Teacher of Food Technology or Technology related subject
Kingsbury School
Warwickshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- TMS/UPS– plus additional £1000 pa (2-year scholarship) for a suitable candidate
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2024
- Apply by:
- 14 May 2024
Job overview
Teacher of Food Technology or Technology related subject
Kingsbury School
TMS/UPS– plus additional £1000 pa (2-year scholarship) for a suitable candidate
Permanent
Required for September 2024
Full or part time application are welcomed
Our motivation is that every child can achieve their targets with the right support. If you are dedicated to raising standards and want to make a difference, we would love to hear from you.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated professional to join our Technology team at a school where staff share best practice so that our standard of teaching and support is both high quality and continually developing.
This position would suit a professional at any stage of their teaching career, including newly qualified teachers. We would welcome applications for Food Technology, Hospitality and Catering or any other related Technology subject, including Computer Science, IT and iMedia.
Our Technology team is committed to delivering high quality learning and teaching provision and offering tailored enrichment experiences, thereby raising standards and giving students exceptional life chances. We are seeking professionals who will contribute to improving outcomes in this faculty.
The successful applicant will:
• Be a dynamic and innovative teacher with a passion for learning and teaching and a desire to ensure that the quality of education and learning is great.
• Be an aspirational teacher with a desire to achieve the very best outcomes for our students.
• Be able to teach Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 Food Technology/Hospitality and Catering or related subjects such as Graphics, Engineering or Photography or any Technology subject, including Computer Science, iMedia or IT.
• Be willing to contribute to learning and teaching developments in the faculty.
• Deliver a curriculum that inspires and engages students and provides an aspirational and challenging learning experience.
• Be a committed, highly competent, energised, reflective and resilient individual.
• Possess the skills and determination to make a profound difference to the lives of our students by sharing our belief in the highest standards of academic achievement in an inclusive setting.
We will play to your strengths and can offer you:
• A programme of training and development for the next stage in your career;
• Well-resourced classrooms and equipment, all staff have an iPad. We are passionate about embedding and making best use of technology within our lessons to enhance our curriculum delivery;
• The opportunity to work within a supportive team of diligent and excellent teachers who have a wealth of expertise and experience and where innovation is fostered through faculty centred leadership;
• A range of benefits which includes cycle to work, free parking, an employee discount scheme, provision of an iPad, a commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition initiatives through the Trust’s people strategy and well-being committee;
• A strong and effective admin team to enable you to concentrate on your teaching.
• Annual Learning & Teaching Conference for all Teaching Staff.
Kingsbury has a great deal to be proud of, it is the kind of place people want to work with a meaningful focus on student outcomes and a desire to continuously improve. We are passionate about offering a climate and culture within which all colleagues thrive.
Our Trust specialises in ‘leadership’. Leadership development underpins all our work. We consciously develop leadership capacity at every level, building self -awareness, confidence, and initiative.
• 2-year funded scholarship
• Access to a professional coach or mentor
• Access to a guided programme of leadership training
• The offer of leadership profiling
• Implementing a leadership challenge project
• Participating in a leadership residency in one of our Trust schools
• Provision of an iPad and associated creative learning training
Visits and applications:
Martin Clarke, Headteacher, would be delighted to meet you and talk about the opportunity, please email Felicity Biddle to book a visit.
Closing Date: 9.00am Tuesday 14 May 2024
Interviews: Friday 17 May 2024
If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date for applications, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.
Please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2022.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.
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About Kingsbury School
- Kingsbury School
- Tamworth Road, Kingsbury, Tamworth
- Staffordshire
- B78 2LF
- United Kingdom
20 minutes by car from Birmingham and just off the M42, located in a semi-rural location with on site parking - have you considered Kingsbury School for your next career move? Combine the benefits of working at a smaller secondary school with the ease of commuting.
We are a high performing and popular school with specialist status located close to the M42 and M6, within easy reach of Birmingham, Staffordshire, South Derbyshire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
About Kingsbury School
LEADERSHIP TEAM AND GOVERNORS
Headteacher:
- Mr M Clarke
Deputy Headteachers:
- Mrs K Williams
- Mrs M Carrick
Assistant Headteachers:
- Mr C Collis
- Mrs H Hurley
- Mrs L Newman
Associate Assistant Headteachers:
- Mr K Wideman
- Mrs K Moores
- Mrs C Atkins
Chair of Governors
- Mrs H Hewlett
OUR CORE PURPOSE
Enthuse | Aspire | Achieve
OUR VISION
- Ensuring that our students feel valued, cared for, encouraged and equipped for learning.
- Committed to the pursuit of excellence, delivering achievement for all and celebrating the successes of our students.
- Extending the boundaries of learning by providing a rich and innovative curriculum
- Creating aspirational learners and young leaders who embrace challenge and demonstrate resilience.
- Providing a safe, high quality and positive learning environment with a commitment to home-school partnership and good communication.
- Ensuring that our students feel valued, cared for, encouraged and equipped.
OUR CORE VALUES:
Respect
We show respect by listening and cooperating with others, seeking to understand their point of view. Respect is treating others as we would wish to be treated ourselves. This includes:
· Listening to others’ speak
· Using good manners
· Being considerate of others’ feelings
· Showing tolerance of others’ beliefs
· Being thankful
· Looking after our environment and community
Kindness
We show kindness by being friendly and considerate. This includes:
· Understanding other people
· Being sympathetic
· Helping other people
· Making others’ feel welcome
· Saying nice things
Honesty
We show honesty by being truthful and sincere.
This includes:
· Doing the right thing
· Being trustworthy
· Thinking before you speak
· Having good intentions
· Admitting your mistakes
Ambition
We show ambition by being determined to succeed. This includes:
· Never giving up
· Trying hard in lessons
· Having goals
· Asking questions
· Being hardworking and resilient
· Overcoming difficulties
Pride
We show pride by celebrating our achievements and who we are.
This includes:
· Achieving our goals
· Wearing the school uniform correctly
· Focusing on the quality of your work
· Volunteering and attending school events and activities
· Looking after our environment
· Being confident
These values are displayed in our school. We aim to instil and re-affirm with students attending Kingsbury School our commitment to the above, helping them to blossom into young adults ready to play an active, positive role in society.
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