Team Leader of Design & Technology
Westbourne Academy, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5JN15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
01 September 2026
Closing date
29 April 2026 at 10am
Date listed
14 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
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 (Actual) M1 - UPS2 + TLR 2, £8,083
Team Leader of Design & Technology job summary
We are recruiting at Westbourne Academy!
Team Leader of Design Technology
- Required: 01 September 2026
- MPS/UPS Full Time or part time
- TLR 2: £8,083
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspirational Team Leader of Design Technology with the vision, drive and energy to play a major role in the development of the department. The successful candidate will be a role model for the team, leading by example in all aspects of school life, developing a strong team to ensure the best curriculum offer possible for our students.
The ideal candidate will be an ambitious professional with the ability to teach across key stages, someone who can bring out the best in every child and make all aspects of the Design Technology curriculum engaging.
The successful candidate will have a meaningful opportunity to shape the future direction of the department and will benefit from the support of an experienced staff body, as well as access to extensive training.
About Academy Transformation Trust
Our ATT2030 Vision means we meet our young people where they are at and refuse to leave them there. Our pupils will leave us capable, competent and confident and take their place in the community of educated people. Our staff will be cared for, developed and they do will be capable, competent and confident. We would love to hear from those who want to join us in that mission.
What’s in it for you?
Access to continuous personal development programs. A bespoke platform supporting colleague welfare and benefits, including pension scheme, employee assistance program (EAP), recognition and reward scheme, cycle to work scheme and discounts on many major high street brands.
To learn more, please see the attached application pack.
Westbourne Academy is part of the Academy Transformation Trust family, whose ambition is that every person who passes through our schools and colleges becomes an educated person - able to take a rightful place in the community of educated people and to join what Robert Maynard Hutchins called “the Great Conversation.” An ATT education stresses history, the scientific mode of thinking, the disciplined use of language, a wide-ranging knowledge of the arts and religion, and the continuity of human enterprise. We aspire for everyone, regardless of their starting point, to leave us capable, competent, and confident.
Closing date: Wednesday 29 April 2026, 09:00am
Interview date: To be confirmed
Westbourne Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2025. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Westbourne Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2024. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.
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 Westbourne Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1038 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Westbourne Academy website
Westbourne Academy is a calm and happy school. We are an inclusive academy. We support all students, regardless of their starting point, to achieve their potential and develop the skills necessary for employment and life.
Westbourne Academy is not just a school it is a microcosm of the world with students and staff from all around the globe. Between them, they speak 32 languages and their differing perspectives on learning and life makes this a unique academy. We also have the pleasure of 30% of our students speaking English as an additional language and value the cultural diversity they bring.
We try not to take ourselves too seriously but know that preparing young people for the adult world is an important undertaking. Since opening as an academy on 1 February 2013, attitudes, aspirations and expectations have been transformed. We believe that our circumstances are quite unique and, therefore, that we can make a massive difference to the students we serve.
Currently we have around 1000+ students. Many of our students do not have the easiest backgrounds and we are determined to ensure that we remove as many barriers to learning as possible. Around 30% of our students come from a disadvantaged background. We are delighted that Ipswich has been deemed an opportunity area for the Department for Education and look forward to taking an active part in this initiative to tackle disadvantage.
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