Teacher of Design & Technology
South Craven School
North Yorkshire
- £31,650 - £49,084 per year
- New
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 27 September 2024
Job overview
South Craven School, Holme Lane, Cross Hills, Keighley, BD20 7RL
Teacher of Design & Technology
Permanent, Full Time
South Craven School, supported by South Craven Academy Trust since May 2011, is an 11-18 mixed comprehensive school situated in a semi-rural location on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales with easy access to Leeds, Bradford and Greater Manchester. South Craven achieves strong results at both GCSE and A level and has an excellent vocational programme.
Learning is placed firmly at the heart of the South Craven School community. Our main priority is to ensure our students have the best opportunities for success and the highest possible aspirations for the future. We are very proud of our excellent reputation in our local community, recognising our responsibility to provide young people with the skills and qualities to respond to the challenges of a fast-changing world.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Design & Technology faculty for an inspiring, enthusiastic and talented teacher to join the team as a Teacher of Design & Technology. The department offers two very popular programmes: Design and Technology GCSE and A Level and Engineering at Level 2 and Level 3. The faculty is very proud of its extensive workshop and machining facilities which have recently been refitted and updated. These are used to develop a diverse range of skills for our students. Staff development and continuous curriculum development is at the heart of the faculty.
The successful candidate will join the team in January 2025 and the role offers excellent opportunities for either an ECT or an experienced teacher.
The main duties and responsibilities of this post include:
• Deliver engaging Design and Technology and Engineering lessons up to GCSE Level 2. An ability to deliver up to A Level/Level 3 would be an advantage.
• Use ICT to enhance the teaching of Design and Technology with experience using CAD CAM and CNC machinery.
• Make a valuable contribution to planning, tracking and assessment.
• Be involved in the faculty’s broad and varied extra-curricular program.
• Inspire student engagement and develop passion for the subject.
The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate:
• Excellent subject knowledge and pedagogy.
• The ability to inspire success within Design and Technology.
• Strong practical and design skills.
• Ability to forge strong working relationships, working well as part of a successful Design and Technology team.
• Successfully plan and deliver well-resourced design and technology lessons.
• Active engagement with CPD.
• A willingness to extend our current extra-curricular programme.
To hear more about this exciting vacancy, please contact Liz Creasey Business Director on: T: 07523919597 E: liz.creasey@hays.com
To apply in the first instance, please send your letter of application together with an up to date CV to Liz Creasey details above.
The closing date for applications to be returned is Friday 27 September 2024, interviews to be confirmed.
South Craven School is committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We have a robust child protection policy and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to satisfactory reference and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service criminal records check for work with children. An online search may be undertaken for shortlisted candidates as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
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About South Craven School
- South Craven School
- Holme Lane, Cross Hills, Keighley
- West Yorkshire
- BD20 7RL
- United Kingdom
South Craven School is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational, 11-18 academy with sixth form, situated in Cross Hills, North Yorkshire, between Skipton and Keighley. The school, which converted to academy status on May 1 2011, has 1,678 students on its roll.
Headteacher
Mr Martyn Hill
Values and vision
South Craven School aspires for all of its students to achieve academically, personally, socially and economically. Its formula for success is built on partnership – between home and school, teacher and student, school and community.
The secondary school aims to provide a challenging programme of education that allows all to develop their potential to the full. It aims to develop the whole person in preparation for becoming active and productive citizens.
Learning is placed firmly at the heart of the school’s community. The school recognises that education is the most important experience of a child’s life and its main priority is to develop and stimulate an enthusiasm for - and a commitment to - learning which will last a lifetime.
Ofsted
“The achievement of all groups of students is outstanding. In the main school, students make exceptional progress in their studies and reach well above average, and on occasion, exceptionally high standards in academic and vocational subjects by the time they leave. There is a rich range of academic and vocational programmes in the outstanding sixth form. Leadership and management are outstanding. The exceptionally well-informed headteacher and senior team lead by example and their vision for how the school is to move forward is shared by all staff.”
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