Royds Hall, A SHARE Academy
Huddersfield
Salary:
MPS/UPS
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
17 October 2025
Job overview
We are looking to recruit an outstanding Teacher of Design & Technology to promote and facilitate the delivery of excellent teaching and learning to inspire students.
If you are passionate and enthusiastic about these subjects, we would love to receive your application
The ideal candidate will:
* Be educated to degree level with QTS
* Able to impart knowledge to young people to engage and excite them in their learning
* Able to develop, plan and deliver effective and consistently good lessons
* Love motivating and inspiring young people through the support they give in order to encourage their learning
* Have great references demonstrating they are a suitable candidate, safe to work with children
At SHARE MAT, we aim to:
* Equip our staff to deliver their best every day; our belief is that by Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best is the key
* Encourage all our students to go beyond what they think they can achieve and to enjoy learning, helping them to lead healthy and happy lives
* Ensure our staff are happy and healthy at work; we believe in staff voice and consistently aim to reduce workload and improve work/life balance
* Offer a generous benefits and training package, including first-class developmental opportunities for teaching staff led by one of our academies, Shelley College, which is the Teaching School Hub for Kirklees and Calderdale.
Royds Hall is one of eight academies within our trust and is part of a close-knit community well-located for commuting from Leeds, Huddersfield and Wakefield. Please do make arrangements to visit the academy if you wish to learn more before you apply; you will find it:
* It is a vibrant place of learning and encouragement where children/young people are happy, settled and confident
* Has a broad and balanced curriculum that provides a memorable educational experience for all of its pupils
* Aims to equip pupils with the attributes and attitude they need for their next stage of education.
For further information, please download the Application Pack.
To apply, please complete our application form, and return it by email to
Please note that CVs will not be accepted.
Closing date: Midday on Friday 17th October 2025.
Interviews: TBC.
SHARE MAT is committed to the Equality Act 2010 and also to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children and young people, by adhering to "Keeping Children Safe in Education" guidance. All staff and volunteers are regularly trained regarding our expectations in keeping our students safe. An enhanced DBS is required for every post, and an online search will be undertaken for all shortlisted candidates.
SHARE MAT comprises Woodside Green Primary, Heaton Avenue Primary, Luck Lane Primary, Millbridge Primary, Royds Hall, Shelley College, Whitcliffe Mount School and Thornhill Community Academy. A central team provides operational support.
About Royds Hall, A SHARE Academy
Royds Hall, A SHARE Academy
Luck Lane, Paddock, Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
HD3 4HA
United Kingdom
Rated Good by Ofsted in 2023, Royd's Hall is a small secondary academy with a positive attitude to learning and a curriculum that is ambitious for all and well-sequenced. Staff are central to the academy's vision of 'Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best', and the academy offers a supportive and inclusive working environment where colleagues can make a difference every single day.
Royd's Hall is one of nine academies within the well-regarded and high-performing SHARE Multi-Academy Trust. It is situated within a close-knit, diverse community, and is in good commuting distance from Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wakefield. The academy is proud to offer:
* A supportive and ambitious environment where all students are encouraged to go beyond what they think they can achieve and to enjoy learning, helping them to lead successful, healthy and happy lives.
* A vibrant place to work which equips staff to deliver their best every day, under the strong belief that Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best is the key.
* A commitment that staff are happy, engaged and well supported at work, taking pride in students' attendance, behaviour, progress and development as well as their own.
* Excellent training and guidance relevant to individual job roles, so expectations are understood and staff are motivated.
* Great benefits, as an employer of choice, including outstanding CPD, supportive line management, and meaningful networking opportunities across the trust to aid personal development.
* Supportive leadership, encouraging healthy work-life balance.
* A high-quality teaching and learning environment, alongside good facilities.
* A culture where children are happy, settled and confident, accessing a broad and balanced curriculum which provides a memorable educational experience for pupils and staff.
The Trust
SHARE Multi Academy Trust currently consists of Shelley College, Thornhill Community Academy, Royds Hall Academy, Whitcliffe Mount Academy, Todmorden High School, Heaton Avenue Primary School, Millbridge Primary School, Luck Lane Primary School, Woodside Green Primary School and Calderdale and Kirklees Teaching School Hub.
Our aims
Our overarching aim is to help more pupils, particularly the disadvantaged, achieve highly. Achievement includes academic success and the development of personal qualities and knowledge to lead happy, healthy and successful lives.
Our values
We believe education is all about people. Our success is measured in how we help our children and young people achieve. We can only achieve this success by employing talented, committed staff and working in partnership with parents. In doing so, we will benefit our communities. We have a distinctive way of interpreting this belief. We summarise it as:
"Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best."
This means we seek for every one of our students and members of staff, to enjoy coming to our schools and for all of us to try our very best in everything we do. We help everybody gain the knowledge, skills and habits that can lead to a happy and successful life, both now and in the future. We believe that helping people feel valued increases the chances of them achieving their personal best, which is the highest standard we can expect anybody to achieve.
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