Job Description

Salary:

TMS/UPS

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Start date:

01/09/25

Apply by:

7 May 2025

Job overview

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TEACHER OF DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (TMS/UPS) ECT's Welcome

September 2025

The Governors at St. Paul's Catholic School have an exciting

opportunity

to recruit a

Teacher of Design and Technology.

The person appointed will be an excellent teacher able to teach a number of D&T subjects at KS3, and Product Design/Engineering to GCSE level. They will enthuse pupils with a love of the subject. The ability or aspiration to teach A Level would be desirable.


The Design and Technology department and St Paul's is a key, thriving and growing area of our school. It boasts a wide range of resources, including state-of-the-art equipment and machinery. We are proud to have a dedicated 3D printing suite, frequently used in student projects from KS3 to KS5, enabling students to bring their innovative ideas to life.


Our experienced and enthusiastic team of teachers is committed to delivering excellence in Design and Technology education. We are thrilled to share that we have recently become an OCR Ambassador Centre, a testament to our ongoing collaboration with exam boards and our excellence in delivering D&T qualifications.


Our department is supported by two superb technicians and housed in two fully equipped D&T blocks with spacious classrooms and storage spaces, providing an ideal environment for both teaching and learning.


At St Paul's Design and Technology is a core subject for all students from Year 7 to Year 11, reflecting its importance in our unique curriculum model. Students love Design and Technology and see the value of the subject and its impact on their lives. We believe in sharing best practices and have a strong history of working with other schools to promote excellence in Design and Technology education.


We frequently attend Design and Technology forums held by the Design and Technology Association and exam boards, ensuring we have a voice in the positive movement forward of DT and its delivery in schools.


St. Paul's is a growing and successful Catholic school which continues to celebrate and promote Science through our previous college status. Our commitment to excellent teaching and learning can be demonstrated through bespoke and high quality CPD opportunities.


All staff members are committed to the care and success of pupils and working in a setting where values of forgiveness, concern for others and respect are shared as the core values of St. Paul's regardless of faith.


For further details and an application form please visit the school website www.st-pauls.org.uk, e-mail enquiries@st-pauls.org.uk or call 01908 669735
Closing date for applications Wednesday 7th May 2025 at 9.00am


We will review applications on receipt. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before closing date and reserve the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.


St. Paul's Catholic School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All references will be requested and Online Searches prior to interview. The successful candidate will be subject to satisfactory Enhanced DBS Check.

About

St Paul's Catholic School

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St Paul's Catholic School

Phoenix Drive, Leadenhall, Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK6 5EN
United Kingdom

+44 1908 669735

About St Paul's Catholic School:

St Paul's is a thriving, mixed 11-19 comprehensive school with specialist training status. We have over 1800 pupils and are voluntary aided. Our Emmaus Student Support Department supports a range of difficulties from specific learning difficulties to moderate learning difficulties, physical difficulties and behaviour. We also have three specialist provisions for those with a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder, vision impairment or hearing loss.



With the Local Authority we run The Emmanuel Centre, a purpose-built facility for pupils with ASC who are academically able to access a mainstream curriculum but find the environment of a mainstream school challenging. We are the only Catholic secondary school in Milton Keynes and, with over 60 native languages spoken at St Paul's, it's true to say that we are a very diverse and inclusive community. Our curriculum provides a holistic education in which we enable children to develop their personal gifts and talents, their spiritual, social, moral and emotional understanding of the world, as well as their academic knowledge and skills.

Headteacher:

Mrs Jo-Anne Hoarty

Values and vision:

Our school motto, Ministerium Tuum Imple translates as Love, Serve, Do the best that is possible. All members of our community try their very best to follow Christ's example and through the lens of Catholic Social Teaching, we educate children on how they can use their faith to guide their interactions and decisions. St Paul's is a community of opportunities where staff and pupils are supported to use their talents and gifts and encouraged to develop new ones.

Ofsted

Leaders are effective because they have taken the right steps to improve the school. They show clear leadership and are well supported by staff. Governors have made significant changes to the way they work. As a result, they are very knowledgeable about the school so they successfully challenge leaders and hold them to account well. Teaching is good across all key stages because staff are committed to continually improving their practice.



View St Paul's Catholic School's Ofsted report