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Head of Design & Technology

Head of Design & Technology

Larkmead School

Abingdon, Oxforshire

  • Expired
Salary:
MPS/UPS + TLR2 (currently £4,397.00)
Job type:
Full Time, Temporary
Start date:
January 2019 or 1st September 2018 by negotiation
Apply by:
17 June 2018

Job overview

Head of Design & Technology Department  

Contract: Full-time – temporary for one year or permanent contract for a suitable applicant.
Start Date: January 2019 or 1st September 2018 by negotiation
Salary: MPS/UPS + TLR 2 £4,397.00

Responsible to: Head of Technology Faculty

Larkmead School is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and inspirational teacher of Design and Technology. The successful applicant will join a strong team and work with the Head of Faculty to develop teaching and learning across all age ranges and abilities in this 11-18 school.

The successful applicant will be able to engage and inspire our learners to become confident and creative individuals with a passion for Design and Technology. Applicants will teach the subject throughout Key Stages 3 – 5, ideally offering any combination from Resistant Materials, Electronics & Mechanisms or Graphic Products at GCSE and be required to teach Product Design at A Level.

It will be essential for the successful applicant to demonstrate the capacity, and experience, to make a real contribution to the work of this supportive and collaborative faculty. Faculty staff form a hardworking and professional team, who have a relentless focus on ensuring all students have a wide ranging and enjoyable experience within the faculty. Technology is a very popular option choice and students achieve outstanding results at both KS4 and KS5. 

This role would be suitable for an established teacher who is ambitious and would like to progress to the next stage of their career. If you are looking for a new challenge, come and join our thriving and forward-thinking Technology Faculty and play a key role in providing quality education to our students.

As the successful candidate you will be:

  • a qualified D&T teacher who is always looking to develop; 
  • confident teaching across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5
  • passionate about all aspects of D&T; 
  • committed to making a difference to young people’s lives; 
  • a team player with excellent communication and inter-personal skills. 

We offer:

  • an excellent programme of induction and training which seeks to provide an excellent foundation for career progression; 
  • a forward thinking environment which recognises the benefits of considering flexible working patterns.
  • a friendly, caring, supportive and collaborative team environment.
  • a professional environment dedicated to Teaching and Learning with a supportive, dedicated and hardworking staff.


We believe that everyone can achieve. We value diversity and want every student to realise their potential and to recognise that their potential has no limit. We create positive learning spaces, where students and teachers learn together: each challenging the other to get better and better at what they do; each having a voice and being actively supported in the running and decision making of the school.

A sense of “community” is essential to the school and our motto “one community, individual minds, creating futures” embodies this concept. Our community is built on responsibility. It has been built with our students who are responsible for such tangible symbols as their own uniform and a school flag. 

Student performance has a significant place in our school life. It was therefore affirming to be told, in the Ofsted Report, that “the values of tolerance, respect and fairness are woven throughout the school”.

This year our at GCSE, we did very well against all schools nationally with Positive Progress Score which put us in the top half of all schools in Oxfordshire.

At A-Level, however, we have truly excelled. We appear in the Top Five State Schools for attainment which is sorted by the Average Point Score (APS) of each candidate. It is to our great credit that we are also in the Top Five State Schools for progress. There is only one state school in the top five in both categories and that is Larkmead School.

Closing date: Noon Monday 18th June 2018    

Interview date: Thursday 28th June 2018     

Start date: September 2018/January 2019

If you would like to apply for this position, please download the Vale Academy Trust Teaching Staff Application Form from our website http://www.larkmead-school.com/vacancies/

Completed applications should be sent by email to office.4125@larkmead.oxon.sch.uk by the closing date of noon on Monday 18th June 2018.

Larkmead School is a member of the Vale Academy Trust. The Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check.

All staff will be expected to promote fundamental British values.

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Thank you for considering Larkmead School as the next step in your career.

Our ethos of ‘one community, individual minds, creating futures’ applies to Larkmead staff as well as Larkmead students. Colleagues at Larkmead can be proud to be part of something special, making a real difference to the lives and life chances of our students. It is a rewarding place to work as part of a mutually supportive team where everyone contributes. Personal, professional and career development is a fundamental part of working at Larkmead, which starts with our comprehensive induction programme. Our thoughtful approach to wellbeing means that staff have the support and challenge to succeed and advance.

Our induction programmes for all new colleagues are carefully planned to give you the practical strategies, advice and guidance you need to support your successful start at Larkmead. This induction work is sustained into your early weeks and months at Larkmead, with Leadership Team and line managers providing support and an important point of contact. Continuous professional development is at the heart of our work at school. Our culture of research and reflection, supported by practical strategies and collaboration across teams, is backed up by access to a wide range of training and resources to suit your professional progress and growth in the classroom, as a leader or in whatever role you fulfil at Larkmead.

Larkmead is proud to be part of the Vale Academy Trust, working in partnership with King Alfred’s secondary school and six primary schools. This network of school provides colleagues from across Larkmead to collaborate with other schools, contributing to school improvement and expanding career opportunities. Collaboration is an important benefit of working at Larkmead, with students and staff benefitting from our work with the Abingdon Partnership of primary and secondary schools, our 6th Form consortium with two local secondary schools and Abingdon & Witney College as well as links with local independent schools, employers and other organisations.

Larkmead is a happy, ambitious and successful school. This is reflected in comments from successive Ofsted reports, most recently in 2019:

· The stimulating and caring ethos in the school enables pupils to make strong progress and achieve well.

· The school balances effectively the drive for excellence with the wellbeing of staff and pupils. Therefore, staff at your inclusive school trust and respect the school’s leadership. Morale is high and everyone at the school shares the determination to provide the best for each pupil

· Parents and carers and pupils speak highly of the school. Pupils behave very well at the school. They are kind and respectful towards each other and their teachers.

· Pupils’ well-being and personal development, including their mental health, have a high priority and are very well catered for at your school.

· Students are keen to learn. They cooperate very well with one another and their teachers.

We are a diverse community and greatly value the contribution that colleagues from different backgrounds and with different experiences bring to our school. If you are keen to be part of a school with clear, positive values and which adds positive value to our students and staff then we look forward to meeting you.

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