CORE PURPOSE

We require an ambitious, safety-conscious, and intellectually rigorous Design & Technology Teacher to deliver high-quality practical and theoretical instruction across Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, and Key Stage 5. Operating within Bedfordshire’s distinctive three-tier educational framework, the successful candidate will facilitate a challenging, project-based curriculum that deepens spatial reasoning, material properties mastery, and computer-aided design/manufacture (CAD/CAM) proficiency, preparing pupils thoroughly for terminal GCSE, A-Level, and technical pathways.

KEY TASKS & DAILY OPERATIONS

• Curriculum Design & Upper School Instruction: Plan, resource, and deliver highly structured Design & Technology lessons encompassing timbers, polymers, metals, and electronics, tailored to the accelerated mature transition of Year 9 through to Sixth Form cohorts.

• Workshop Leadership & Safety: Coordinate and execute workshop operations with absolute adherence to health and safety standards (BS 4163), ensuring pupils master hand tools, heavy machinery, laser cutters, and 3D printing equipment safely.

• Academic Progress Monitoring: Implement systematic formative and summative portfolio assessment routines, tracking project folders alongside practical outcomes to design targeted interventions that close learning gaps.

• Advanced Examination Preparation: Guide exam cohorts systematically through the demands of terminal GCSE Design & Technology, Level 2 Technical Awards, and A-Level Product Design specifications, balancing strict deadline management for Non-Examined Assessments (NEA) with rigorous theoretical exam prep.

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

ENVIRONMENT & STRUCTURE

• Three-Tier Academy Framework: Operating within an established upper school structure (Years 9–13), our campus benefits from close collaborative links with local middle schools. This structure combines an mature, pre-university campus climate with a robust, data-led approach to student progress and collaborative department planning.

• Behaviour Systems: The campus implements highly consistent, school-wide behaviour routines that maintain a quiet, respectful, and orderly atmosphere, ensuring technical workshops remain calm, predictable, and entirely optimised for safe practical execution.

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

• Qualifications: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or an equivalent recognised teaching credential, paired with a strong honours degree in Design & Technology, Product Design, Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline. Current DATA health and safety certificates are highly desirable.

• Pedagogical Capability: A proven track record or clear capacity to deliver strong progress and high-attainment metrics across GCSE and A-Level NEA folders and written papers through explicit, structured pedagogy.

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

REGIONAL CONTEXT

• Bedfordshire Market Town & Infrastructure Growth: Based in the historic market town of Leighton Buzzard (incorporating Linslade), the school operates within a rapidly growing residential and commercial community in Central Bedfordshire, combining picturesque riverside heritage with close proximity to major South East technological hubs.

• Connectivity: The area offers premier transit infrastructure, providing seamless road commuting via the close A5 trunk road, the A4146 bypass, and quick links to the M1 motorway. Exceptional rail operations run smoothly through Leighton Buzzard railway station, providing frequent, rapid London Northwestern Railway services straight to Milton Keynes Central, Northampton, and London Euston.

APPLICATION INTAKE

Please submit your current CV to begin the application process.