Design & Technology Technician
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Derbyshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Scale 3 £17,681 - £18,672 (£16,031 - £16,929)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 28 January 2019
Job overview
Post Objectives:
To contribute towards effective teaching and learning by providing practical and technical support to the Design and Innovation Department.
Other Considerations:
It will be necessary to work with information technology and associated systems in accordance with the school’s policies.
All staff are expected to be flexible to ensure the most effective organisation and delivery of learning.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• To prepare materials and set up equipment, ensuring that it works satisfactorily, for Design and Innovation classes.
• To assist teaching staff, as required, with class practical work.
• To clean and put away tools and equipment after use across the department.
• To operate a safe and secure system for the storage of materials, tools and equipment ensuring they are readily accessible.
• To maintain tools and equipment in good working order and to organise repairs or specific maintenance as required.
• To undertake regular checks of rooms, ensuring that tools and equipment are ready for teaching.
• To advise teaching staff on potential problems with equipment.
• To ensure workshops are clean, safe and orderly at all times.
• To monitor levels of stock, to order new stocks ensuring best value at all times and to check departmental deliveries.
• To assist in maintaining the department’s inventory of materials, tools and equipment.
• To assist in maintaining appropriate records, statistics and filing systems.
• To prepare display material as requested, maintaining interesting and stimulating displays workshop areas.
• To work in accordance with the school’s Health and Safety Policy and COSHH guidelines.
• To keep up to date with curriculum and technical developments undertaking training as required.
• To maintain confidentiality and observe data protection and associated guidelines where appropriate.
• To carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities within the overall function, commensurate with the grading and level of responsibilities of the post.
METHODS OF WORKING
The post holder must:
• Maintain confidentiality and observe data protection and associated guidelines where appropriate;
• Maintain an awareness of Safeguarding Children;
• Understand and comply with the academy’s Health and Safety Policy in the performance of their duties and responsibilities;
• Carry out the duties of the post in compliance with the academy’s Equal Opportunities Policy;
• Understand and comply with all other relevant academy policies;
• Take an active part in appraising their own work against agreed priorities and targets in accordance with the academy’s professional development and supervision arrangements;
• Undertake any necessary training associated with the duties of the post;
• Carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities within the overall function, commensurate with the grading and level of responsibilities of the post.
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About Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
- The Green Road, Ashbourne
- Derbyshire
- DE6 1EP
- United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School is an 11-18 Comprehensive school in the picturesque town of Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
The school has two sites very close to each other. The Green Road Campus and the Boothby Campus. Sixth Form lessons are taught at the Boothby campus which is approximately 500 yards away from the Green Road campus. The majority of the school site is relatively new with a more recently opened teaching, canteen and sports changing facility opened in September 2024.
Students are admitted at age 11 from a large number of feeder primary schools, spread from Hartington in the north to Sudbury in the south. Primary schools vary in size from those with just two teachers to a much larger town school. Transition is therefore a key priority and the Head of Year 7 works hard to ensure a well designed mix in forms and teaching groups.
In Year 7 all classes begin as mixed prior attainment with special educational needs students receiving extra support. Approximately 2% of the school population have an Education and Health Care Plan.
At Key Stage 4 all students currently study English, Maths, Science, Religious Studies, a Humanity, PSHE and PE. Additional option blocks supplemented by advice and interviews, ensure that all receive a balanced curriculum. Accreditation at Key Stage 4 is either GCSE or vocational qualifications. Our location and local employment opportunities influence our curriculum offer with Creative and Digital Media, Agriculture, Childcare, Engineering and Construction all on offer in Yrs10-11.
Approximately 65% of our students continue into the Sixth Form studying a range of A Level and BTEC courses. We are particularly proud of the performance of our students at Sixth Form level where we regularly feature amongst the highest achieving schools in the Country. Most Sixth Formers progress to higher education. Sixth form students play an important role in the life of the school by volunteering in the school and local community.
The management of the school is based on departments and Year Groups. Heads of Year and Deputy Heads of Year meet on a regular cycle to discuss pastoral issues. That work is then co-ordinated by the leadership team of Head, a Deputy Head and 5 Assistant Heads.
The school converted to Academy Status in July 2012 and formed a Multi-Academy Trust in 2017. The school was inspected by OFSTED in October 2014 and judged to be 'Good'. Ofsted monitoring inspections in 2018 and 2024 have all maintained the 'Good' judgement. However, we are not complacent and the school has a number of exciting projects intended to develop learning and to enhance opportunities for staff. These whole school and trust-wide projects offer opportunities for new staff to join in developing initiatives and we hope to benefit from your experience in other establishments.
Our students cover the full ability range and come from all walks of life. A small number exhibit some challenging behaviour. However, most are committed to learning and help to make Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School a rewarding place in which to work or study.
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