Technician for Creative Technology and Expressive Arts
St James' Catholic High School, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 6PZ14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
9 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Art and design, Design and technology
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Full Time or Part Time hours to be considered, Permanent, Term time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Scale 3 £25,583 - £25,989 pro rata (actual £21,882 - £22,229)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Purpose
As a technician you will commonly take responsibility for:
- preparing equipment and teaching areas for practical classes;
- maintaining equipment and teaching areas;
- ensuring a safe classroom environment;
- supporting teachers in practical classes;
- helping students to obtain the most out of their learning experiences;
- carrying out administrative and other tasks related to the smooth running of the department.
- using and maintaining a range of workshop tools, equipment and machinery
- risk assessments and COSHH
- preparation of materials and ingredients while also ensuring all are in date
- Prepare equipment for practical lessons, organise necessary practical equipment to ensure that the correct resources are available for lessons.
- To assist when required in practical lessons to support staff and children to help with maintaining health and safety
- Supporting individual children during a practical activity;
- Modifying apparatus and equipment for those children with physical disabilities.
- Order equipment to ensure that the resources are available for lessons to enable demonstrations and practical lessons to run smoothly
- Photocopying, printing and duplicating
- Reporting any equipment or other maintenance issues promptly to your line manager
- Health and Safety audits, checks, reporting, servicing, ordering, repairs
Principal Accountabilities
Practical Tasks
- Prepare equipment for practical lessons, organise necessary practical equipment to ensure that the correct resources are available for lessons.
- To assist when required in practical lessons to support staff and children to help with maintaining health and safety
- Supporting individual children during a practical activity;
- Modifying apparatus and equipment for those children with physical disabilities.
- Set design
Administrative Tasks
- Order equipment to ensure that the resources are available for lessons to enable demonstrations and practical lessons to run smoothly
- Photocopying, printing and duplicating
- Reporting any equipment or other maintenance issues promptly to your line manager
- Health and Safety audits, checks, reporting, servicing, ordering, repairs
Scope for Impact
The post holder is responsible for all equipment and ingredients and needs to ensure they are in date, are used safely and are fit for use in the various lessons.
General responsibilities:
- To become familiar with the school procedures and regulations as set out in the staff handbook and other documentation, as appropriate to the responsibilities and to follow these.
- To implement the school’s health & safety policy currently in force and assist with safeguarding the health and safety of children when they are on the school premises.
- To participate in arrangements for the appraisal of your performance.
- To carry out such other duties as the Head of Faculty or Headteacher may from time to time reasonably determine.
Line Manager Responsibilities:
The line manager will give guidance on:
- working with teaching staff;
- confidentiality of some work within school (pupil circumstances and assessments);
- supporting teaching and learning and helping children with their practical work;
- maintaining safe working procedures and the approach to risk assessments;
- setting up and maintaining displays
Other Specific Duties
Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task
undertaken may not be identified. It is not a comprehensive statement of procedures and tasks, but sets out the main expectations of the school in relation to the post holder’s professional responsibilities and duties. This post is subject to Enhanced DBS disclosure.
Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task may not be identified.
The post holder will be expected to comply with all reasonable requests from the Headteacher to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in their job description.
What the school offers its staff
St James’ Catholic High School is a popular and oversubscribed 11-16 mixed comprehensive Catholic High School where all aspects were judged to be either of an expected or strong standard by OFSTED in April 2026.The Diocese of Shrewsbury judged our school to be an “Good” Catholic school with “Outstanding” areas (CSI 2024).
St James’ is a highly academic performing school:
- In 2025, 73% of students attained a Grade 4 or above in both English & Mathematics (the equivalent to the old Grade C) with 46% achieving a Grade 5 or above in both English & Mathematics
- 82 grade 9s and 115 grade 8s were awarded to our students in 2025, demonstrating exceptional attainment across a wide range of subjects
- Exceptional results in open, Maths and English subjects placing us in the top 20% of similar schools nationally
Our school is at the cutting edge of teaching and learning and thrives on providing outstanding opportunities for the young people we serve. All our staff work to provide our young people with the skills, knowledge and understanding in order to achieve their full potential.
Inspired by the example of St James, the purpose of our school is ‘To educate and develop global Catholic citizens’. Our three school values of Family, Faith and Excellence are lived out every single day by staff, students and all stakeholders.
The reputation of our school is exceptional within Stockport and across the Shrewsbury Diocese for academic excellence, impeccable pupil conduct and for providing outstanding additional opportunities for our young people. The result is that our young people develop into global Catholic citizens who are proud to profess their faith and who make a positive contribution to society.
At the root of our success is our St James’ community. This is built on strong, positive relationships between all staff, students and parents. Our parents support our school and develop their children at home whilst our dedicated staff are relentless in driving excellence by providing the best educational experiences and opportunities for our students.
Underpinning this excellence are our unique values, Catholic ethos and our mission. We are inspired and driven by the Gospel where we are told: ‘With God all things are possible’ (Matthew 19:26).
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
St James’ Catholic High School is an equal opportunity employer which is “Positive about Disabled People”. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently under-represented in the workforce, who meet the person specification for the post
St James’ Catholic High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St James' Catholic High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 824 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St James' Catholic High School website
- Email address
- c.griffiths-davies@stjamescheadle.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0161 482 6900
The St James’ Catholic High School Mission:
To ensure everyone within our school family achieves their full potential, to encourage learning and development through faith, and to strive for excellence.
Applications are welcome regardless of the personal faith of the applicant, providing they are supportive of the school’s Catholic ethos.
St James’ Catholic High School is a popular and oversubscribed 11-16 mixed comprehensive Catholic High School which was judged by OFSTED to be a “Good school in April 2022, with “Outstanding” Outcomes for Pupils.
The Diocese of Shrewsbury judged our school to be an “Good” Catholic school.
Arranging a visit to St James' Catholic High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email c.griffiths-davies@stjamescheadle.co.uk.
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