Teacher of Food Technology or Technology related subject

Teacher of Food Technology or Technology related subject

Kingsbury School

TMS/UPS– plus additional £1000 pa (2-year scholarship) for a suitable candidate

Permanent

Required for September 2024

Full or part time application are welcomed

Our motivation is that every child can achieve their targets with the right support. If you are dedicated to raising standards and want to make a difference, we would love to hear from you.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated professional to join our Technology team at a school where staff share best practice so that our standard of teaching and support is both high quality and continually developing.

This position would suit a professional at any stage of their teaching career, including newly qualified teachers. We would welcome applications for Food Technology, Hospitality and Catering or any other related Technology subject, including Computer Science, IT and iMedia.

Our Technology team is committed to delivering high quality learning and teaching provision and offering tailored enrichment experiences, thereby raising standards and giving students exceptional life chances. We are seeking professionals who will contribute to improving outcomes in this faculty.

The successful applicant will:

• Be a dynamic and innovative teacher with a passion for learning and teaching and a desire to ensure that the quality of education and learning is great.

• Be an aspirational teacher with a desire to achieve the very best outcomes for our students.

• Be able to teach Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 Food Technology/Hospitality and Catering or related subjects such as Graphics, Engineering or Photography or any Technology subject, including Computer Science, iMedia or IT.

• Be willing to contribute to learning and teaching developments in the faculty.

• Deliver a curriculum that inspires and engages students and provides an aspirational and challenging learning experience.

• Be a committed, highly competent, energised, reflective and resilient individual.

• Possess the skills and determination to make a profound difference to the lives of our students by sharing our belief in the highest standards of academic achievement in an inclusive setting.

We will play to your strengths and can offer you:

• A programme of training and development for the next stage in your career;

• Well-resourced classrooms and equipment, all staff have an iPad. We are passionate about embedding and making best use of technology within our lessons to enhance our curriculum delivery;

• The opportunity to work within a supportive team of diligent and excellent teachers who have a wealth of expertise and experience and where innovation is fostered through faculty centred leadership;

• A range of benefits which includes cycle to work, free parking, an employee discount scheme, provision of an iPad, a commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition initiatives through the Trust’s people strategy and well-being committee;

• A strong and effective admin team to enable you to concentrate on your teaching.

• Annual Learning & Teaching Conference for all Teaching Staff.

Kingsbury has a great deal to be proud of, it is the kind of place people want to work with a meaningful focus on student outcomes and a desire to continuously improve. We are passionate about offering a climate and culture within which all colleagues thrive.

Our Trust specialises in ‘leadership’. Leadership development underpins all our work. We consciously develop leadership capacity at every level, building self -awareness, confidence, and initiative.

• 2-year funded scholarship

• Access to a professional coach or mentor

• Access to a guided programme of leadership training

• The offer of leadership profiling

• Implementing a leadership challenge project

• Participating in a leadership residency in one of our Trust schools

• Provision of an iPad and associated creative learning training

Visits and applications:

Martin Clarke, Headteacher, would be delighted to meet you and talk about the opportunity, please email Felicity Biddle to book a visit.

Closing Date: 9.00am Tuesday 14 May 2024

Interviews: Friday 17 May 2024

If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date for applications, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2022.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.