Faculty Leader for Technology

Caludon Castle School

TMS/UPS with TLR

“Growing Great Leaders”

Our motivation is that every child can achieve their targets with the right support. If you are dedicated to raising standards and want to make a difference, we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking a creative and enthusiastic Leader to join our Technology Faculty. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced teacher, who will have access to our well-resourced faculty and support from our capable and caring team. Our technology faculty consists of the disciplines of Design Technology, Food Technology, Textiles and Computing. The successful candidate will ideally teach a Technology subject up to A Level, with experience of multiple disciplines in other Key Stages preferred.

We are part of the Castle Phoenix Trust which specialises in leadership development and can offer a comprehensive and exciting leadership package including coaching support.

This is a full time post, starting in September 2024

We are seeking a passionate leader of Technology who will uphold our ethos that ‘there are no great schools without great teachers’ and who will support our much valued team of teachers in their professional learning. The successful candidate will be one of eight faculty leaders at Caludon who contribute to the leadership of the school’s quality of education through our faculty centred leadership model.

Our skilful team of teachers has built an ambitious and impactful contextualised curriculum that engages our learners creativity and sequentially develops their skills. The quality and care that is integral in the curriculum plans leads to high uptake and successful outcomes at GCSE in all disciplines and routinely good uptake at Post 16. Our Technology teachers have embedded robust routines, using oracy and digital technology to enable students to achieve their potential.

‘Pupils live up to the school’s high expectations.’ Ofsted February 2024

Our Technology faculty prioritise the development of cultural capital for our students and work in collaboration with a variety of partners to widen student experiences. These include outside speakers, visits and working in partnership with external agencies such as Broadweavers.

We are delighted to welcome prospective applicants to visit and tour the school. Please contact Stacy Hands to arrange a visit stacy.hands@castlephoenixtrust.org.uk

The successful applicant will:

• Be committed to our ethos of ‘Respect to all, from all’. Have experience of leading a team.    Have an ability to engage, enthuse and motivate students and staff. Be an excellent classroom practitioner with a passion for teaching and learning. Have a record of consistently delivering strong GCSE results across a range of ability levels. Ideally have experience of teaching A level Deliver an inclusive curriculum that inspires and engages students and provides an aspirational and challenging learning experience. Be a committed, highly competent, energised, reflective and resilient individual.
• Possess the skills and determination to make a profound difference to the lives of our students by sharing our belief in the highest standards of academic achievement in an inclusive setting.
• Have the opportunity to develop their leadership skills.

We will play to your strengths and can offer you:

• A range of benefits which include cycle to work, free parking, an employee discount scheme, a laptop/iPad and access to the on-site swimming pool.
• A strong commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition.
• Annual Learning & Teaching Conference for all Teaching Staff.

We are proud to be part of Castle Phoenix Trust. This facilitates an opportunity to play to your strengths and provide excellent collaboration between colleagues and leaders, access to effective CPD and the chance to develop professionally.  The Trust is committed to invest in and develop all staff and, most importantly, bring about the best possible outcomes for our students who deserve the very best.  Our Trust values are really important to all of us and include Respect to All, From All, Innovation and Collaboration.

Application deadline: 09.00am on Tuesday 21 May 2024

Interviews: Thursday 23 May 2024

 If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date for applications, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. 

Please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2023.

These posts are exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).  The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.