CORE PURPOSE

We require an innovative, safety-conscious Design & Technology (DT) Teacher to deliver outstanding practical and theoretical instruction across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4, with opportunities to contribute to post-16 specialist pathways. Operating within an ambitious, oversubscribed secondary comprehensive school widely celebrated for its strong academic progress and deep community pride, the successful candidate will facilitate a dynamic, hands-on curriculum spanning Product Design, Timbers, Metals, and Polymers, alongside electronic systems, preparing all pupils thoroughly for exceptional outcomes in terminal GCSE Design and Technology and vocational technical awards.

THE SCHOOL

Our comprehensive school operates as a proud, community-focused secondary provider dedicated to raising academic standards, celebrating technical innovation, and serving the wider Northamptonshire community. The campus features state-of-the-art design studios, heavy-duty workshops equipped with CAD/CAM technology, 3D printers, laser cutters, and a highly collaborative creative arts and technology faculty. Our behaviour management framework relies on strict organizational structures, clear behavioural expectations, and mutual respect, maintaining an exceptionally safe, orderly, and highly purposeful environment where pupils can confidently master complex tools, machinery, and design methodologies.

KEY TASKS & DAILY OPERATIONS

• CAD/CAM & Practical Workshop Instruction: Plan, resource, and deliver high-impact DT lessons across all attainment pathways, balancing theoretical design principles with hands-on material manipulation, orthographic drawing, and 2D/3D computer-aided design software processing.

• Rigorous H&S Workshop Management: Maintain absolute workshop safety and discipline, teaching pupils the safe, precise operation of band saws, pillar drills, sanders, and hand tools in strict accordance with health and safety legislation and departmental risk assessments.

• GCSE Non-Exam Assessment (NEA) Optimization: Provide systematic, high-tier guidance to Year 11 cohorts working through their extensive design portfolios and practical prototypes, utilizing data-driven tracking to maximize marks across context analysis, design development, and evaluation sections.

• Closing Progress & Technical Gaps: Identify and target learning barriers within mixed-ability cohorts, deploying scaffolded logic models, material testing templates, and targeted practical assistance to ensure workshop spaces remain fully inclusive for SEND pupils while stretching high-attaining designers.

• Inclusive Pastoral Support: Fulfill full form tutor responsibilities within an established year group structure, supporting pupil wellbeing, managing daily registration routines, and maintaining proactive, positive communication with families.

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

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

• Pedagogical Capability: A proven track record or clear capacity to deliver strong progress metrics and high-grade retention in terminal public GCSE specifications and NEA portfolios through structured, explicit, and safety-oriented design pedagogy.

• Creative & Industry-Facing Ethos: An unwavering commitment to comprehensive education, possessing the technical agility, excellent communication skills, and industrial passion required to connect classroom projects directly to modern engineering and manufacturing disciplines.

REGIONAL CONTEXT

• The High-Performance Motorsport and Logistics Corridor: Based in the thriving county town of Northampton, the school capitalizes on a world-class regional identity built upon rapid commercial growth, advanced technical logistics, and its position at the heart of the UK's "Motorsport Valley." The town’s immediate proximity to elite automotive engineering headquarters, precision manufacturing plants, and high-tech research facilities provides rich, real-world links for material science, aerodynamic prototyping, and CAD structural modules, connecting classroom design and technology theory directly to vanguard transport, manufacturing, and engineering career pathways across the East Midlands.

• Connectivity & Infrastructure: The campus benefits from premium Midlands transport infrastructure, offering straightforward road commuting via the M1 motorway (Junctions 15, 15A, and 16), the A45, and the A43 dual carriageways. Public transit networks operate flawlessly across the metropolitan area, utilizing comprehensive West and North Northamptonshire bus networks alongside Northampton railway station, which provides frequent, high-speed West Midlands Railway and Avanti West Coast rail services connecting the school effortlessly to Milton Keynes, Rugby, Coventry, Birmingham New Street, and London Euston.

APPLICATION INTAKE

Please submit your current CV to begin the application process.