Teacher of Design and Technology

Design and Technology Teacher

We are recruiting a Design and Technology teacher on behalf of a leading large multi-academy trust for one of their academies based in Merton. This will be a maternity cover from January 2025.As a Design and Technology Teacher you will be responsible for the below.

• To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students and to support a designated curriculum area as appropriate.

To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students as a teacher/form tutor

To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential

To contribute to raising standards of student attainment

To share and support the academy's responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth

• Your main areas of responsibility will fall under the areas of:

Lesson planning, developing resources and syllabuses, and contributing to the departmental plan

Curriculum planning

Continuing professional development and engaging fully in the Performance Management Review process

Contributing to the process of monitoring and evaluating the subject area

Maintaining appropriate records and tracking student progress

Communications with students, parents and other stakeholders

Pastoral system (including being a form tutor to a selected group of students)

The successful candidate will:

Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree

Have successful teaching experience at secondary level (can be teaching practice), ideally including experience in multi-ethnic urban schools and of working in an 11-18 school

Have knowledge of National Curriculum requirements at KS3 and KS4, and of writing lesson plans, developing resources and assessing students' work

Be able to work as part of a team and to develop and maintain positive relationships with all staff

Have a good level of ICT skills, ideally including innovative use of interactive white boards

Be able to create a motivating and safe learning environment for all students

Be able to communicate positively with parents, carers and other external agencies where necessary

Have good written and spoken communication skills

Be able to motivate students and raise their aspirations through a range of strategies.

If you or anyone you know have the relevant experience and are interested in the role, please email your updated CV to

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