Lead Practitioner Product Design/Engineering

Lead Practitioner

Product Design/Engineering

SALARY: L4-L8 (Inner London)

COMMENCEMENT: September 2024

We are looking for an exceptional Product Design and or Engineering teacher to join our Academy as a Lead Practitioner of Product Design/Engineering. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious and dynamic teacher to join a STEM and Media focused school on the next stage of its journey.

Brook 6th Form & Academy is a is a small school of KS4 and KS5 students, housed in an impressive new building in Barking and Dagenham, part of the Business and Science Park, which is soon to be joined by the exciting new Eastbrook film studio complex. The school has excellent transport links, with Dagenham East tube station a short walk away.

The school has been on a journey of improvement and is now an excellent provision with a stable staff of subject specialists. Students study predominantly STEM subjects, with the recent introduction of Media. The school has excellent levels of attendance, with a focused and aspirational student body. In anticipation of further growth in student numbers, we are now looking to appoint a Lead Practitioner for Product Design/Engineering.

Brook 6th Form & Academy is well resourced with new science laboratories and extensive engineering workshop facilities that enable staff to deliver Quality First teaching to our students through practical activities, as well as traditional classroom based pedagogy. We are now embarking on the next phrase of our development with the introduction of the T-Level in Engineering in KS5, and the building of a Mechatronics workshop to add to our already extensive facilities. This is an exciting time to be joining the school, with its traditional STEM based subjects moving to excellent, and the broadening of the curriculum to include Media in response to local employment needs.

This is an opportunity for a hard-working professional to work with students who have are passionate about engineering. There are currently three Level 3 engineering teaching groups in Year 12 and one Level 2 teaching group in Year 12. All Engineering courses include Product Design units. You will be working in a supportive, nurturing culture that sets high expectations of educational outcome whilst supporting students to fulfil their academic potential and achieve their goals of a STEM or Media destination.

We offer:

• A small friendly school, in a well-resourced, relatively new building
• An exciting and inspiring way of working
• Working with classes that are small, calm and focused 
• Motivated and enthusiastic students who are keen to learn
• Supportive team approach to working
• Professional development for all staff

The successful applicant will be able to lead and teach BTEC Level 3 Engineering.

To apply

Please return your completed application form by email to: e.seiliute@brooksixthform.com

CVs will not be accepted.

Pre-employment checks

Confirmation of appointment is conditional upon a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and occupational health check.

References

Confirmation of appointment is also subject to the receipt of two satisfactory references.

Salary

L4-L8 (Inner London)

Commencement

September 2024 or sooner if possible.

Closing date for applications: 12 noon, Tuesday 23rd April 2024

Visits and informal discussions

If you would like to have an informal discussion about the post, in the first instance please contact the Assistant Principal, Claire Bannister c.bannister@brooksixthform.com or telephone 0203 773 4670.

Brook 6th Form & Academy is a Partnership Learning. Partnership Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced criminal record check via the DBS will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a comprehensive screening process, including a disclosure check, will be undertaken on all applicants.

Please note if you have not been invited in for interview by the interview date on this occasion your application will have been unsuccessful.