Lead of Design & Technology

Salary: MPS/UPS plus TLR 3E - £3,476 per annum       

Contract: Permanent, full time.            

Start date:  As soon as possible

Place of work:  St Peters School, Huntingdon

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Teaching is the most rewarding job in the world. We have the opportunity to change students’ lives for the better and you could make a positive impact at St Peter’s School. We are a forward thinking and rapidly improving, “good” school that is creating a legacy of learning for our community. Our students Learn, Aspire and Exceed as they work with our highly skilled teaching and associate staff supporting and guiding them.

St Peter’s School is looking to appoint a talented and highly motivated Lead of Design and Technology within the Creative Enterprise Faculty. As an outstanding teacher and experienced leader, you will be able to deliver dynamic lessons that will inspire our learners to succeed. To achieve the best possible outcomes, you will work with the faculty team to develop the quality of teaching and learning of the DT curriculum, engaging with current pedagogical strategies to motivate, engage and support all groups of students, enabling them to be successful, whilst imbedding the Learn, Aspire, Exceed school ethos into the department. We offer the opportunity to teach lessons across the age and ability range from highly aspirational sixth form students getting ready for university to students just starting their secondary school careers.

We are based in Huntingdon, just 12 miles north of Cambridge with its own mainline station connecting with London in less than an hour. St Peter’s school is situated close to an industrial estate with many high-end design and manufacturing companies on our doorstep.

Within the Creative Enterprise Faculty we offer a wide range of Art & DT subjects including Art, Photography & Product Design at GCSE and up to A level and Hospitality & Catering and Graphics at GCSE. We are keen to develop and refine our curriculum in line with staff skills and experience.

The department has a range of traditional and more innovative technology that the students use to develop their products. We have had great success with progression from 6^th form subjects onto Art foundation, University places and apprenticeships and we see this as a key strength to develop in the future.

St Peter’s is part of The Cam Academy Trust which offers students and staff fantastic potential to collaborate, share and develop a wide range of teaching and learning across the schools in the trust. As a family of schools, we support, share and challenge each other to improve the future lives of all our young people. The Creative Enterprise Faculty works closely with the other departments in the trust, sharing resources and supporting each other with any training requirements. St Peter’s prides itself in the professional development available to staff, we have had a number of staff complete a wide range of courses including: NPQ’s, enhancement courses and training with exam board providers as well as in house training.

We are a supportive, hardworking and friendly team of staff with a desire to raise student achievement beyond expectation. We have extensive resources that support teaching and learning and are constantly reflecting on our curriculum to make further improvements. Teamwork is key to everything we do; we work collaboratively together to improve our teaching and the experience every child has in design technology. We are seeking someone who will show their enthusiasm and be able to demonstrate their commitment by contributing to the innovation of pedagogy in our flourishing team.

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