Teacher of Design & Technology (Product Design & Engineering Specialist)

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Stourbridge; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multi-academy trust is seeking an enthusiastic Design Technology Teacher to join a dynamic team at Kinver High School. Ideal candidates will have a passion for teaching and a commitment to inspiring students in creative industries. The role offers a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development and a focus on student-centered values.

Qualifications

• Experience in teaching Product Design and Engineering.
• Strong knowledge of current industry practices.

Responsibilities

• Teach Design Technology to A-Level.
• Inspire students to pursue careers in STEM.

Skills

Design Thinking

STEM Education

Collaboration

Education

Qualified Teacher Status

Degree in Product Design

Job description

To start September 2025

Permanent, Full Time

MPS/UPS£31,650 - £49,084

About Us

We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands.

Kinver High School is seeking to appoint an inspirational and ambitious Design Technology Teacher to join our ‘warm and welcoming school’ where ‘pupils behave well in lessons’ and ‘are polite and courteous’ (Ofsted Dec 21).

The ideal candidate will share our student-centered values and be an engaging and proactive teacher with a passion for lifelong learning. You must firmly believe and be driven to ensure that every student regardless of starting point, can achieve success, enjoy school, and be engaged with wider school life, to become the best that they can be.

You should be an outstanding classroom practitioner with either the ability and experience to teach through to A-Level, or the desire to one day do so. Kinver High School achieves above national outcomes at KS4 and has an ALPs score of a 2. The successful candidate will build on current developments within the school, Trust and nationally, to continue to improve outcomes and raise aspirations for all students.

The Design Technology department is well resourced and highly regarded by our students, parents and carers. At KS4 all students select a creative option as one of their four choices and our outcomes in Food Technology, DT and Engineering are consistently strong. We are also proud to be officially affiliated as the first Formula One Academy in the Midlands and equally proud of our student’s achievement and track record of success at a both at regional and national level. We have invested heavily in this area and now have new dedicated CNC milling machine, wind tunnel, 25 metre track, 3D printer on which students use professional CAD packages, to develop and test their F1 prototype cars. We believe that these are the unique and elite experiences that make sure that students from Kinver stand out from the crowd and are keen to hear from likeminded teachers who share our vision.

We are seeking a dynamic and forward-thinking Design and Technology Teacher with a specialism in Product Design and Engineering to join our thriving DT department. This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated educator who can bring energy, expertise, and enthusiasm into the workshop and classroom.

What We’re Looking For:

• A qualified teacher (QTS or equivalent) with a background in Product Design and Engineering
• Strong knowledge of current industry practices, design thinking, and emerging technologies
• A commitment to high standards of teaching, learning, and student achievement
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to inspire young people to pursue careers in STEM and creative industries

We are a highly successful and increasingly popular oversubscribed 11-18 comprehensive school of just over 800 students, situated in the picturesque village location of Kinver on the western fringe of the West Midlands. The school has undergone rapid growth in recent years due to its popularity, moving form a 4-form entry in Year 7 to 6-form entry. The school operates its own designated school coach transport service, which means that our intake spans 5 local authorities and our parents and students choose to come to us, making Kinver the non-selective ‘selective’ school.

We are sure that once you visit us and meet our students, you’ll find that we are the school for you and your career journey, our CPD through school and in partnership with Invictus is exemplary.

We would strongly encourage you to get in touch and arrange a visit. We want the very best teachers for our students and look forward finding out if you are that person.

For an informal discussion about either the school, the post, or to organise a visit, please contact Tyler Brooks, HR Support Officer, via [e-mail]

Closing date:Tuesday 20th May at 9am

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Interviews date:To be confirmed

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, as a part of our recruitment process, we will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to identify any comment, image or other content that could cause reputational damage to the trust and/or give rise to a safeguarding concern. If we discover anything during our searches this will be passed onto the recruitment manager and discussed during interview.

We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2024 –KCSIE 2024

This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020).This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.

Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide

As a Trust we are committed to ensuring that throughout our recruitment and selection process, no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.