Longfield Academy
Kent, Longfield
Salary: MPS commensurate with experience + London Fringe Allowance
Job type: Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date: November 2024
Apply by: 14 October 2024
Job overview
Longfield Academy is looking for a passionate and innovative Teacher of Design & Technology to join our highly experienced and successful department from November 2024. You will inspire students through engaging, hands-on lessons that explore the exciting fields of design, engineering, and technology. With a focus on practical learning, you'll guide students in using cutting-edge tools and techniques to solve real-world problems, fostering their creativity and critical thinking. If you are committed to inspiring the next generation of designers, engineers, and problem solvers, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity!
We are looking for a dynamic and innovative teacher to join a supportive team that is committed to improving the life chances of young people. Joining Longfield Academy will enable you to work with like-minded colleagues who share your goals and ambitions.
We’re keen to hear from you if you are:
* An excellent teacher, passionate about learning and has strong subject knowledge within the D&T curriculum area.
* Collaborative, building strong professional relationships.
* Able to motivate and inspire students and staff to achieve their full potential.
* Energetic and have a ‘can-do’ attitude.
* Someone who has a measurable impact as an individual teacher and throughout the school.
* Committed to safeguarding and the happiness and well-being of everyone at the school.
If you have a strong background in D&T and are eager to contribute to a forward-thinking academy, we’d love to hear from you!
This is a full-time, fixed-term role offering MPS commensurate with experience.
Working with us: Longfield Academy offers a friendly and supportive working environment with innovation and collaboration at the heart of everything we do. The academy is recognised as an International Baccalaureate (IB) world school and delivers the Middle Years Programme (MYP) to students in years 7 -9. Our most recent inspection in 2018 confirmed that Longfield Academy continues to provide strong educational outcomes for students. The richness of our extracurricular activities allows our students to excel in drama, music, sports, and STEM. Leaders of the academy are highly ambitious for all of the students. We have a strong drive for school improvement underpinned by a relentless focus on the core business of improving teaching and learning. Our pastoral system is truly exceptional and we pride ourselves on the quality of care for every student.
Longfield Academy benefits from modern, state-of-the-art facilities for learning across all subject areas. We have a thorough and robust approach to school improvement, and the academy is well on course to becoming a truly Outstanding school.
Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.
Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics, which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise.
Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. Early applications are encouraged.
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