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Technician

St Matthew Academy

Lewisham

  • £28,678 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
Scale 3 Point 7
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 September 2025
Apply by:
3 November 2025

Job overview

Role: Technician
Required: September 2025
Contract/Duration: Permanent Term Time only, (39 Weeks)
Hours: 36 hours per week
Salary: Scale 3, Point 7 Spinal £28,678– £29,879 per annum (Prorated £25,080 – £25,256)
Location: London Borough of Lewisham, London

Main Purpose
Thank you for your interest in applying for the role of Technician at St Matthew Academy. You can find our April 2025 Outstanding Ofsted Report here - https://www.stmatthewacademy.co.uk/
At St Matthew Academy, pupils develop a rich body of knowledge and achieve very highly. As a result, pupils are extremely well prepared for the next stage of their education. Pupils are committed to their learning and take pride in their work. Pupils have highly positive attitudes and behave well in lessons.
Are you a passionate, exceptional practitioner looking for a new challenge? Do you want to join an academy with exemplary behaviour, allowing you to focus on celebrating the success of the whole school? Do you want to be part of a dynamic team in exceptional all through academy that is dedicated to providing an exemplary educational experience to all its pupils? If so, then we have the perfect opportunity for you!
Our School
Pupils receive an exceptional education. This starts in early years, where strong foundations are built, and continues through to the primary and secondary phases. The school takes a nurturing and caring approach, which leads to pupils feeling and being safe and secure.
Pupils benefit from an exceptional enrichment offer. The school provides numerous, varied opportunities to nurture, develop, and stretch pupil’s talents and interests. The school places a high priority on making sure pupils develop a love of reading.
Staff have consistently high expectations of pupils’ behaviour and conduct. Pupils behave very well in all phases of their education. Staff benefit from high quality professional development, which enables them to continually improve their teaching. Leadership and management are exceptional.
We are heavily oversubscribed all through Academy, with 1072 pupils and we are on our way to becoming a leading educational establishment as we continue to flourish within the St Benedict Catholic Academy Trust. We have been operating to an exemplary level and are committed to providing our pupils with the best possible education. The academy virtues of: Integrity, Courage and Service are the heartbeat of our school, which enables all of our staff and pupils to thrive.
The main purpose of the job will be as follows:
The Design and Technology Technician is required to take on a varied support role including supporting across the full range of subjects offered.

Personal Duties
• To assist with the setting up of Technology resources across the Department (Resistant Materials, Textiles, Food Technology and Art), as required.
• Preparing apparatus, materials and solutions and setting up equipment and apparatus for use in practical classes and / or examinations / assessments across the department.
• To support teachers across the Department during classes and clubs, both during and after the school day.
• To ensure all rooms after lessons are clean and tidy and ready for the next lesson.
• To assist the Head of Department with maintaining material stocks for the department, ensuring forthcoming pupil needs are met.
• To assist with the update of the equipment stock list register, and ensure that all equipment is maintained and serviced on a timely basis
• To continuously develop your own practice, taking responsibility for identifying and addressing your own training and development needs.
• In carrying out the tasks in this job description you have a duty (under Health & Safety legislation) to take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and that of others. This implies taking positive steps to monitor and maintain a safe and secure working environment. It is expected that whilst maintaining an effective and efficient working environment you comply with safety rules and procedures and to ensure that nothing you do, or fail to do, puts yourself or others at risk. This includes contributing to a safe and secure environment for pupils.
Other Duties
• To support staff in other areas to ensure the work load across all technicians and all times is evenly distributed.
• To undertake other duties consistent with the scope of the post and within the competence of the post holder as required.
St Matthew Academy is a diverse, vibrant Catholic all-through academy for girls and boys aged 4 to 16, where there are high expectations for everyone in our community.
At St Matthew Academy our school motto is ‘let your light shine’ and we ensure that we live this vision every day at the academy by encouraging, promoting and celebrating success with all of our pupils in everything that they do. Our academy is situated between Blackheath and Lewisham in South East London, benefiting from excellent public transport and road links to all parts of London and Kent. Our magnificent buildings offer state of the art resources and the latest technology. Our primary and secondary phases are situated on one site allowing a truly unique all through setting with opportunities for transition, collegiate working and subject development.

We offer:
• Fantastic pupils with enormous potential.
• Staff who are supportive to each other and enjoy working collaboratively.
• Personalised programme of professional development and coaching for all staff.
• A modern building, in a delightful setting and excellent resources.
• Excellent public transport and road links across London and Kent.
• Fully equipped gym and fitness suite, Season Ticket Loan, Cycle-to-work scheme, Tech Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme.
• A strong commitment to staff well-being.

