Overview
Gunnersbury Catholic School is seeking to appoint a highly talented and ambitious Head of Design and Technology at our Outstanding School. This post provides a fantastic opportunity for an aspiring Design and Technology Teacher to receive the very best coaching and experience in their leadership journey. As a department design and technology has been integral to Gunnersbury year on year achieving extraordinary outcomes for our students. An environment as ours, can enable you to become the very best design and technology teacher and a highly successful school leader.
The Role
Our leaders are integral to Gunnersbury’s success through their oversight of superb teaching. Outstanding achievement is enabled for all. The Head of Design and Technology is key to Gunnersbury’s provision of excellent teaching and achievement within Design and Technology. The new postholder shall seek to further the learning experience and outcomes of our students. Further to examination success, the department keenly seeks to establish a love of design and technology within our students.
The Person
Above all else we seek to appoint a superb teacher with a real passion for design and technology, who is committed to the success of their students and the talent to be an exceptional leader within the school. Previous leadership experience, whilst helpful, is not as important as potential, dynamism, determination and resolve. We seek an outstanding teacher with the insight and capability to lead and inspire students and staff alike. Our excellent school and design and technology department will provide the experience, training and guidance to enable this ambition to be fulfilled.
The School
Year on year Gunnersbury Catholic School has developed our staff to become fantastic teachers and leaders. In doing so, from one year to the next, we have enabled unparalleled success for our students.
Our School Is
* a Catholic community where care for each other, student ambition, pupil motivation and behaviour are exemplary
* committed to providing quality support, guidance and coaching to develop our staff so that they may progress to the highest levels as teachers and leaders
* highest achieving for GCSE boys non-selective school in the country
* an environment that enables achievement of the highest order 93% 5 GCSEs at 9-4 including English and Maths in 2025, Progress 8 score of +1.0
* The setting that achieved the highest proportion of A*s at A-Level in the borough
* determined by Fischer Family Trust as being amongst the top 3% of schools Nationally
* determined ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted (2023)
* determined ‘Outstanding‘ in all areas by Diocese of Westminster (s48 inspection, 2019)
* a workplace where staff are a friendly, welcoming and helpful team
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