Teacher of Design and Technology and Food
Full time, permanent – from September 2024
The Directors of Blackdown Education Partnership are seeking to appoint a Teacher of Design and Technology and Food to join our Outstanding school from September 2024. This vacancy would be particularly suitable for an EQT, but RQTs and more experienced teachers are also welcome to apply.
Uffculme is a flourishing, popular, high performing School located on the beautiful Devon/Somerset border with easy motorway access to the regional centres of Taunton and Exeter. The February 2014 OfSTED inspection classed the school as ‘Outstanding’. Uffculme is fully comprehensive and committed to inclusion. In 2022 our Progress 8 score was +0.51 when all qualifications were counted (inc those from early entry in 2021) and our Basics E&M 9-5 was 73% and Basics E&M 9-4 was 87%, maintaining our track-record as being one of the highest performing non-selective schools. Consequently, we have received many national awards and accolades over recent times in recognition of the quality of the education provided here at Uffculme.
Within this context, Design & Technology helps students to build knowledge and skills that are essential in today’s modern world in which we live. This is evident in students both in terms of the outstanding outcomes that they achieve, and the high levels of participation that are seen in KS4. In recent years, students studying Design and Technology (or equivalent vocational qualifications) have typically achieved over half a grade above the national expectations for their ability level – something we are committed to maintaining and further improving on.
Whilst our examination results speak for themselves, they don’t tell the whole story. They are based on a culture of high expectations; exceptional levels of student participation and active involvement in the life of the school; and great relationships between staff and students. We make no apologies for wanting it all as a school: happy staff, happy students, outstanding results, amazing opportunities, and a culture which rewards and values success in all its forms.
The successful candidate will be, or have the potential to be, an outstanding teacher who inspires and motivates and who is able to deliver the exceptional results which we have come to expect from our students. We are keen to recruit staff who will wish to contribute to our extensive extra-curricular programme. In return we can offer you support from an excellent team of colleagues where morale is high, fantastic facilities and young people who genuinely want to learn.
Uffculme School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.