DraftTeacher Apprentice of Design Technology (Food & Nutrition)
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
Maidstone Kent
- Expired
- Salary:
- Unqualified Teacher Pay Scale 1
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2021
- Apply by:
- 17 March 2021
Job overview
Teacher Apprentice of Design Technology (Food & Nutrition)
Full-Time Required for September 2021-August 2022
Unqualified Teacher Pay Scale 1: £18,169 pa
Are you interested in training to become a teacher of Design Technology through the Teacher Apprenticeship Scheme?
We are seeking to appoint a trainee teacher of Design Technology with the opportunity to specialise in Food & Nutrition. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic, dynamic and innovative colleague joining a team of committed professionals in this subject. The post would be suitable for someone with 6 months experience of working within a school environment. A passion for the subject and the desire to inspire others are essential. This post offers the opportunity to further develop the teaching of Design Technology to our large number of girls at KS3 (also includes Textiles and Product Design), KS4 (Food & Nutrition, Textiles and Product Design) and boys & girls at KS5 (Textiles and Product Design).
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1220 students with a mixed sixth form of approximately 340. Since July 2019 we have been appointed by the Department for Education as a Computer Hub in recognition of the expertise the school has evidenced in Computing Education and will take a lead in training teachers across the south east in the delivery of Computing. The post offers the opportunity to work with intellectually able young people in a supportive and friendly environment. Staff benefits include strong support for professional development and healthcare scheme.
“Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school” (Ofsted)
Full details and an application pack are available from the school’s website https://www.mggs.org/joining-us/join-our-team/vacancies/
Applicants should complete our application form and email, along with a covering letter, to the Headteacher’s PA, Miss Starns via email: mstarns@mggs.org
Applications welcomed immediately
Applications will be considered in the order in which they are received. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and Maidstone Grammar School for Girls reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.
Closing Date: 8am on Wednesday, 17th March 2021
Our School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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About Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
At Maidstone Grammar School for Girls we place a very high value on creating a caring community in which everyone feels confident and valued. This is a priority for us as we know that students flourish and succeed when they feel happy and secure. Relationships between staff and students are based on trust and mutual respect, and students show respect for each other and for the process of learning.
Academic excellence is very important to us too. We want everyone to feel engaged and excited by learning and to experience the pleasure of achieving personal goals. Our students are keen to learn and we are able to respond positively to differing needs and strengths with the right balance of support and challenge. Our specialist science status, Thinking Schools and Investors in Careers awards indicate the breadth of expertise across the curriculum.
We also value the development of creativity, responsibility, physical and personal skills. Students are encouraged to participate in the full MGGS experience, with its strong emphasis on community and charity work, dramatic, musical and sports events. When they leave the school, students are mature and well-qualified young people with the confidence to benefit from the opportunities ahead of them and to make a positive contribution to the wider world.
We are proud of the school’s long and distinguished history in Maidstone, and are committed to preparing our students for the technologies, work patterns and necessary skills required to meet the demands of the twenty-first century. Every student who attends the school has talents: our job is to find these, and foster them and develop in everyone a love of learning for its own sake and a pride in striving for and achieving excellence.
As an employer we offer the opportunity to work with high ability students in a supportive, friendly and forward-thinking environment and support for professional development is strong. Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1,229 students with a mixed sixth form of 381.
“Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school”
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