Teacher of Design Technology & Engineering

Teacher of Design Technology & Engineering

(With the potential for some leadership responsibilities)

Teachers’ Main / Upper Pay Scale

Full Time Permanent Contract: Required to start Summer Term 2023 or September 2023

At Poltair School, you will work in an exciting, fast-paced, and highly motivated, yet supportive environment. We are committed to maintaining the highest standards for behaviour, engagement, and academic outcomes. Poltair is a school steeped in history on an exponential journey of success, supported as part of Cornwall Education Learning Trust (CELT), a family of Cornish Primary and Secondary Schools, with a strategic vision to ‘learn together to help every child achieve more’. This is an exciting time to join our large, dynamic Trust, which is responsible for educating learners across four secondary schools, one junior school and nine primary schools. There are extensive opportunities to work collaboratively with experienced professionals and leaders across the Trust with unparalleled CPD and career development prospects for all.

We are seeking to appoint a committed and effective teacher with excellent subject knowledge and a passion for Design Technology and Engineering to join a high performing team, with the potential for some leadership responsibilities. The Creative Learning team are a hardworking group of strong teachers who work collaboratively to improve learning and outcomes in their subject areas – GCSE results are excellent and recruitment at KS4 is high in this popular and successful subject.

If you are interested in this position and wish to have an informal conversation, please contact Stefan Richards, Head of Creative Learning, via email: srichards@poltair.cornwall.sch.uk

Applications by CV, letter or social media alone will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications:            9.00am, Monday 30th January 2023

Interviews to be held:                        W/c Monday 6th February 2023

Cornwall Education Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers and, if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974