Head of Design & Technology
Caister Academy
Norfolk
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Creative Education Trust's Main Pay Scale/ Upper Pay Scale +TLR £6828
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2020
- Apply by:
- 16 December 2019
Job overview
Caister Academy are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified & experienced Head of Head Technology with experience of teaching Food to start in April 2020 or sooner. Caister Academy provides an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, imaginative and ambitious candidate to be involved in an improving department.
All teachers have their own fully equipped rooms and are well-resourced.
Caister is deemed as a ‘Good’ school by OFSTED
To be successful you will:
• Be Ambitious and driven
• Have good subject knowledge
• Have high expectations and high aspirations for all pupils
• Be willing to work as part of a team
• Be able to lead a range of design subjects
Caister Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Please note Caister Academy operates a no smoking policy.
The law requires this position to have an enhanced criminal background check. This is to protect children and vulnerable adults and to safeguard positions of trust. The position is therefore exempt from Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. If your application is taken further you will be asked to declare details of any criminal record, even convictions that are ‘spent’ according to the act. If you are offered the post this information will be checked against Criminal Records Bureau files. You will be provided with full information at each stage.
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About Caister Academy
- Caister Academy
- Windsor Road, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth
- Norfolk
- NR30 5LS
- United Kingdom
Caister Academy is an 11-16 co-educational day school, specialising in Literature and the performing arts. We offer a rigorous, traditional curriculum; supplemented by a broad choice from the arts, technology, and sport; all personalised to the strengths of individual students.
With sea views, Caister Academy is just 20 miles east of the vibrant city of Norwich. Our people are our greatest asset and Caister Academy currently employs over 80 staff and is major employer within the community. You will be joining a well-established team of practitioners, all with the same vision of making a difference, shaping our school/education system, teaching, and developing children, and creating a school where no one is disadvantaged. We are proud to serve at the heart of our community, and through our core values of ambition, opportunity, character and community, seek to do so in all that we do.
Caister Academy joined Creative Education Trust (CET) in March 2015 which itself was established in 2010 to work in England’s post-industrial and coastal towns and cities. They now have a network of 17 schools educating 13,500 children and young people. Working for CET offers an abundance of opportunities through a wide range of co-curricular activities and Knowledge Connected programme.
With a robust CPD package which operates at many levels and ensure that it captures the needs of all roles and career stages, continually adapting to an ever-changing professional landscape.
It is the aim of Caister Academy and Creative Education Trust to be an Employer of Choice not just by offering strong employee relations but also good pay and recognition, diversity, and equality of opportunity, as well as staff well-being.
Additional benefits include:
- Free regular Knowledge Connected Community Magazine
- Free on-site parking
- Membership to Vivup, which provides a range of savings online and on the high street, and also provides opportunities to pay for a Health Care plan and discounted membership to gyms
- Bike2work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free annual Flu jab
- Access to the First Bus Commuter Club where you can sign up to cheaper unlimited travel on First Buses in your chosen travel area
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