Subject Leader for Design and Technology

Subject Leader for Design and Technology

MPS/UPS + London Fringe Allowance + T2c (currently £7,017)

Required from 1st January 2022 - Full time

The School is looking to appoint a highly motivated and committed individual to become the Subject Leader for Design and Technology.  The candidate will have a passion for D&T with the ability to inspire students and staff alike. The successful candidate will be ambitious in developing a D&T curriculum, which ensures that challenging programmes of study are in place to meet the needs of all students.   

This successful department offers Product Design at A Level and Design and Technology at GCSE. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established and highly motivated department in an outstanding school and make a valuable contribution to our ambitious vision for the future. The successful candidate will have excellent subject knowledge and a genuine passion for teaching Design and Technology, with detailed knowledge of current curriculum and pedagogical developments in the subject and the wider curriculum.

The department’s curriculum is both challenging and engaging, looking to develop students’ creativity in designing, practical skills and subject knowledge. The Department is very well resourced including traditional machines and CAD/CAM. 

We were graded Outstanding in every category by Ofsted in March 2017.

Educating approximately 1200 students, The Bishop’s Stortford High School provides a single-sex education for boys in Years 7 to 11 and has a large, thriving co-educational sixth form, with over one hundred girls on roll. In 2019, 89% of our GCSE students achieved grade 4+ in both English and Maths, contributing to a Progress 8 score of +0.16, compared to a national average for boys of -0.28. At A-Level we had a 55% A* - B pass rate in 2019, 61% in 2020 and 66% in 2021. We have a strong ethos, based on high expectations and standards for all, a committed and supportive staff who deliver high quality, engaging lessons and well-behaved students with excellent attitudes to learning. 

We are due to re-locate to a brand new ‘state of the art’ school on a new site less than half a mile from our current location, in January 2023. This exciting project will provide us with a fantastic new learning environment, supported by cutting edge technology, and huge opportunities for the future.

The school provides a supportive environment in which both newly qualified and experienced teachers have excellent opportunities to develop their careers. A formidable range of extra-curricular activities are available to students which include numerous overseas trips, languages exchanges, cultural visits, first class fixture cards in all major sports, a diverse and high quality music and drama programme, DofE, Model UN conference, Young Enterprise, debating, public speaking and much more. The school places a strong emphasis on staff development and the appointed candidate can expect to gain significant enjoyment and professional fulfilment from working here.

An application form and further details are immediately available from the Headteacher’s PA, Mrs D Landers, at the school or downloadable from the website www.tbshs.org  

TBSHS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of all our children and expects staff to share this commitment. A Disclosure Barring Service check is required for all successful applicants.