DT Teacher | Highly Regarded School | Leicestershire

CORE PURPOSE We require an innovative, safety-conscious Design & Technology (DT) Teacher to deliver outstanding practical and theoretical instruction across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4, with opportunities to contribute to post-16 specialist pathways. Operating within an ambitious, oversubscribed secondary comprehensive school widely celebrated for its strong academic progress and deep community pride, the successful candidate will facilitate a dynamic, hands-on curriculum spanning Product Design, Timbers, Metals, and Polymers, alongside electronic systems, preparing all pupils thoroughly for exceptional outcomes in terminal GCSE Design and Technology and vocational technical awards. THE SCHOOL Our comprehensive school operates as a proud, community-focused secondary provider dedicated to raising academic standards, celebrating technical innovation, and serving the wider Leicestershire community. The campus features state-of-the-art design studios, heavy-duty workshops equipped with CAD/CAM technology, 3D printers, laser cutters, and a highly collaborative creative arts and technology faculty. Our behaviour management framework relies on strict organizational structures, clear behavioural expectations, and mutual respect, maintaining an exceptionally safe, orderly, and highly purposeful environment where pupils can confidently master complex tools, machinery, and design methodologies. KEY TASKS & DAILY OPERATIONS CAD/CAM & Practical Workshop Instruction: Plan, resource, and deliver high-impact DT lessons across all attainment pathways, balancing theoretical design principles with hands-on material manipulation, orthographic drawing, and 2D/3D computer-aided design software processing. Rigorous H&S Workshop Management: Maintain absolute workshop safety and discipline, teaching pupils the safe, precise operation of band saws, pillar drills, sanders, and hand tools in strict accordance with health and safety legislation and departmental risk assessments. GCSE Non-Exam Assessment (NEA) Optimization: Provide systematic, high-tier guidance to Year 11 cohorts working through their extensive design portfolios and practical prototypes, utilizing data-driven tracking to maximize marks across context analysis, design development, and evaluation sections. Closing Progress & Technical Gaps: Identify and target learning barriers within mixed-ability cohorts, deploying scaffolded logic models, material testing templates, and targeted practical assistance to ensure workshop spaces remain fully inclusive for SEND pupils while stretching high-attaining designers. Inclusive Pastoral Support: Fulfil full form tutor responsibilities within an established year group structure, supporting pupil wellbeing, managing daily registration routines, and maintaining proactive, positive communication with families. PROFILE REQUIREMENTS Qualifications: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or a recognised equivalent teaching credential, paired with a strong honours degree in Product Design, Product Engineering, Three-Dimensional Design, or a closely related technical discipline. Pedagogical Capability: A proven track record or clear capacity to deliver strong progress metrics and high-grade retention in terminal public GCSE specifications and NEA portfolios through structured, explicit, and safety-oriented design pedagogy. Creative & Industry-Facing Ethos: An unwavering commitment to comprehensive education, possessing the technical agility, excellent communication skills, and industrial passion required to connect classroom projects directly to modern engineering and manufacturing disciplines. REGIONAL CONTEXT Advanced Precision Engineering & Motorsport Manufacturing: Based in the East Midlands county of Leicestershire, the school capitalizes on a world-class regional identity built upon advanced precision engineering, high-tech manufacturing, and deep ties to high-performance motorsport supply chains. The county’s proximity to specialised automotive prototyping firms, aeronautical tooling facilities, and elite powertrain development centres provides rich, real-world links for structural materials testing, digital CAD design, and components fabrication, connecting classroom projects directly to vanguard technical and engineering industries across the East Midlands. Connectivity & Infrastructure: The campus benefits from excellent transport infrastructure, offering straightforward road commuting via the central M1 motorway corridor, the M69, the A46, and the A47 dual carriageways. Public transit networks operate seamlessly across the region via comprehensive county bus networks alongside major rail hubs, with Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, and Melton Mowbray railway stations providing regular, high-speed East Midlands Railway and CrossCountry services that link the school efficiently to Nottingham, Derby, and Birmingham New Street. APPLICATION INTAKE Please submit your current CV to begin the application process.