Head of Department- D&T
Hurworth School
Darlington
- £25,714 - £41,604 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Main/Upper Pay Range £25,714/£36,961 to £38,690/£41,604 per annum Plus a TLR 2a of £7,017
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2023 or sooner
- Apply by:
- 4 July 2022
Job overview
Hurworth School are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and innovative Head of Department to join and lead our D&T
department. They successful candidate will motivate and support our students to ensure first class progress at this
consistently over-subscribed school.
You will be a dedicated specialist with high aspirations whose love of DT will enable you to deliver creative lessons to
inspire pupils and the team. In addition, you will have a demonstrable track record as an excellent classroom
practitioner ensuring pupils make or exceed expected progress.
In return we can offer: high quality in-house coaching and mentoring; access to a wide range of professional
development opportunities; regular opportunities to work with Initial Teacher Training providers; access to Swift
Academies networks and professional development; access to Darlington networks; an exceptional curriculum; a
highly supportive and collaborative staff; amazing children. For further information or to discuss the post please
contact Mr Dean Judson (Head Teacher) on 01325 720424 or by e-mail to djn@swiftacademies.org.uk
Information for applicants, including the job description and person specification for this role and an application form,
can be downloaded from the Vacancies page at https://swiftacademies.org.uk/vacancies/
Alternatively, please contact Miss Emma Barker, HR Support Officer on 01325 380815
Completed application forms should be returned to Miss Emma Barker, HR Department, Longfield Academy, Longfield
Road, Darlington, DL3 0HT or by e-mail to HR@swiftacademies.org.uk by the closing date. Late applications will not be
accepted.
Closing date: 12pm, Monday 4th July 2022
Interviews: TBC
Swift Academies Trust and its partner schools are passionate about safeguarding the welfare of pupils and maximising
their life chances. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory
enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service criminal records check for work with children
Attached documents
About Hurworth School
- Hurworth School
- Croft Road, Hurworth-on-tees, Darlington
- County Durham
- DL2 2JG
- United Kingdom
Hurworth School is an 11-16 school with academy status and is the lead school in Swift Academies Trust, where it works in partnership with The Rydal Academy and Longfield Academy.
The school is overscribed with circa 680 students attending the school; the school's PAN is 635.
The school has a reputation for being an outstanding school and has an impressive record of achievement as an outstanding school.
Hurworth is a forward-looking school and grasps the opportunities that present themselves. A love of learning is at the heart of Hurworth with a strong emphasis on high quality teaching. The curriculum is organised to meet the needs of all students and is regularly reviewed. All staff are hardworking and dedicated to the school; staff are specialists and experts in their field and are committed to achieving the best for their students and helping them to become the best versions of themselves.
Students are bright, enthusiastic and curious and have a love of learning.
As well as the formal curriculum, students at Hurworth enjoy a rich and varied extra-curricular educational offer.
Underpinning all that goes on at Hurworth is the schools aim of Achieving Excellence with Care, as such there are excellent relationships between staff and students. Staff give generously of their time and are rewarded by the commitment and dedication of the pupil.
I believe that the students, staff and parents/carers deserve nothing less than this commitment from me and the staff at the school.
Students only get one chance at a formal education and it our responsibility to make sure that this is best experience that it possibly can be. In order to do this, we must instill the joy of lifelong learning whilst ensuring that they have all of the necessary skills, knowledge, personal qualities and academic qualifications that they need to enable them to achieve their post-16 dreams, hopes and ambitions.
Chief Executive
Dean Judson
Head Teacher
Rachel Somerville
Values and vision
Hurworth School’s motto is “Achieving Excellence with Care”. The academy believes in the widest possible horizons for learning and aims to achieve the finest 11-16 education to be found anywhere. It endeavours to provide a curriculum that interests and motivates pupils, enabling them to develop their knowledge and make progress at a challenging pace. The secondary school also aims to help pupils develop lively and enquiring minds.
Ofsted report
"Hurworth School provides its students with an outstanding education. The School’s mission statement of ‘achieving excellence with care’ is at the heart of everything that happens. The outstanding care, guidance and support for the students mirrors the relentless focus on improving the quality of the students’ lives, not only through academic success, but also success in sport, the performing arts and business projects. This a school in which every student matters and each and every student is known. Parents are very happy with the education provided for their children."
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