Teacher of DT
St Edward's School
Oxfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive salary
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 12 April 2024
Job overview
St Edward's Oxford is seeking a passionate and experienced Design Teacher to join a thriving and well-equipped department on a full-time basis.
In this role, you will be responsible for creating innovative course content, facilitating workshops, and mentoring pupils as they apply design thinking principles to their entrepreneurial ventures.
Ideally, you will be able to teach at all levels from ages 13-18, including at both A Level and the International Baccalaureate. Experience of teaching IB is useful but not essential.
There has been significant growth within the Department, with large numbers of pupils electing to follow our Design and Entrepreneurship course. The ability to contribute to this and Sixth Form teaching will be essential.
St Edward’s has its own salary scale and benefits; accommodation in North Oxford may be available.
For further details and to download an application form from the school website please click the apply button.
The deadline for applications is noon on Friday 12 April 2024.
Interviews will take place on Friday 19 April 2024.
Early applications are welcomed.
St Edward’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we aim to create and maintain a safe environment for our pupils, where they feel respected and supported. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to become familiar with our policies and procedures for child protection and security. All staff are required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
St Edward’s School is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on age, race, sex, religion, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic. Please see our Equal Opportunities & Dignity at Work policy on our website for further details.
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About St Edward's School
About St Edward’s
Affectionately known as Teddies, St Edward's School is a co-educational, independent, day and boarding school in Oxford. We have over 800 pupils, almost half of whom are girls, most are boarders (86%), around 20% are London based and 16% fly in from abroad. We have a strong emphasis on academic rigour and also offer an extensive range of sports, arts, clubs and activities.
Renowned for its friendliness, Teddies is an exhilarating community to be part of where we see excellence in academic results and extracurricular achievements and where we work hard to promote staff wellbeing. Staff at St Edward’s also benefit from our rich cultural programme, free gym membership, many invitations to social events, the extensive 100 acres of tranquil grounds, professional arts facilities and the advantage of being only 10 minutes by bus or bicycle to Oxford city centre.
Warden
Alastair Chirnside
Values and vision
St Edward’s aims to lead the sector in co-educational boarding, in educational innovation, in breadth of opportunity and in the wellbeing of pupils and staff. Our community values are integrity, courage and kindness.
ISI report
"The quality of the pupils’ personal development is excellent, reflecting the school’s highly effective emphasis on the welfare and well-being of each individual pupil. The excellent standard of pastoral care is a strength of the school, and the sympathetic and supportive example set by the staff is mirrored in the way pupils behave towards one another."
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