We value the importance of diversity in our community and the significance of having staff that are representative of the children we teach. We particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates as these groups are currently under represented within the Academy.
Our Academy culture is driven by our virtues: Courage, Integrity and Service, as we believe these behaviours are at the core of delivering an exceptional educational experience for the young people who attend SMA.
















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About St Matthew Academy

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  • St Matthew Academy
  • St. Joseph's Vale, Blackheath
  • London
  • SE3 0XX
  • United Kingdom

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At St Matthew Academy, we pride ourselves on our diverse, vibrant, Catholic all-through nature. The school has a successful history of providing an excellent education for young people aged 4 to 16, through an environment which stimulates intellectual learning and growth, which promotes excellence.

Our motto; ‘Let Your Light Shine’ is taken from St Matthew’s Gospel and captures our belief in the unique quality and ability of every individual. Our aim is to ensure that the talents and strengths of every young person is nurtured, encouraged, developed and celebrated.

Our position as an all-through academy across one site offers many opportunities to boost academic and personal development for all pupils and a shared ethos supports all of our learners with high expectations and consistent pastoral care. Primary and secondary phase’s works together to track every pupil’s progress throughout their time with us, enabling us to ensure pupils are provided with a smooth transition at every stage of their St Matthew Academy career. The all through setting benefits all; allowing primary pupils access to secondary specialisms, resources and facilities, secondary pupils are offered mentor and leadership roles with younger peers and staff are provided with greater possibilities for professional development and learning.

STAFF REWARDS & BENEFITS

Staff Training & Professional Development

We believe that training and professional development for staff is of paramount importance, and we devote considerable time and energy to it. We offer a range of different training options designed to ensure that training is fully personalised to the individual member of staff.

Cycle-to-Work Scheme

The Academy participates in a cycle-to-work scheme to provide financial assistance to staff who wish to purchase a new bicycle and accessories. Staff choose a bike from a selection at over 2,000 retailers nationwide, hire it for an agreed length of time, then snap it up for a fraction of it's original value. Staff can save 25-39% and there is nothing to pay upfront. The payments are taken tax efficiently from the staff member’s salary over 12 months at which point Cyclescheme will contact the staff member regarding ownership options at the end of the Hire Agreement.

Annual Season Ticket Loans

Staff members can apply for an annual season ticket loan where the cost of the season ticket is spread over 10 monthly payments, interest free.

Employee Assistance Programme

Health Assured provides our staff with a confidential 24 hour support line to discuss issues relating to family, financial, stress and anxiety etc.

Tech Scheme

Techscheme lets you get the latest technology through your employer, choosing from a range of over 5000 products available from the Apple store or Currys PC World. Staff can spread the cost with payments from their salary across 12, 24 or 36 months and make National Insurance savings of up to 12%. Best of all - the staff member will own the products from the beginning and there’s no end of hire fee.

Health & Wellbeing

As part of our commitment to maintaining health and safety, and ensuring that reasonable adjustments are made for those that require it, new staff are invited to complete a health questionnaire before beginning their employment. The Academy also subscribes to an Occupational Health Referral scheme for existing staff members.

Use of Academy Gym

The Academy gym is available for staff to use after school free of charge. Induction sessions are conducted by a member of the PE team.

Annual Salaries

We offer competitive salaries for both Teaching and Support staff, (Inner London Weighting) including recruitment and retention allowances, in some cases.

Catering Facilities

Our catering facilities and canteen menus are designed to reflect all tastes and cultures. The Academy supports the Change 4 Life Healthy Lifestyle Campaign. Breakfast is available for staff to purchase in the mornings.

Rewards for 100% Attendance

We really value your commitment to each working day and as a token of this, each term, every staff member who achieves 100% attendance will be rewarded with a gift.

Pension Scheme Contributions

The Teachers Pension Scheme and the Local Government Pension Scheme are available for teaching and support staff respectively.  Both are generous final salary schemes and staff are enrolled automatically but have the option to opt out.  Contributions vary dependent on the employee’s income level.

Social Events

Staff social events are organised during the year, to ensure that staff members get the opportunity to unwind and enjoy a well-deserved break from work.

We welcome visits to the Academy prior to application. To arrange, please contact Jane Stephenson, HR Manager via HR@stmatthewacademy.co.uk.

You can also visit www.stmatthewacademy.co.uk for more information or follow us on Twitter via  www.twitter.com/StMattAcad.

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