Teacher of Design & Technology
Pudsey Grammar School, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 7ND10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2027 - sooner if available
Closing date
16 October 2026 at 8am
Date listed
6 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
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Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Design and technology
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) MPS/UPS £32,916 to £51,048 (pay award pending)
Teacher of Design & Technology job summary
Details of advert
Job Role: Teacher of Design & Technology
Grade: MPS/UPS
Salary: £32,916 - £51,048 (pay award pending)
Start date: January 2027 or earlier
The school operates a flexible early finish on Fridays.
We are looking to appoint an outstanding professional to join the Design Technology department. Applicants will have excellent inter-personal skills and should be highly respected teaching practitioners who have already begun to demonstrate effective leadership characteristics. The successful candidate will maintain a relentless focus on strategies to sustain the highest quality of teaching and learning and achieve outstanding outcomes for young people.
The successful candidate would be joining a very enthusiastic, motivated and dedicated team where student progress is the focal point. The department has recently appointed a new Head of Department who is transforming and development this area of the curriculum. We are particularly interested in candidates who have the ambition and aspiration to develop a future career pathway into middle and senior leadership roles.
Pudsey Grammar School has an excellent reputation in the local community, being the second most oversubscribed school in Leeds and a National Behaviour Hub school.
We are looking for an outstanding candidate who would be keen to:
Teach across Key Stage 3, 4 and 5
Work with the department to develop and promote extra-curricular activities and trips that enhance the curriculum
Contribute to and continue to develop our well-established and successful schemes of work across all key stages
Work cohesively within a department that is committed to developing new ways of teaching and learning that focus on student needs
Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in accordance with our Safeguarding and Child Protection policies.
A commitment to:
o Working in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education, prevent and our safeguarding and child protection policies)
o Working with the designated safeguarding lead (DSL) to promote the best interests of students, including sharing concerns where necessary
o Promoting the safeguarding of all students in the school
Why work at Pudsey Grammar School?
Being part of a rapidly improving school
Work for an organisation which has staff wellbeing as its core
Embrace the opportunity to play a key part in the continuing transformation of the school
Be part of a dynamic and enthusiastic team of staff who are ensuring our students are successful in every way
Work alongside hub-schools in the Yorkshire and Humber region and University College London, with access to high quality Teaching and Learning training, networking events, CPD and national teacher meetings held annually in London.
Belong to a supportive organisation which prides itself on high standards for staff and students
Work in an award-winning state-of-the-art building
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history and an on-line search will be conducted. This includes only information publicly available on-line.
We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.
Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply for this position.
Application Process
Should you wish to apply for this position, please see below:
Please be aware that we do not accept Curriculum Vitaes.
In support of your application, you may include a cover letter. This should be in addition to the completed application form.
Application form and full job description can be found on the school website: www.pudseygrammar.co.uk vacancies - My New Term link
Closing date for applications: Friday 16 October by 8.00am
Successful candidates will be contacted directly with details of the interview.
Interview date: Wednesday 21st October 2026
Further information about the job
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 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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Pudsey Grammar School
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1358 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Pudsey Grammar School is a heavily oversubscribed mixed comprehensive secondary school located in the heart of the market town of Pudsey. The school has a long and proud history stretching back to 1904. The school has over 1200 students with a thriving and expanding Sixth Form of 200 students, all taught in a state of the art building. The innovative and unique style of the building creates a calm atmosphere very different to many secondary schools.
We are aiming to be a centre of excellence by 2023 and every indicator we have shows that we will achieve this goal. Continuing to recruit high calibre staff is a key priority of our strategy.
* January 2017 - Amanda Speilman (Chief Inspector of Ofsted) wrote to congratulate us on 'transforming
all aspects of the school'.
* August 2018 - the most improved school in the city
* April 2019 - highly successful Ofsted which confirmed the school is now good in all areas including Sixth
Form
* August 2019 - our best ever GCSE results with a Progress 8 figure of +0.1.
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