Teacher of Design & Technology - Product Design Specialism

The Cottesloe School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, LU7 0NY

2 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  April / September 2025 or earlier

• Closing date

  24 January 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Design Technology
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (Actual) MPS/UPS plus recruitment payment for an exceptional candidate

Teacher of Design & Technology - Product Design Specialism job summary

We can offer you a rewarding opportunity to work in a welcoming and supportive environment. Our students are eager to learn, work hard and achieve well. Pupils and staff treat each other with respect and courtesy. Around the building and in lessons, pupils behave very well. Senior leaders are ambitious for Cottesloe students. The Headteacher is supported by talented and committed staff. Staff are very proud to work at the school. They feel valued because leaders consider their workload. Students describe the school as 'a big family' (Ofsted - Continues to be a Good school, November 2021).

If you are an enthusiastic practitioner with a passion for Design and Technology (Product & Design Specialism) you could be the ideal person to join our team and school. You would get the opportunity to teach KS3 and GCSE exam board specifications with any support you may need. We would expect excellent subject knowledge as well as the relevant teaching qualification and excellent ICT skills including CAD/CAM.

Early Career Teachers will be offered a contract from July 2025 and comprehensive two-year Induction support.

Please contact James Poote (Head of Design and Technology) jpoote@cottesloe.bucks.sch.uk to discuss this role further or visit the school.

Please complete an application form, providing full details of your education and employment history. CVs cannot be accepted. Use the advert and the job description/person specification to explain why you are applying and why you are the best person for this role, giving specific examples where possible to demonstrate how you match the requirements and detail your experience of delivering teaching and learning and what impact your contribution would make in terms of raising standards at The Cottesloe School.

We will review applications on receipt and may close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Cottesloe School is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. and all staff, volunteers and governors are expected to share this commitment, to follow the school’s safeguarding policies and procedures and to behave appropriately towards children and young people at all times both in work and in their personal lives.

Offers of employment will be subject to Enhanced DBS clearance, satisfactory teacher status, qualification, online searches, health and reference checks as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy. The school has a policy of renewing all DBS checks every five years.

Applying for the job

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

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About The Cottesloe School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1118 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Cottesloe School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-cottesloe-school (opens in new tab)

While our postal address is Leighton Buzzard, and our postcode is LU, our school is actually situated in the picturesque rural village of Wing, in Buckinghamshire. Situated close to the border with Bedfordshire, we offer a vibrant and inspiring learning environment in a peaceful setting.

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