Skip to main content
Tes home
SearchBack to search
Teacher of Design and Technology

Teacher of Design and Technology

Highfields School

Wolverhampton

  • Quick apply
  • Expired
Salary:
Teachers' Pay Scales
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2023
Apply by:
12 June 2023

Job overview

We wish to appoint an excellent and innovative teacher to join our successful and heavily oversubscribed 11 – 19 school. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, inspirational and enthusiastic teacher with a passion to enthuse students to enjoy and achieve in Design and Technology.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly valued and extremely successful department with an experienced and supportive team. Applicants may be established practitioners wishing to develop their career in a large school or ECTs wishing to start their career in a supportive, modern and forward-thinking department.  

As a department we offer:

  • A comprehensive and personalised induction programme
  • Experienced and supportive staff
  • A creative and collaborative working environment
  • Excellent student progress and results
  • A blend of modern and traditional design teaching
  • Innovative use of technology
  • Strong budgets to support experimental classroom practice


As a school we offer:

  • A vibrant and exciting comprehensive school which is culturally and ethnically diverse
  • Excellent examination results
  • Outstanding student progress
  • Well behaved students who are eager to learn
  • Supportive parents who want the best for their children
  • A large Sixth Form
  • Modern and stimulating teaching facilities
  • Excellent CPD opportunities at all levels

 

We strongly encourage prospective applicants to visit the school before applying. To arrange a visit, or to discuss this vacancy further, please contact Mr S France, Assistant Headteacher, Head of Innovations Learning School – sfrance@hswv.co.uk


Closing date: Monday 12th June 2023 at 9am

Interviews: To be advised to successful applicants


Highfields School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and 2 very good references

Attached documents

About Highfields School

School image 1
School image 2
School image 3
School image 4
School image 5
School image 6
School image 7
School image 8
School image 9
School image 10
School image 11
+44 1902 556 530

View on Google Maps

Visit employer website

Highfields School is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form in the West Midlands, serving students from the age of 11-18. The secondary school, situated in Wolverhampton has approximately 1,700 students on record.

Highfields School opened in 1957 and converted to academy status in 2015.

Headteacher

Mr G Tate

Values and vision

Highfields School wants all students to have access to a broad and balanced learning curriculum where are can gain the skills, knowledge and experience to thrive and reach their full potential. The secondary school wants students to feel valued during their time learning and works to be a caring and open learning community, where individual talents are celebrated and nurtured. The school believes that students achieve best when happy and wants parents, staff and students to all work together to achieve the best possible outcome for all. Students are encouraged to get involved with a wide range of extra-curricular activities to gain in confidence, nurture talents and discover new talents and interests. These include the Duke of Edinburgh Award, sports clubs, trips and an active Student Council, where skills in leadership and teamwork are practiced. The school recently received a cultural diversity award from the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.

Ofsted

“The school's curriculum meets students' needs and enables personalised choices, the impact of which is seen in increasing achievement and narrowing of gaps for specific groups of students. The developing curriculum at Key Stage 3 is supporting students to apply skills in a range of contexts and giving them experiences of real world situations.”

View Highfields School’s latest Ofsted report 

Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.

Applications closed