CORE PURPOSE

We require an ambitious, intellectually rigorous Design & Technology (DT) Teacher to deliver high-quality product design, systems, and engineering instruction across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. The role involves facilitating a challenging, industry-linked academic curriculum while leveraging advanced workshop machinery to foster deep technical inquiry, spatial reasoning, and material mastery.

KEY TASKS & DAILY OPERATIONS

• Curriculum Design & Instruction: Plan, resource, and deliver highly structured, evidence-based DT lessons covering material properties, computer-aided design (CAD), and electronic systems.

• Workshop Workshop Leadership: Coordinate and execute safe, engaging practical manufacturing tasks, ensuring pupils master foundational hand tools, timber/polymer processing, and workshop safety protocols.

• Academic Progress Monitoring: Implement rigorous formative and summative assessment routines, utilising pupil tracking data to design sharp, targeted interventions that bridge learning gaps.

• Examination Preparation: Guide Key Stage 4 cohorts systematically through the demands of terminal GCSE Product Design or technical engineering specifications, maximising progress outcomes for all learners.

• Pastoral Care Integration: Undertake full form tutor responsibilities, managing daily registration, monitoring pupil attendance, and delivering the school's structured personal development units.

ENVIRONMENT & STRUCTURE

• University Technical College Framework: Operating within a specialist University Technical College structure, our institution benefits from deep roots in technical education, strong employer partnerships, and specialized engineering facilities designed to accelerate pupil and teacher development.

• Behaviour Systems: The campus implements highly consistent, business-like behaviour routines that maintain a quiet, respectful, and orderly atmosphere, ensuring classrooms and design laboratories remain calm, predictable, and safe environments for complex practical work.

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

• Qualifications: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or an equivalent recognised teaching credential, paired with a strong honours degree in Design & Technology, Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.

• Pedagogical Capability: A proven track record or clear capacity to deliver strong progress outcomes in terminal public examinations and technical awards through explicit, highly engaging instruction.

• Routine Implementation: The ability to execute school behaviour and health and safety policies with absolute consistency, maintaining a positive, highly focused, and strictly disciplined workshop culture.

REGIONAL CONTEXT

• Manufacturing Heritage & Innovation Hub: Based in Coventry, the school operates within a vibrant city famous for its automotive pioneering roots, now thriving as a modern centre for advanced transport engineering, design innovation, and sustainable technology.

• Connectivity: The area offers exceptional West Midlands transit infrastructure, providing efficient commuting options via key regional road networks (A45, A46, and the M6 corridor) alongside rapid rail links running smoothly through Coventry station straight to Birmingham New Street, Leamington Spa, and London Euston.

APPLICATION INTAKE

Please submit your current CV to begin the application process.