Rushcliffe Spencer Academy
Nottinghamshire
Salary:
MPS / UPS
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
January 2026
Apply by:
14 October 2025
Job overview
Teacher of Technology
MPS / UPS
Full-Time, Permanent
Required from January 2026
Rushcliffe Spencer Academy is a highly successful 11-18 comprehensive school located in West Bridgford, Nottingham. Rushcliffe has been judged outstanding in all areas by Ofsted and, in 2021, was reaccredited as a World Class School for the second time.
Rushcliffe is a popular and successful school in a pleasant, suburban area of Nottingham. It has a strong tradition of pastoral care, academic success and extra-curricular enrichment. We are committed to providing high quality training and development opportunities for all staff. You will be provided with regular opportunities to work in partnership with others to develop your own practice and skills.
We are looking to appoint a motivated, enthusiastic and inspirational Teacher of Technology for a January 2026 start. A successful candidate would be able to teach Food & Textiles and Design Technology (with a Resistant Materials focus) at KS3, with the ability to teach Food at KS4 being desirable. There is flexibility within the curriculum to accommodate the specialism of the ideal candidate.
The strength of the Technology faculty is the breadth of the courses and opportunities offered to pupils at KS3 – KS5. All KS3 pupils study Design Technology and Food/Textiles each week, working through topics that encompass Resistant Materials, CAD/CAM, Food & Nutrition and Textile designers and techniques. It would be also desirable if you had some understanding and experience of TechSoft 2D Design and 3D modelling software.
At KS4, we offer GCSEs in OCR Food Preparation and Nutrition, AQA Art & Design – Textiles, AQA Design Technology as well as BTEC Construction. We also currently offer A-Levels in AQA Product Design and AQA Art & Design – Textiles.
The ideal candidate will be able to operate within a dynamic and forward-thinking team who are focused on developing exciting and engaging learning experiences for students across the 11-18 age range. You must have a passion for Technology, together with the knowledge and skills to inspire and motivate our students. Applications are welcomed from teachers at all career stages, and if you require any further information, please contact Stephanie Hobbs (Head of Faculty) on
Spencer Academies Trust is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2500 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.
We currently have 18 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and one primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.
Mission
Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
Vision
Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.
We Believe:
* All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.
* Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a 'family' and are open to a true sense of partnership.
* We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.
Applicants would be expected to share the Trust's high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.
If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact
The Spencer Academies Trust Safer recruitment policy requires applications for this post must be submitted through our recruitment portal. CV's cannot be accepted. We are also required to request references prior to interview.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 14 October 2025
Interviews will take place on: Thursday 16 or Friday 17 October 2025
Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.
How to Apply
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Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).
The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.
Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer
About Rushcliffe Spencer Academy
Rushcliffe Spencer Academy
Boundary Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG2 7BW
United Kingdom
Rushcliffe Spencer Academy is a highly successful 11-18 comprehensive school located in West Bridgford, Nottingham. Recognised as 'outstanding' since 2014, inspectors concluded that "Students receive an excellent education, both academically and in their personal development, preparing them exceptionally well for the next stage of their education or for employment."
For a number of years Rushcliffe has been one of the highest achieving schools in the region at GCSE and a high percentage of Rushcliffe Sixth Form students move on to study at the most prestigious universities.
In 2015 Rushcliffe were awarded the World Class Schools Quality Mark. The only school in the East Midlands to be awarded such an honour in recognition of taking the school "beyond outstanding"
Everyone at Rushcliffe will be given the chance to shine brightly. Every child, no matter what their ability, their background, their aspirations or the barriers that stand in their way, to be successful.
We have high expectations of everyone in the school community. This leads to an environment where pupils work hard, show respect and courtesy and are expected to try their best in all that they do. We are a happy and harmonious community where children feel safe and talents are nurtured.
We have a committed and talented staff team. They work hard to support, nurture and challenge our pupils. We believe in investing to develop our staff so that they too are the best they can be. We work with other schools, with universities and with a number of other organisations to learn from the latest research and bring the very best practice to Rushcliffe. We are one of eight secondary schools in the Spencer Academies Trust and benefit from the close partnership working that comes from being part of a successful regional trust.
The Spencer Academies Trust aims to be an employer of choice within the East Midlands. We recognise that meeting our recruitment and retention targets depends on creating a leading support offer, which promotes staff wellbeing and allows colleagues to access opportunities including staff discount programmes.
Together, we deliver on the Spencer Academies Trust mission: to provide an outstanding quality of education and improve the life chances of children across the East Midlands.
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