Teacher of Product Design (full or part-time)

Teacher of Product Design

(full or part-time)

SALARY: MPS/UPS (Inner London)

COMMENCEMENT: September 2024

We are looking for an excellent teacher of Product Design to join our Engineering department. This is a fantastic opportunity for a strong class practitioner to work in an excellent school, where student behaviour and appetite for learning is exceptional.

Brook 6th Form & Academy is a is a small STEM school of KS4 and KS5 students, housed in an impressive new building in Barking and Dagenham, part of the Business and Science Park, which is soon to be joined by the exciting new Eastbrook film studio complex. The school has excellent transport links, with Dagenham East tube station a short walk away.

The school has been on a journey of improvement and is now an excellent provision with a stable staff of subject specialists. Students study predominantly STEM subjects, with the recent introduction of Media. The school has excellent levels of attendance, with a focused and aspirational student body.

Brook 6th Form & Academy is well resourced with new science laboratories and extensive engineering workshop facilities that enable staff to deliver Quality First teaching to our students through practical activities, as well as traditional classroom based pedagogy. We are now embarking on the next phrase of our development with the introduction of the T- Level in Media Production and the T-Level in Engineering in KS5, and the building of a Mechatronics workshop and state of the art Media Suite. This is an exciting time to be joining the school, with its traditional STEM based subjects moving to excellent, and the broadening of the curriculum to include Media in response to local employment needs.

This is an opportunity for a hard-working professional to work with students who are passionate about STEM and Media subjects. Students complete GCSE Engineering in KS4, and BTEC and T-Level Engineering in KS5. You will be working a supportive and nurturing culture that sets high expectations of educational outcomes whilst supporting students to fulfil their academic potential and achieve their goals of a STEM or Media destination.

We offer:

• A small friendly school, in a well-resourced, relatively new building
• An exciting and inspiring way of working
• Working with classes that are small, calm and focused 
• Motivated and enthusiastic students who are keen to learn
• Supportive team approach to working
• Professional development for all staff

The successful applicant will be an excellent teacher of Design Technology who is able to deliver Engineering units to KS4 and KS5 students.

To apply

Please return your completed application form by email to: e.seiliute@brooksixthform.com

CVs will not be accepted.

Pre-employment checks

Confirmation of appointment is conditional upon a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and occupational health check.

References

Confirmation of appointment is also subject to the receipt of two satisfactory references.

Salary

Main pay scale/upper pay scale (Inner London)

Commencement

September 2024. Part-time hours are negotiable.

Closing date for applications: 12 noon, Tuesday 7th May 2024

Interviews: Thursday 9th May 2024

Visits and informal discussions

If you would like to have an informal discussion about the post, in the first instance please contact the Principal, Kim Donovan kdm@brooksixthform.com or telephone 0203 773 4670.

Brook 6th Form & Academy is a Partnership Learning. Partnership Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced criminal record check via the DBS will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a comprehensive screening process, including a disclosure check, will be undertaken on all applicants.

Please note if you have not been invited in for interview by the interview date on this occasion your application will have been unsuccessful.