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Teacher of Design Technology

The Westleigh School, Leigh, Lancashire, WN7 5NL

This job expired on 11 June 2023 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  Sept 2023 or Jan 2024

• Closing date

  11 June 2023 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  2 June 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: No, visa sponsorship not available
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: Design and technology
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - 32.5
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: M1 – U3 - £28,000- £43,685
• Pay scale: M1 – U3 - £28,000- £43,685

What skills and experience we're looking for

• The 4 Day Week Campaign believes it would “dramatically improve the lives of teachers”. We are always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance at The Westleigh School and we are excited to have been asked to be part of a trial of the 4-Day teaching week for staff whilst continuing to receive full-time pay, from September 2023.

  We are looking for a creative and versatile Teacher of Design and Technology who is able teach Construction across Key Stages 3 and 4 and be prepared to support in other related areas of Design and Technology subjects.

  This post is suitable for an experienced member of staff or confident and knowledgeable ECT.

  Our ethos is ‘Aspiring and Achieving Together’ and the school vision is;

  • Create a culture of respect where all members feel valued and included, encourage innovation, and strive for excellence in all endeavours.
  • Provide students with outstanding pastoral support, guidance, and resources necessary to thrive academically, creatively, and personally.
  • Deliver a rigorous and empowering curriculum with employability skills at the core, in order to prepare students for navigating an ever-changing world.

  The Westleigh School enjoys a successful partnership with the Shaw Education Trust, which is a growing multi academy trust led by an Executive Leadership Team steeped in school leadership and improvement experience. Working with the Shaw Education Trust also allows colleagues to access a large range of well-established training opportunities and work alongside like-minded professionals across a range of schools.

What the school offers its staff

SHAW EDUCATION TRUST was established in 2014 and is sponsored by Shaw Trust and is a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staff across our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point in life. Unlike other MATs, we don’t enforce a curriculum for all our schools to follow. Instead, we support each individual school to offer a programme that enables our students to deepen their knowledge, develop their skills, sparks their imagination and fires their curiosity.

To achieve this, we pledge an unswerving commitment to improve, accelerate and enable ambitious life goals amongst all our students, and provide our schools with the support they need to deliver the highest possible quality of education. Every action we take as a Trust is guided by our core values, with the best interest of our students and staff members at the heart of everything we do.

Colleagues within the Trust benefit from:

• Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications – NPQH, NPQSL, NPQML.
• High quality subject and thematic networks across the Trust and the region.
• Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
• Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
• Access to the Trust’s Teaching School, Research School, Institute of Education and SCITT.
• Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
• Participating in peer reviews.
• Access to a suite of online courses.
• Placement projects within our family of schools.

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Guidance Notes for Candidates 2023.pdf - 215 KB (opens in new tab)

Qualified Teacher - Secondary School - JD-PS.pdf - 260 KB (opens in new tab)

The Westleigh - Teacher of Design Technology Construction (4 day trialling) - Job Advert - May 2023.docx - 67.9 KB (opens in new tab)

SET-Official Recruitment-Brochure - Feb 2023.pdf - 4.11 MB (opens in new tab)

About The Westleigh School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 917 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• Email address: natalie.turner@shaw-education.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-westleigh-school (opens in new tab)

The Westleigh School is a secondary school providing education to pupils aged 11 to 16, as well as providing an adult education centre to members of the local community. The school motto of “Aspiring and Achieving Together” accurately captures the shared vision which ensures that leaders at all levels are developing their ability to communicate high expectations. At The Westleigh School, an unrelenting focus is placed on the quality of teaching above all else so that the pupils are able to grow in a continuously developing learning environment.

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