What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will be:
* a specialist in any Design and Technology material area or the ability to teach food and nutrition, which would be advantageous
* a confident and highly effective classroom teacher
* willing to participate in aspects of wider school life
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
* teaching across all Key Stages
* a strong, supportive, forward-looking, and effective department
* a very positive climate for learning where students want to work hard and do well
* an ethos of staff well-being, including early finishes ahead of online parents’ evenings, minimal evening events, and off-site PPA
* a team of cover supervisors to ensure teachers rarely cover colleagues’ absence
* personalised pathways of CPD, including coaching and leadership training for aspirant middle and senior leaders
Further details about the role
THE HOLT SCHOOL
Holt Lane
Wokingham
RG41 1EE
Tel: 0118 978 0165
holtschool@holt.wokingham.sch.uk
www.holtschool.co.uk
Teacher of Design and Technology
Permanent
Full time
Starting Date January 2026
Main pay range/upper pay range available depending on skills and expertise demonstrated at interview
Come and join our fabulous school, where students are engaged and eager to learn, and our staff are passionate about inspiring them.
The successful candidate will be:
* a specialist in any Design and Technology material area or the ability to teach food and nutrition, which would be advantageous
* a confident and highly effective classroom teacher
* willing to participate in aspects of wider school life
We can offer:
* teaching across all Key Stages
* a strong, supportive, forward-looking, and effective department
* a very positive climate for learning where students want to work hard and do well
* an ethos of staff well-being, including early finishes ahead of online parents’ evenings, minimal evening events, and off-site PPA
* a team of cover supervisors to ensure teachers rarely cover colleagues’ absence
* personalised pathways of CPD, including coaching and leadership training for aspirant middle and senior leaders
The Holt is a popular and oversubscribed 11-16 girls and 16-18 co-ed comprehensive school, graded as Outstanding in the March 2023 Ofsted inspection. Further details and an application form are available from the school website.
Prospective applicants are welcome to telephone Katie Warner, HR manager, for more information and are encouraged to visit us in action.
The Holt School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. The successful candidate will undergo a full Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Closing date: 9am, Tuesday 30th September 2025.
Applications will be considered upon receipt, so early application is recommended.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Holt School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
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