Faculty Support – Food and Textiles, D&T Faculty

Faculty Support – Food and Textiles, D&T Faculty

Corfe Hills School is looking for a Food & Textiles Technician G5 to join our fantastic team. Could this be you?

Actual Salary £18,370 (£24,790 FTE)- £19,027 (£25,183 FTE) per annum (Grade 5-6)

This job is Part Time - Term Time Only: for 32.5 hours per week and 39 weeks per year. Job share will be considered if you have experience in only one of these areas. 

It is offered on a Permanent basis.

Approximate start date 01 January 2025.

Our Vision and Culture

Thank you for your interest in the position of Faculty Support in the Food and Textiles, Design and Technology faculty.

Corfe Hills School is expanding! As a result of ongoing growth, we have several exciting job opportunities. We are an ambitious and high performing school where every student is known and supported to succeed. The school has been on a significant and ambitious improvement journey over the last five years as can be seen by our excellent outcomes. We are delighted with our recent Ofsted inspection in September 2021 when we were graded good in all categories. This is a fabulous opportunity to join our amazing support staff team.

At Corfe Hills School we are passionate about excellence in learning. This is the foundation which will enable our young people to achieve the highest possible outcomes during their time with us. We have the highest expectations of students – that they will learn to the max in every lesson, have high aspirations for themselves and embrace the wide range of opportunities available to them both inside and outside the classroom. We deliver a broad, deep, engaging and knowledge rich curriculum that leads to excellent outcomes and prepares our students to make a positive lifelong contribution to society. We place great emphasis on developing character and creativity alongside academic excellence.

Our motto is “High Expectations - Exceptional Individuals” and we truly believe in the potential of every young person who joins the school. We have an exceptionally committed staff, including talented teachers and a fabulous support staff team.

As a school we are absolutely committed to reducing workload so that staff thrive at Corfe Hills School. We offer a highly visible and supportive Leadership Team, a liberating lesson structure based on Rosenshine’s principles, a personalised professional development programme centred around our Principles of Teaching, centralised detentions, daily ‘Learning to Max’ checks to ensure students are ready for learning and a commitment to whole class feedback.

Our Facilities

We are investing significantly in our facilities including a £3.3 million classroom reconfiguration project completed for September 2022 and ongoing replacement of heating and domestic water services. The school operates using Microsoft Office 365 and we make extensive use of Microsoft Teams. Teams is our platform for sharing resources, setting homework and collaborating with colleagues. Students and staff also have remote access to the school’s network.

Living Here

Corfe Hills School is in a fabulous location within easy reach of Bournemouth and its beaches, Poole and its harbour, the Jurassic Coast and the Dorset countryside. The school serves the catchment area of Broadstone, Corfe Mullen and the wider area and we truly believe that all of our students are exceptional.

Corfe Hills School is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It is expected that all staff, parents/carers, governors, volunteers and visitors will share this commitment. 

Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check which forms part of our Safer Recruitment process. 

Corfe Hills School is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and inclusiveness. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

The Role

Corfe Hills School is looking for someone who can:

• Provide administrative and practical support to teaching staff in the department.
• Support the teaching staff within designated subject areas/departments to ensure the safe and proper use and maintenance of resources and equipment.
• Assist the designated class teachers/s or subject leader plan and deliver schemes of work.
• Care and maintenance of large/small kitchen and sewing equipment (including fault finding)
• Willingness to carry out domestic tasks e.g. washing up and laundry.

with the following skills:

• Excellent administrative and organisational skills
• Practical skills related to cooking and sewing
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Fluency in English for all student and public-facing roles
• Be able to use ICT for data entry and creating displays for pupils’ work.
• Quick Learner
• Willingness to learn new skills and undertake relevant training opportunities

Ideally, we would like to appoint someone who has previous experience of:

• Working in a school environment
• Administering First Aid  

For further information please see the full job description. 

To learn more about the school, please visit our website www.corfehills.net

Corfe Hills School is part of Initio Learning Trust, an equal opportunities employer.  To apply for this role please visit our vacancy page here.

Closing date: 9am Wednesday 18 December 2024

Interview date: w/c TBC 

For an informal discussion, please contact Hayley Collins-Donworth, Head of Technology at HCollins-Donworth@corfehills.net

Early applications are encouraged, and we will interview candidates as applications are received. We reserve the right to close applications early 

Please note, CV’s will not be accepted.

Corfe Hills School

Higher Blandford Road, Broadstone, Dorset, BH18 9BG

Tel: 01202 006666

e-mail: office@corfehills.net

Headteacher: James Sankey MEng

13-18 mixed comprehensive - 920 on roll, Sixth Form 230