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Curriculum Leader: Design Technology

Curriculum Leader: Design Technology

Heart of England School

Solihull

Salary:
MPS/UPS plus TLR2
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
April or September 2023
Apply by:
12 February 2023

Job overview

CURRICULUM LEADER: DESIGN TECHNOLOGY   (TLR 2)

(FULL TIME, PERMANENT)

REQUIRED EASTER OR SEPTEMBER

We are looking for a skilled Product Design subject specialist with a passion for Design to lead a skilled team of subject specialists. We require a highly discerning leader who is open to change and remains professionally curious and constructively discontent. The successful candidate will possess the skills and attributes needed to successfully support and challenge the subject teams across the department . Please see the attached description of the department for further information.

Our vision is simple; we create futures and that includes ensuring our staff have them too. At Heart of England we are clear in our approach to professional wellbeing, which is crucial at a time of ever-shifting challenge.

We believe in agency and autonomy for our staff. We believe that the same intellectual curiosity that lead you to want to study your subject at university and then teach it to others is what makes you best placed to make decisions about the way you teach your subject now. We believe that when it comes to learning and teaching our motto, “No One Way … By Design”, encapsulates our philosophy of enabling staff to deliver the best possible outcomes for students in a culture that acknowledges variety whilst grounded in shared values and consistency of approach in our decided essentials.

The subject teams have designed their own respective curriculums for KS3 following the sequence of knowledge and skills they believe to be essential for students as they develop through the years. We've also continued to adapt our behaviour policy with the motto 'Our Way…By Design' showing that shared values, defined habits, consistent routines and clear boundaries are the bedrock of a successful school. Another thing about us: we're not in to quick fixes or superficial tweaks; we're in it for sustainable excellence. Our vision outlines an ongoing process of continuous improvement and an adaptive, restless drive for the implementation of best practice grounded in educational research.

If you think we sound like the kind of place where you'd enjoy leading then the future you are seeking may well be here.

Heart of England School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post requires an enhanced DBS check.

Job description, person specification, department details and application form downloadable from the TES website.

The process of application is as follows:

·        Completed application form

·        A letter outlining your suitability for the post

Applications to:

J Hughes-Williams

Principal

Heart of England School

Gipsy Lane

Balsall Common

Coventry CV7 7FW

Email: office@heart-england.co.uk

Tel: 01676 536702

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About Heart of England School

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Located in Balsall Common, a village in the West Midlands, Heart of England School is a co-educational secondary academy. The school has around 1300 pupilss, 250 of whom reside in the school sixth form, making it larger than the average secondary school. The vast majority of teaching takes place on-site, but the school does make use of a limited amount of off-site provision for students with certain educational needs. Heart of England School converted to academy status in 2011, but the school is not part of any wider academy group.

Headteacher

Mrs Jacqueline Hughes-Williams

Values and Vision

Heart of England School enshrines a number of core principles in its values statement. These include the values of honesty, encouraging pupils to be open with both themselves and others, determination, in academic and personal endeavours, courage, to experience new things while at school, humour, as part of the joy of learning, and kindness, towards their teachers and their peers. The curriculum at Heart of England School is designed to be diverse and inclusive, presenting a range of opportunities for pupils of all backgrounds and academic abilities. 

Ofsted

“Students make outstanding progress in the sixth form, reaching standards which are well above the national average in most subjects. There is a rising trend in the percentage of students, including the more-able, gaining the highest grades in both A- and AS-level subjects. Students eligible for free school meals do just as well as their classmates.”

The full report into Heart of England School can be found here. 

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