Second in DT (TLR 2a)
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School
Bristol, City of
- Expired
- Salary:
- Main or UPR plus TLR 2a (currently £3,017)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 17 April 2023 (start of Term 5) or later by negotiation
- Apply by:
- 20 February 2023
Job overview
The Role
This is a key post as a permanent full time Second in Design Technology Department (DT) (TLR 2a) which is available from 17 April 2023 (start of Term 5). We will consider a later start for the right candidate. This post has become available due to the current post holder taking on a new leadership role within the school.
We are looking to appoint an experienced and reflective practitioner able to share best practice and someone with leadership qualities and experience to support the Head of Design Technology in developing new approaches to the curriculum in DT. We provide a variety of development opportunities. The successful candidate will be able to see projects through from inception to completion, a role model for staff and students, enthusiastic, a team player, well organised, and resilient. We are looking for someone who is willing to teach a variety of subjects at KS3. We could accommodate a range of specialisms but an ability to teach Product Design at KS4 or KS5 is preferred.
The Department
The Design Technology Faculty is a thriving, dynamic and supportive team in which to work. The Design Technology Faculty currently offers Product Design, Textiles, and Food Preparation and Nutrition at KS4 and Product Design and Textiles at KS5. From September, we will be offering Hospitality and Catering and Engineering as well. Design Technology is well resources and regularly achieves strong results. The Faculty encourages a ‘risk taking’ culture in their teaching and learning as they look to innovate to provide exciting and novel learning experiences for their students. Our KS3 curriculum covers all aspects of paper and board, coding, textiles, electronics, metals, timbers, and food therefore providing a forward thinking, modern, exciting approach. The School is committed to creative subjects as part of its Christian vision. We are also committed to gender equality with the field of DT. The department is well resourced with specialist rooms and technician support.
The School
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple is a successful and heavily oversubscribed 11-18 co-educational, Church of England, comprehensive school of just under 1800 students, serving families from the whole of greater Bristol and beyond. We are located at the heart of the city and have a diverse student community with considerable parental support. 49% of students in the main school are from black and minority ethnic backgrounds and 19% of students have been recorded as being entitled to Pupil Premium funding. 21% of our student have a SEN and 22% of our students have a first language that is not English. We educate relatively high numbers of Children in Care. Our diversity is a strength and something we celebrate. The Redcliffe Sixth Form Centre currently houses approximately 700 students taken from our own school and from many other schools across the City.
Please see our covering letter for more information.
Inspection Reports
The School was judged in April 2015 to be outstanding by Ofsted in each and every category. We were also judged outstanding in our last church school (SIAMS) inspection in March 2017. Despite this there is absolutely no sense of complacency. We are a forward-looking school with a relentless focus on providing the absolute best provision so that no child is left behind.
Please see our website for additional information about our school. Please note that we are in the final stage of the design of our brand-new website which we know will be an engaging and useful resource for all stakeholders.
Application Process
To apply for this post you should complete the following:
• the Application Form which includes the additional information section. Please note the additional information section replaces the need for a covering letter.
• the Teaching Experience Sheet.
The closing date for receipt of application forms by the Headteacher's PA is by Monday 20 February 2023 (by 10am). When providing details of your referees you must include their e-mail address. Please return your application form and your Teaching Experience Sheet) by email direct to the school (see our covering letter).
Interviews will be scheduled during week commencing 20 February 2023. We do not acknowledge postal applications. We may call for references as part of our shortlisting process. You will receive an email acknowledgment when your application has been logged and checked. If you do not receive an acknowledgment by the end of 20 February, do get in touch.
Attached documents
- Covering Letter.pdf93.08KB
- Person Specification_Second in DT.pdf64.77KB
- Job Description TLR 2a_Second in DT.pdf119.25KB
- Job Description_Teacher.pdf115.85KB
- Job Description_Tutor.pdf100.68KB
- Teaching Experience Sheet.doc82.5KB
- Privacy Policy.pdf260.12KB
- Inspection report226.75KB
- SIAMS inspection report183.12KB
About St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School and the Redcliffe Sixth Form Centre (SMRT) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and so safeguarding checks will be undertaken as part of the recruitment and selection process. It is an offence to apply for this role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. You can find a copy of our Safeguarding Policy on our website.
Mr Planter took up the Headship in September 2022 following successful headship and executive headteacher experiences in three schools. For him, the post of Headteacher remains an incredibly rewarding one. As we emerge from the greatest social and educational disruption in our lifetime there is a clear mandate and appetite to consider our practice collectively to ensure we provide the highest quality education for all our students.
SMRT is a successful and heavily oversubscribed 11-18 co-educational, Church of England, comprehensive school of over 1750 students, serving families from the whole of greater Bristol and beyond. We are located at the heart of the city and have a diverse student community with considerable parental support. Our diversity is a strength and something we celebrate. The Redcliffe Sixth Form Centre currently houses approximately 700 students from our own school and from many other schools across the City.
Our Christian ethos is at the centre of our distinctiveness and success. We believe that daily worship helps us get our priorities right. The School has a clearly identified set of values that are reflected in our pastoral and curriculum practice. The School is committed to developing students as whole people and lifelong learners. To facilitate this SMRT has developed the Alive model, which seeks to develop competencies, values, and skills in our students to support their development as ‘fully alive’ learners. The role of the tutor is key, and teachers are expected to be tutors.
At SMRT we believe that each member of our School community is created by God and our aim is to achieve our full potential (being fully alive). All we do is rooted in this hope of who we are as people and who we can become. We are particularly inspired by Jesus’ statement ‘I have come that you might have life and life in all its fullness’ (John 10 v10) and Irenaeus’ ‘the glory of God is a human being fully alive’. This is an exciting time to join SMRT as we work with renewed focus and energy to fulfil our core purpose enabling our students “to develop the skills, knowledge and Alive qualities so that all our students can make their unique contribution to the world.”
We are passionate about providing opportunity for all staff to develop. Staff are encouraged to develop leadership roles, including working with, and helping to improve, other local schools. All leaders contribute extremely well to improving teaching and learning. SMRT invests heavily and productively in ensuring that staff and leaders have every opportunity to develop their expertise for the benefit of students. Professional development for staff is extremely well planned and implemented; it is linked closely to teachers’ targets for improvement.
SMRT was judged in April 2015 to be outstanding by Ofsted in each and every category. We were also judged outstanding in our last church school (SIAMS) inspection in March 2017. Despite this there is absolutely no sense of complacency. We are a forward-looking school with a relentless focus on providing the absolute best provision so that no child is left behind.
Ofsted remarked that “Church school status makes an important and distinctive contribution to the school’s exceptionally positive values and beliefs. Leaders and the highly effective governing body ensure that students’ spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development are given the highest possible priority.” “The promotion of students’ spiritual, moral, social, and cultural education is extremely impressive and contributes enormously to the welcoming ethos of the school. Equality of opportunity is vigorously promoted; discrimination in any form is not tolerated. Students are highly reflective about matters of faith and personal responsibility; their social awareness is remarkably perceptive.”
SMRT was fortunate to be part of ‘Building Schools for the Future’ Wave 4 and we moved into a significant new block in early November 2010. This houses Music, Computer Science, Design Technology, Science, Art, English, Maths, Learning Resource Centre, PE, and staff facilities. In addition we have a sports hall, as well as a gym and a swimming pool. Humanities and Languages are housed in a refurbished 1980s building which is also the base for Year 7 students. We also have a large Sixth Form block.
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