Teacher of D&T, Product Design

Career Opportunity (for NQTs, M1-M6 or UPS1-3 teachers)

Ambitious, forward-thinking, flexible and self-motivated?   If you can combine these attributes with excellent teaching skills, now is the unique time to join the teaching staff at Coombe Wood School.

As part of the role you will be responsible for leading and teaching our first cohort of GCSE Design & Technology 3D/Product Design students. Facilities are state of the art including a brand new workshop with both traditional and modern facilities and a computer suite with an extensive range of CAD/CAM facilities.

During this key period of natural expansion as the school increases in cohorts, we offer the opportunity to develop your career. We offer scope to advance at our vibrant and heavily oversubscribed school (1335 applications for 180 x Y7 places in September 2021), situated in £35million state-of-the-art, brand new buildings, where we took up occupancy in January 2021.

With three year groups (Y7-9) currently on role, the commencement of GCSE courses along with the opening of the CWS Sixth Form in September 2021, bring with them a variety of promotion opportunities for dedicated and ambitious staff. CWS is a school with a growing track record of rewarding outstanding performance amongst current staff via internal promotions. By becoming part of the team at Coombe Wood School, your career will benefit from joining a future-focused group of schools within Folio Education Trust, offering access to high calibre CPD, which contributes to the recognised quality of learning within our schools.

There is a strong team spirit, which has contributed to a supportive learning environment for both staff and students at Coombe Wood School. Our staff are ready to overcome unexpected challenges, break fresh ground, encourage collaboration and share excellent teaching skills within our hardworking and dedicated group.

Our Creative Arts department

The Creative Arts department comprises specialist teachers in Art, Graphic Design, Photography, 3D Design/Product Design, Fashion & Textiles and Food & Nutrition. Our brand new facilities include a kiln room, dark room, workshop and large specialist classrooms for each creative subject. In joining us you will be working as part of a strong and supportive team, where your skills and expertise will help to develop our students into innovative, independent and brave young artists and designers with a broad range of skills ready for further education and the creative industries.

We are an incredibly visible department with regular exhibitions, trips and competitions to extend and develop our students' passion for the Arts outside of the classroom. There are also opportunities to play a crucial role in developing our extra-curricular programme.

Students already show a real love for the creative subjects at Coombe Wood School. There has been a huge level of interest to study Creative Arts subjects at GCSE and extra-curricular clubs are consistently well attended. Our A-Level in Art & Design begins next academic year with a broader range of subject specialisms being offered as the school grows each year, offering you the chance to teach and develop your own area of expertise.

About us – context, location and buildings

This fully inclusive secondary co-educational school was established to meet an urgent rising local demand. The site of our new building and extensive grounds is opposite Lloyd Park in South Croydon, with an excellent Tramlink service to and from East Croydon station (just 5-minute journey-time away,) and a short walk from several bus routes. Our £35 million new building and facilities offer specialist teaching spaces for all subjects including Music, Dance, Drama, Science, Design Technology and Art. In addition, students benefit from indoor and outdoor auditoriums, a brand new Health Related Fitness building offering dedicated health and well-being studios and competition-sized spaces for gymnastics, netball, football and basketball. The school is set in spacious parkland grounds which offer a range of outdoor learning opportunities across all subject areas.

Advantages Include:

• Network of expertise and CPD support within CWS and Folio

• 9 INSET days per year

• Chance to join an innovative and supportive ground breaking team

• Opportunity of career progression with natural expansion of the school

• Catchment includes many aspirational, supportive families

• Working with students who use MyZone technology to track and improve their fitness, as a result increasing their focus and concentration in class

• Outstanding brand new £35M building, modern facilities and extensive grounds

• Free access to new sports amenities for staff.

Application Procedure

Please download the candidate pack and application form or visit Career Opportunities on our website.  A welcome from the Head, virtual tours and faculty talks signposted on our website. For queries please contact Mrs Baker on jbaker@foliotrust.uk   or call 07891 671 226 in the first instance.

Please email your completed applications to careers@cws.foliotrust.uk    in compliance with safer recruitment guidelines CVs will not be accepted.

Closing Date: 9am Monday 24th May

Interviews: This year our selection and interview process will be run remotely during March.

Folio Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  The recruitment process will include an enhanced DBS check, medical screening, confirmation of right to work in the UK and all other pre-employment checks in line with safer recruitment requirements.

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