What skills and experience we're looking for
Salary: Teacher Scales plus TLR2a £3,391
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Closing Date: Thursday 6th February 2025 at 9am
Start Date: Easter 2025
Are you a passionate, hardworking and focused teacher who understands how to build a culture and ethos that promotes excellence, equality and high expectations of all pupils? Do you believe that you can secure outstanding outcomes for all students in a safe, vibrant, and happy school? Are you passionate about Technology and making this accessible to all students? If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
What will you get in return?
This is a fantastic opportunity to assist in leading a creative and friendly team under the direction and with the support of the Senior Leadership Team at Ryburn Valley High School.
You will also benefit from fantastic support from the central Trust team, the school improvement team, and your fellow leaders of the other schools in the trust. With expertise on hand to support you in areas such as curriculum design, you’re free to do what you do best at this wonderful school. At Ryburn you’ll find a strong foundation where you can make a real difference to the lives of up to 1600 children and young people and our local community.
What the role involves in a nutshell:
• Work collaboratively with the Head of Technology to provide a vision for developing Technology across the curriculum.
• Be a specialist in Construction and Product Design
• Play a key role in supporting the Head of Department to ensure outstanding outcomes for students in all areas of teaching and learning, curriculum provision, standard of attainment and behaviour and safety within the curriculum area.
• Communicate clear purpose and vision for developing Technology across the curriculum to colleagues within your department and within the school.
What you’ll get in return?
You’ll be joining a school and Trust which is all about putting staff first – with numerous wellbeing initiatives and social events to enjoy each term!
In addition to this you will benefit from:
• Automatic enrolment to the Teacher Pension Fund
• Staff development through appraisal and CPD
• Collaboration with Trust colleagues in similar roles
• Working as part of a creative and supportive team who want the best for all of our students
• Free Parking
• West Yorkshire Pension Fund
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme offering 24/7 Financial, legal and Wellbeing Support
• Face to Face Counselling
• Occupational Health
• Eye Tests *DSE/VDU users only
• £49 towards glasses and lenses * DSE/VDU users only
• Annual Flu Vaccines
• Home & Technology Purchase Scheme
• Lifestyle benefits (discount platform)
If our school sounds like a place in which you could really make a difference, then we’d love to hear from you.
Please see our Job Pack below for further details.
HOW TO APPLY
Could we be a good fit for each other? If you’d like a chat about the role, or have any questions, then we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please contact Carrie Burbidge our Personal Assistant to the Senior Leadership Team via c.burbidge@ryburn.tlt.school
If you’re ready to apply, please complete our online application fully by clicking on the link below.
SAFER RECRUITMENT
We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff and volunteers are expected to behave in a way that supports this commitment and are subject to an enhanced DBS check. Please be aware that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. If you are shortlisted for interview, we will undertake an online public search in line with guidance from the Department for Education and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024.
What the school offers its staff
see above
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.