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  • Job start date

    1 September 2023

  • Closing date

    29 March 2023 at 5pm

  • Date listed

    17 March 2023

Job details

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Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subject

Design and technology

Working pattern

Full time: 32.5 hours per week

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

M1 to M6 or UPS 1 to UPS 3

What skills and experience we're looking for

Larkmead School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, talented and inspiring classroom practitioner to start September 2023. This is an excellent opportunity for an inspirational, enthusiastic and well qualified teacher to join our thriving Technology Faculty. The position is suitable for ECTs and experienced teachers. Although all specialisms are encouraged to apply, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from candidates with the ability and confidence to teach Graphics and or Electronics.

As the successful candidate you will be:

  • a qualified Technology teacher who is always looking to develop
  • confident teaching across Key Stages 3 to 5
  • passionate about all aspects of Technology
  • organised, enthusiastic and efficient
  • committed to making a difference to young people’s lives
  • a confident leader with excellent communication and inter-personal skills

Larkmead is a happy, ambitious and vibrant school packed full of energy, opportunity and choice. Great teaching and learning across the school are supported by our culture of research and collaboration. Each student gets the very best experience to enable them to achieve their ambitions. Our pastoral care provides compassion, security and confidence, nurturing students to be happy, to develop and to thrive. The Larkmead Promise sets out our vision, ethos and ambitions for students and staff.

The Technology Faculty at Larkmead School is an experienced and welcoming group of professionals. There is a high level of peer support and collaboration to reflect the high level of experience within the team. The successful applicant will be able to engage and inspire our learners to become confident and creative individuals with a passion for Design and Technology. Applicants will teach ideally any combination from Resistant Materials, Electronics & Mechanisms, Graphic Products at GCSE.


What the school offers its staff

It will be essential for the successful applicant to demonstrate the capacity to make a real contribution to the work of this supportive and collaborative faculty. Faculty staff form a hardworking and professional team, who have a relentless focus on ensuring all students have a wide ranging and enjoyable experience within the faculty. Technology is a very popular option choice and students achieve outstanding results at both KS4 and KS5.We are looking for someone with the drive and energy to make a sustained difference to the students in our community.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch and visit the school prior to making a formal application.

We offer:

  • an excellent programme of induction and training which seeks to provide an excellent foundation for career progression
  • a forward thinking environment which recognises the benefits of considering flexible working patterns
  • a friendly, caring, supportive and collaborative team environment
  • a professional environment dedicated to Teaching and Learning with a supportive, dedicated and hardworking staff

Larkmead is a school with clear, positive values, which add positive value to our students and staff. We are a diverse community and greatly value the contribution that colleagues from different backgrounds and with different experiences bring to our school.

If this sounds like the sort of opportunity and environment you are looking for in your career journey and you feel that you possess these attributes, then we very much look forward to meeting you.

To apply for this position, please download the Vale Academy Trust Teaching Staff Application Form from our website https://www.larkmead-school.com

Commitment to safeguarding

At Larkmead safeguarding and student welfare is of paramount importance and to that end we will always put the physical and mental wellbeing of students first.

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About Larkmead School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
917 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Larkmead is a happy, ambitious and vibrant school packed full of energy, opportunity and choice. Great teaching and learning across the school are supported by our culture of research and collaboration. Each student gets the very best experience to enable them to achieve their ambitions. Our pastoral care provides compassion, security and confidence, nurturing students to be happy, to develop and to thrive. The Larkmead Promise sets out our vision, ethos and ambitions for students and staff.

Arranging a visit to Larkmead School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jmarshall@larkmead.vale-academy.org.

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