Technology Teacher for September 2020
The Highcrest Academy, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 7NQThis job expired on 27 May 2020 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2020
Closing date
27 May 2020 at 10am
Date listed
21 May 2020
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS plus £1,000 bursary for direct applications
Additional allowances
Highcrest offers both an excellent induction and support programme for NQTs and an innovative and extensive CPD package for more experienced teachers. This provision of training has been praised as outstanding by an external assessor and highlighted in the local press. For NQTs, we provide weekly CPD meetings with experienced members of staff, time-tabled and protected Mentor Meetings on a weekly basis, subject knowledge time with departments and an extensive personalised CPD plan. There is also the possibility of shared living accommodation.
“Staff feel very well supported by senior leaders. According to staff, they feel valued because senior leaders are approachable..” Ofsted Report February 2020.
A thriving school in the heart of the community, we also offer free on-site parking, staff recognition schemes and free gym to counter the “Friday Biscuits” and on-site coffee shop!
Technology Teacher for September 2020 job summary
We are seeking a qualified teacher to join our successful and forward thinking Design Technology department to teach Fashion (Textiles) up to KS4, with the potential for KS5 for the right candidate. There will also be a little Food Technology, Graphic Design or Resistant Materials, dependent on your skill set.
You will be a creative thinker with a modern approach to design and the use of technology, while ensuring that key traditional skills are learned and retained by students. You will join a well-equipped and leading department in a heavily over-subscribed academy.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Highcrest Academy is fully committed to safeguarding children (policies on web). All members of staff are in a “regulated” role under the Vetting & Barring Scheme and have to be DBS cleared prior to employment.
About The Highcrest Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1059 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Highcrest Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@highcrestacademy.org.uk
Our Ofsted Report February 2020 says “The school has a warm and welcoming atmosphere” and “Pupils at The Highcrest Academy happily live up to the school’s motto of ‘aspire and achieve’.”.
Our aim is to establish a culture of excellence throughout every element of our academy and move us from Good to Outstanding.
Just 30 minutes by train from Central London, The Highcrest Academy is the first All Ability Academy in the county of Buckinghamshire. It is culturally diverse and a vibrant school making it a fantastic place to teach. We have some students who will need all your support and yet have also featured in the national Ofsted report for providing challenge to the most able.
There are approximately 1,000 students on roll, which includes the Sixth Form. A new building programme, completed last year, comprises a brand-new Sixth Form Centre, sports facilities including a gym, and a new restaurant and coffee shop for both students and staff. We also have a thriving House system that brings our whole school community together.
Highcrest has a bespoke approach to the curriculum. As well as offering academic level qualifications (A Levels), we also pride ourself on our vocational curriculum (including qualifications with OCR, BTEC and NCFE). In DT, we currently offer Engineering, Construction, Resistant Materials, Food Tec, Fashion (Textiles), Systems and Control, and Graphic Design. We intend to expand this further to work with lead manufacturers and designers and have the potential opportunity to work with Formula E. In addition, we plan to open our Hair and Beauty salon in September 2021.
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