Design Technology Teacher

The Job: Pleckgate High School seek to appoint a Design Technology Teacher to join the school from September 2026. We would welcome full time and part time applications. What does this job do? To deliver engaging design and technology lessons across both key stages within hospitality and catering or product design. Plan and teach a broad design and technology curriculum to help pupils to develop practical knowledge and skills. To lead practical sessions for pupils in well resourced workspaces allowing pupils to design and make products. To work with the department in offering a range of extra curricular activities for pupils involving design and technology.   What are the job requirements? Qualified to degree level in a Technology based subject or adequate post degree conversion course. Qualified teacher status. Ability to deliver high-quality lessons in Technology to pupils of all ages and abilities. Experience of teaching Technology throughout the Key Stages and securing good outcomes. Knowledge of requirements of the Technology Curriculum and developments and initiatives relating to the subject and its implications for pupils.   About Pleckgate High School: We are a large secondary school, part of the Education Partnership Trust (EPT), situated on the northern outskirts of Blackburn. Our school community is made up of 1350 students and 180 staff with excellent facilities to benefit both the school and local community. Pleckgate High School is a thriving multicultural community that places the best interests of young people at the heart of everything we do.   We are an ambitious school with high expectations for ourselves and our pupils. We are committed to providing excellent teaching and learning and we want all our pupils to be safe, happy and successful. In our Ofsted report in June 2024, our school was described as offering a “harmonious and supportive environment. Pupils learn the importance of being kind and respectful towards others”. Every pupil at Pleckgate is encouraged to have ambitious goals and to work hard. A copy of our full report is available from the school website.   We are proud of our achievements – our ambitious curriculum, our examination success, opportunities for pupils' personal development, our charity work and our community involvement. We are significantly oversubscribed and pupils achieve positive outcomes at Pleckgate.   We are significantly oversubscribed and pupils achieve positive outcomes at Pleckgate. We are proud of how staff support pupils in achieving success both academically and through sport.   As a staff member of Pleckgate High School, you will be able to take advantage of the staff benefits, available through the EPT, which includes access to both the Simply Health and Discount for Teachers schemes. We also have an Associate member of our Senior Leadership Team whose role is to work with our staff on sta