Head of Department Design and Technology
Job Ref No. ECC4470-258 Position Type: Head of Department/Faculty Pay Range: MPS / UPS + TLR 2B
Position Start Date: 01/01/2026 Contract Type: Full-time Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 27/11/2025 Midnight Date of Interviews: TBC
We are seeking to appoint a highly effective Curriculum Team Leader for Design and Technology (Resistant Materials, Graphics, Food and Textiles) to join our very successful, heavily over‑subscribed multi‑academy trust with an outstanding ethos where staff are supported to become the best.
We are seeking to appoint at Tabor Academy, Panfield Lane, Braintree, Essex CM7 5XP. At Loxford School Trust we believe our pioneering and rigorous learning environment, and commitment to innovation provides our students with the opportunity to realise their full potential. We innovate, we challenge and we ensure success.
Our ICT‑rich environment promotes learning both in the classroom and elsewhere. You will have the exciting opportunity to work alongside a highly motivated, supportive and well qualified team of teachers and support staff.
Like us, you will be dynamic, innovative and hardworking. You will also have a desire to positively impact upon students' learning. Above all you will be dedicated to giving all our students an outstanding education in the wide range of qualifications that the curriculum area offers.
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level.
* An excellent practitioner who can enthuse and inspire.
* Passionate about raising aspirations and improving educational life chances.
* Able to demonstrate a proven track record of leading improvement.
* A role model and champion of learning.
* Clear‑thinking and outward‑looking.
* Dynamic, innovative and hardworking.
* A leader who is able to demonstrate high‑level interpersonal skills.
Responsibilities
* Join a skilled, creative, and supportive team.
* Be part of a forward‑thinking organisation with Training School status.
* Have a chance to shape the future of the subject.
* Work within a brand new, well‑resourced specialist learning environment.
* Be given the opportunity to develop personally and professionally.
* Make a real difference to the lives of young people.
The post is full time.
The salary is Teachers MPS/UPS + TLR 2b England.
Please feel free to visit our school website at: www.taboracademy.co.uk or www.loxfordschooltrust.net.
If you have any questions regarding the post or are unable to apply online, please contact the PA to the Headteacher/ HR Officer to request an Application Pack on 01376 323701.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS record check.
We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date if we consider that we have received an appropriate number of suitable applications for the post.
All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.
Sarah Bayly
Panfield Lane, Braintree
Essex, CM7 5XP
Telephone: 01376 323701
Email: BaylyS@taboracademy.co.uk
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