Thank you for your interest in the currently advertised position of Specialist Technician at North Huddersfield Trust School. 

We are looking to appoint full time Specialist Technicians in each of the following areas:  Science, Physical Education, Expressive & Performing Arts (including Art).

Please indicate in your letter of application which role you are interested in applying for.  If you are interested in more than one of the roles then please make this clear on your application.

The school opened in 2011 and has almost trebled in size since then.  This academic year, we have over 986 students on roll including oversubscribed intakes of 210 in each of Years 7, 8 and 9.  We were inspected by OFSTED in May 2022 which confirmed our status as a good school, describing ‘a welcoming and vibrant atmosphere’ where ‘the diversity of the school and community is celebrated’.  It also confirms the curriculum ‘sequences what pupils need to learn’ and is designed ‘to enhance pupils’ cultural capital and understanding of the world’.  As a school that is fully committed to inclusion, the report highlights that ‘pupils are calm and patient’ and that ‘staff help to build and manage positive relationships’. 

We are at an extremely exciting phase of our development led by a supportive and proactive senior and middle leadership and a dedicated team of Lead Practitioners that help colleagues develop research informed best practice tailored to meet the needs of our students.   We have a healthy mixture of staff who are relatively new to the school and many who have worked here for a much longer period of time.  In the last three years, the curriculum has been completely overhauled and the way it is delivered reformed and refined, so that it matches the ambition we hold for every student.  We have an established Student Parliament which is an integral element of our leadership programme designed to give a voice and an influence to the people we believe will shape and transform society.

As Headteacher since May 2019, I am in the privileged position of leading the school in its quest to provide a safe and happy environment in which our students thrive.  Recruiting staff with the potential to make a significant contribution to this is crucial.  

Please take the time to read the contents of this pack carefully and to look at our website which provides lots of information about the school, its values, links and identity.  

I hope that, having read through all the available information, you are keen to submit an application and look forward to receiving it.    

Thank you again for your interest in the position and, should you choose to make an application, I wish you the best of luck.  

Andrew Fell

Headteacher