils thrive".

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspirational full time Teacher of Design Technology to start in September.

The successful applicant will:

• Teach a full timetable of Design Technology with requisite planning time;
• To develop students’ love of Design Technology;
• Be enthusiastic and determined to achieve the very best outcomes;
• Be passionate about teaching and learning;
• Be passionate about curriculum development
• Be committed to the school’s vision: “We put the success and happiness of our students at the heart of everything we do”;
• Embody and model our values of trust, resilience, excellence and kindness;
• Be dedicated to ensuring students continually improve;
• Teach both KS4 and KS3;
• Take an active part in CPD which includes regular and deliberate practice.

Professional development opportunities are plentiful and we are always working hard to be innovative around workload- we want you to have a balanced life and enjoy working with our children! We have really strong supportive policies on feedback, reporting, centralised planning and behaviour for learning (including centralised detentions) that allow you to focus on planning and teaching excellent lessons.

Alongside this we have a clear approach to teaching and learning which is supported by our Instructional Coaching programme. This is captured in the North Walsham Approach to Teaching.

For an informal discussion contact Miss Samantha Franklin (franklins@nwhs.uk). We welcome visits to the school prior to application.

Enrich Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the Trust to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Safeguarding our students is of paramount importance to all staff at North Walsham High School.

We have robust procedures and systems in place to identify any concerns we have about our students and we act swiftly and proactively when dealing with these concerns.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About North Walsham High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 619 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: North Walsham High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/north-walsham-high-school-north-walsham

We put the success and happiness of our students at the heart of everything we do.

North Walsham High School is a rapidly growing school that has a strong community of dedicated staff who live out our vision and put the success and happiness of our students at the heart of everything we do. This is underpinned by our core values of Trust, Resilience, Excellence and Kindness. After a period of transformational change, we recently welcomed Ofsted to the school (December 2023) and we look forward to sharing our new report, once released, as part of this interview process.

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