Salary: TMS/UPS
Location: Tanbridge House School
Address: The Lodge, Tanbridge House School, Guildford Road, Horsham, RH12 1SR
Website: www.tanbridge-house-sch.co.uk
Email: office@ths.uk.net
Telephone No: 01403 263628
Required From: September 2025
Contract: Permanent, Full-time, Part-time (0.6 - 1 FTE)
Job Advertisement
TANBRIDGE HOUSE SCHOOL, HORSHAM
11 – 16 CO-EDUCATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL. NOR 1525
Farthings Hill, Guildford Road, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1SR
Tel: 01403 263628
Fax: 01403 211830
Email: jobs@ths.uk.net
TEACHER OF DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
TMS / UPS
Full-time or part-time
Required for September 2025
Tanbridge House School is an inspiring place to work, where students and staff share the same goals and strive to be exceptional every day through our core values of Care, Kindness and Achievement. We ‘teach to the top’ to ensure that students are challenged in all lessons. Staff are reflective and committed to continually developing their own practice.
If you love teaching, are passionate about Design and Technology and want to be part of a brilliant team where you will receive outstanding professional development, then Tanbridge House School would like to hear from you. The successful candidate will be:
1. Enthusiastic, flexible, and resilient
2. Determined to “make a difference” in young people’s lives
3. Ambitious for students and for themselves
4. A reflective practitioner, always striving to be the ‘best they can be’
Design and Food Technology is taught in 3 fully equipped workshops, 1 classroom, 2 refurbished kitchens and has its own computer suite. Our Design and Food Technology results continue to be outstanding with on average 87% of our students gaining 4+ and 68% gaining a 5+. Progress 8 scores have consistently been outstanding at 0.50+ or better.
Students in year 7 and 8 experience Resistant Materials, Graphic Products, Textiles, Food Technology and STEAM. Over 300 students are taking GCSE within the department and follow a scheme of work that is bespoke to the students at Tanbridge House School.
Please see the school website for an application form. Please contact Mrs Duneclift at the above email address or on extension 279 if you have any queries. Please note, CVs are not acceptable.
Please complete the standard application form and supporting statement (two sides A4 font 11-12) using the following headings:
1. Background and educational beliefs
2. Current experience and how you will ensure that our standards are always outstanding
3. How every student will be supported to maximise their academic potential
Closing date: 10am Monday 3 February 2025
Visits to the school are encouraged before or after application.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service check, along with other relevant employment checks, including satisfactory references.
Tanbridge House School is an equal opportunities employer.
Posted Date: 17 January 2025
Closing Date: 3 February 2025
Interview Date: TBC
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