Head of Design and Technology (Teaching Product Design and/or Graphics)
Aylesford School Warwick
Warwickshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- TMS/UPS plus a TLR2b £5348.04 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 24 April 2024
Job overview
Post: Head of Design & Technology (Teaching Product Design and / or Graphics)
Pay Scale: TMS / UPS with a TLR2b of £5348.04 per annum
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Start Date: September 2024
Aylesford School Warwick is a successful Academy, now providing education on a single site to pupils aged 4 to 18, Reception through to Sixth Form.
For September 2024, we are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, committed and well qualified teacher to lead our Design & Technology department within the school.
The successful candidate should be a pro-active and self-motivated, innovative practitioner, who will be responsible for planning and executing a diverse programme of study that meets the individual learners needs within the subject areas of Design Technology
The successful candidate would have the ability to teach Design and Technology to A Level.
Studying D&T at Aylesford School
Technology at key stage 3 is taught in mixed ability groups on a rotation with each module lasting 8-10 weeks; 4 lessons per fortnight. Students will study a mixture of subjects during the academic year including D&T, food and nutrition, textiles and information technology.
D&T and food and nutrition are extremely popular at GCSE with over 50% of students choosing at least one of these subjects. The subjects we currently offer at key stage 4 are Product Design and Graphics with the OCR exam board and Food & Nutrition with the AQA Exam Board.
Our Sixth Form students can choose to study Product Design at A Level. Product Design follows the Eduqas exam board;
D&T Facilities at Aylesford School
Aylesford has two workshops equipped with machines such as vacuum forming, Startrite bandsaws, wood and metal lathes, milling, dip-coating, various sanders, vibro-saws, drilling, Laser cutter and 3D printer. In addition to the specific D&T spaces there are two food technology rooms and ICT rooms which can be used for theory lessons.
Three technicians support the D&T department; two technicians are based in food technology and the other supports the D&T product design and graphics classes.
Aylesford School subscribe to the Schools Advisory Service staff-wellbeing package which offers a full range of well-being services. All employed members of staff have access to the facilities covered within this support package. Below is a non-exhaustive list of services that are accessible by the following methods.
· Whole staff induction programme, you will be assigned to a staff member for the duration of your induction
· Development opportunities
· On-site gym that staff can be used by staff members
· Staff room with a free coffee/hot chocolate vending machine
· On-site parking for staff
· Access to the canteen
· Reduced rates at Nuffield Health Gym
· VDU assessments and contributions towards the cost of glasses for our DSE users
· Family friendly policy
In addition to the above, all staff members have access to the following: -
· Physiotherapy
· GP Helpline, for employees and members of their household.
· Counselling for employees and members of their household.
· Weight Management including Slimming World membership
· Nurse support line for any Issue
· Mindfulness
· Maternity Webinars
· Gym Fitness programs and challenges are provided via gym app.
· Manspace
· Feel Good App
· Therapy for Cancer support
Please include a supporting letter explaining your reasons for applying for the position and your vision for the department.
Please email completed letters and application forms FAO Samantha Hughes, HR Manager & Headteacher’s PA at hughes.s@aylesfordschool.org.uk
or post to:- Mrs S Hughes, Aylesford School Warwick, Tapping Way, Warwick, CV34 6XR
Closing date for applications is 28 April 2024
Interview Date to be confirmed
The Interview will consist of a lesson observation, a task, and an interview with the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher and an opportunity to meet the department.
Please telephone 01926 747100 or email hughes.s@aylesfordschool.org.uk with any queries or to arrange a visit to the School.
Please note we do not accept CVs - candidates should download and complete the application form available.
We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to two satisfactory references and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services check.
Attached documents
About Aylesford School Warwick
The School’s origins go back to the late nineteenth century. It was moved from Leamington Spa to its present site in 1964 as a response to overcrowding and the need for modernising. It opened as a School for 400, mainly Warwick students. In time it became a six-form entry Comprehensive School, attracting students from a wider area. A large prestigious housing development near the School has increased numbers on roll from approximately 850 to 1,200+. We became an academy on 1st January 2012 as a result of our desire to become more independent and free to control our own destiny. The school, its staff and governors have been supportive and positive in moving to this new status.
From September 2015 we have incorporated a new Primary School Phase into our facilities and now operate as a 4-19 Academy. This is an exciting development as from September 2021 we are now operating as an all-through school with Reception children through to Sixth Form Students.
Headteacher
Mr Tim Hodgson
Vision and values
Aylesford School aims to develop a love of learning in pupils and to continuously develop the teaching and learning experience. Teachers endeavour to consistently raise expectations and aspirations.
The school maintains a strong focus on raising attainment and achievement and strives to develop standards through challenge. Strong emphasis is placed on pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.
Ofsted report
Aylesford School was last inspected by OFSTED in April 2018 and received a very good report that was published in early May 2018. It highlighted the good quality of teaching based on the fact that, 'Teachers manage their classes well. They have high expectations of pupils' conduct and behaviour. Classrooms are calm, orderly environments and pupils are on task'. The report notes that, 'Pupils are very proud of their work and their achievements' and the school has a 'relentless focus on improving teaching and outcomes for pupils.’ The full report is available to read on both the school and OFSTED websites.
To improve still further the report recommends that we should:-
- develop a greater strategic oversight as an all- through school, sharing the good practice taking place between phases
- improve the quality of teaching, learning and assessment by making sure that all teachers continue to support disadvantaged pupils.
Leaders and Governors of the school agree with these comments and they will remain in our aims, aspirations and ambitions for the coming years.
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