Teacher of Design Technology (with Art)
St Mark's Church of England Academy, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 1SF16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September
Closing date
26 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
10 March 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Art and design, Design and technology
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £40,317.00 - £62,496.00 Annually (Actual) Teachers Inner London Main/Upper Pay Range
Teacher of Design Technology (with Art) job summary
This could not be a more exciting time to lead within the St Mark's family. Following our full graded Ofsted inspection in May 2024, St Mark’s CoE Academy achieved an Outstanding judgment in all areas of the framework. During the inspection, “pupils said the school’s values of Love, Hope and Trust are ‘not just words’ but are demonstrated by all members of the community.” Inspectors also reported that “working relationships between staff and pupils are warm, caring and respectful. This means that pupils behave exceptionally well and are very happy and safe.”
Do you have the highest expectations for every member of the school community and believe in transformational education for all, irrespective of starting points and background?
Are you able to win hearts and minds with your inspirational vision for school improvement, underpinned by the school’s inclusive Christian ethos and values, Love, Hope and Trust?
Are you passionate about high-quality teaching and learning and a life changing quality of education?
If you answer ‘yes’ to these questions, we would love to hear from you.
We are seeking to appoint a well-qualified and enthusiastic Teacher of Design Technology (with Art) who can deliver an enriching curriculum, within the Art & DT department. This post will have a curriculum split of approximately 70% design technology and 30% Art, so an understanding of both subject specialisms will be required, but will also be supported by additional CPD. We are keen to receive applications from DT specialists of Product Design or Food Technology.
We are offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced or recently qualified teacher to join our successful Art and Technology Department. The suitable colleague will have the desire to develop and deliver an outstanding curriculum offer, which will support the schools’ keys priorities. Our DT department is fully equipped with innovative technology, for an exceptional curriculum offer.
We are looking for someone who believes in building strong relationships with our students and who is willing to go above and beyond to support them in being successful and helping them to realise their God-given potential. You would be expected to develop, plan and deliver highly effective learning experiences to all students across every key stage and lead a transformational extracurricular offer.
With our outstanding commitment to developing new teachers, we are delighted to invite applications from both ECT’s and experienced teachers.
Visits are warmly welcomed and can be arranged by email to hr@stmarks.anthemtrust.uk.
Successful candidates will transform their practice through our instructional coaching offer. As one of 10 nationally selected Steplab Hub Schools, staff benefit from this expertly led programme underpinned by cutting edge research into cognitive science.
St Mark’s Church of England Academy is part of Anthem Schools Trust, a multi-academy trust serving over 8,000 children and young people in 16 schools across the East Midlands, London and the Thames Valley.
Full details of the responsibilities can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification for this post.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children’s Barred List check and satisfactory references.
It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a ‘regulated activity’. The position advertised is a ‘regulated activity’ and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 [Exceptions] Order 1975.
Anthem will undertake a basic online check for all shortlisted candidates. Applications will be reviewed and shortlisted as received and therefore early applic
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 St Mark's Church of England Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 944 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Mark's Church of England Academy website
St Mark’s Church of England Academy is a 11-18 Academy based in the South London borough of Merton. The Academy is rapidly improving as demonstrated by its rapid increase in GCSE headline figures. The Academy is a community founded on our key values of Trust, Hope and Love and these values permeate our school community.
The Academy is located on the outskirts of London and is well served by Mitcham Eastfields train station which runs regular services towards Central London and Sutton and Wimbledon.
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