Teacher of Design & Technology
Charlton School
Telford and Wrekin
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 24 April 2023
Job overview
TEACHER OF DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
Salary: MPS
Location: Charlton School (Part of the Learning Community Trust)
Contract type: FULL TIME – PERMANENT
Charlton is a popular 11-16 academy. We believe in progress through partnership with learning at the heart of all we do. We are a school who have a caring and disciplined environment, combining a degree of formality with good relationships between adults and students.
Wellington is a busy market town, rapidly improving facilities and new housing being built nearby the school. From its central position, Wellington is easily reached by rail and has a large train station in the town. It is close to Shrewsbury and the famous Ironbridge, which is an area of local beauty and historical interest and one of the best in Shropshire!
To support us with our future development, we converted to an academy on 1st December 2018 and joined a Multi Academy Trust. We are now part of the Learning Community Trust. We believe this will be ideal for us, as we have similar vision and values. We are working in partnership towards a shared vision that places students’ learning, environments and local communities at the centre of our approach.
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a specialist teacher to join our forward-thinking Design & Technology department. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, dynamic teacher of Design & Technology, with an ability to inspire, enthuse and engage students. Experience of teaching D&T Food and Textiles specialisms is essential, whilst the ability to teach across all four D&T specialisms would be desirable.
As a member of our team, you will focus on ensuring the progress of every child by developing their skills, knowledge and understanding within an exciting and relevant curriculum.
You will work closely with the Design & Technology team and Curriculum Leader to continue developing a new, broad, balanced and relevant curriculum, which will allow students to feel they can succeed in Design & Technology and enjoy their learning journey along the way.
The Design & Technology department at Charlton are creative, supportive and reflective practitioners with excellent team spirit. The sharing of best practice is key to this, as is hard work and ambition to achieve the very best results for our students.
The position is a full time post, however there is potential for part time hours, and will commence after May half term or September 2023.
Our school is an equal opportunity employer, so we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children and individuals. This post is subject to a DBS Enhanced Disclosure.
If you have a passion for teaching and learning in Design & Technology, we would love to hear from you!
Applications from ECTs welcomed.
Closing date for applications: 24th April 2023
Interviews: w/c 24th April 2023
Application forms and further information is available from the school website www.charlton.uk.com.
Alternatively you may contact Heather Jackson-Payne heather.jacksonpayne@charlton.uk.com or call 01952 386806.
The appointment will be subject to enhanced DBS clearance (including a check on the children’s barred list for those working in regulated activity) for the successful applicant. We are committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow the Safer Recruitment practices as set out in the Statutory Guidance - Keeping Children Safe in Education. We are also committed to Equality and Diversity. Sorry but CV’s will not be accepted
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About Charlton School
“Building Knowledge. Developing Character. Inspiring Futures”
Charlton is an 11-16 comprehensive school, well established in the heart of its local community. We are a truly comprehensive school, admitting children from over 20 primary schools, with students’ prior attainment at KS2 broadly in line with National Average, with a slight bias towards higher ability range.
At Charlton we take pride in students’ progress, with learning at the heart of all we do. We know the importance of inspiring students to develop a thirst for learning, so our curriculum is broad, rich and matched to individuals’ needs.
Our emphasis on purposeful, relevant learning means that our students benefit from a range of visits, specialist teaching and extensive extra-curricular experiences. We aim for all our students to enjoy school, excel in their studies and attain outstanding outcomes.
Charlton’s Vision
Our vision is to nurture happy, healthy young people who have the knowledge, academic achievement and strength of character to lead safe and successful lives in modern Britain, preparing them for their next steps in education or employment with a thirst for lifelong learning.
Charlton’s Values
At Charlton our ethos is built upon our three core values, we expect all members of the Charlton community to always exhibit these values:
· Respect
· Responsibility
· Resilience
We are tremendously proud of our school building. It provides first rate facilities, purpose-built for the 21st century. Our new build school opened in June 2016 and was the last school in the country to be completed under the Building Schools for the Future scheme.
Additional investment in state-of-the-art ICT, Sports, Expressive Arts, Science and Technology, have been a great boost to students’ already rich curriculum of Foreign Languages, Humanities, English and Maths. We firmly believe that the new facilities will further strengthen our high performance across the school.
The school joined the Learning Communities Trust as an academy in December 2018. This is a multi-academy trust set up to serve the needs of the students in the Wellington and Hadley areas of Telford. This is an exciting development for the school, and we are already seeing the benefits of collaborating with other schools.
Following a recent Ofsted inspection (May 2023), the school has been judged to be good overall and good in all the separate judgement areas. We are delighted with the outcome, and that the dedication and hard work of our students and staff has been rightly recognised.
Within curriculum areas, our teams consider the views of learners using student self-evaluation as part of their assessment procedures. This gives learners the opportunity for reflection and to improve good practice. Students are encouraged to share their views and opinions and play a key role in shaping the future of our school. Students take tremendous pride in what they do and have a sense of loyalty with good relationships with staff.
As a school we have a wide range of extra-curricular activities supported through our partnership work with many outside agencies. This, linked with our work to promote community cohesion, provides our young people with every opportunity to meet their potential.
Students are guided via a strong pastoral system, with experienced staff who support our effective learning environment. All students have form tutors who serve as academic mentors to track progress. Heads of Year and non-teaching Pastoral Managers offer further support and where required access external agencies and family support.
We aim to keep learning at the heart of all we do, recognising the strengths of collaboration and sharing best practice. We are a true learning school where every individual has the opportunity to develop, maximising their full potential.
We look forward to welcoming you into our school community.
Mr Andrew McNaughton
Principal
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