Head of Technology

Salary:

MPS/UPS with a TLR 2a

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Start date:

September 2025

Apply by:

17 January 2025

Job overview

Start Date: September 2025

Salary: MPS/UPS, with a TLR 2a

Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent

Closing Date: Friday 17th January 2025

Interview Date: W/C 27th January (we reserve the right to interview early).

An exciting opportunity has arisen at our thriving school in Great Dunmow, Essex. Helena Romanes School is seeking a talented teacher with the experience and skills to lead our thriving Technology Faculty. The successful candidate will be an excellent practitioner with a strong track record of delivering outstanding results at GCSE.

The technology curriculum is broad and rich, allowing students to explore and enhance both their academic and practical skills. Students typically do very well and consistently achieve positive value added scores at GCSE. Timber is a very popular choice and has three classes at KS4, Textiles has one class this year, as does Food & Nutrition. We seek inspirational teachers with talent and drive to join our strong and successful team. We believe our success as a faculty is directly linked to the quality of our staff and the professional development of our teachers.

The successful candidate will:

• Be, first and foremost, an inspiring classroom teacher.
• Be committed to developing other colleagues and raising achievement through high quality teaching and learning in Design Technology.
• Be passionate about motivating young people to make good progress.
• Have experience monitoring and supporting students to make good progress across all departments within the faculty.
• Have strong curriculum knowledge and be abreast of new developments.
• Have experience of managing and deploying teaching/support staff, and other financial and physical resources within a department/faculty.
• Be an enthusiastic professional committed to providing our students with an excellent education.
• Be a positive team player with a strong commitment to professional development.

How to Apply:

To apply for the position, please submit a letter of application, no longer than two sides of A4, outlining why you are a suitable candidate for the role, and an application form, which can be found on our website, to our HR Officer Eleanor Ball via email eball@hrs.education.

The Governing Body is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating diversity, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

The school reserves the right to interview candidates before the published closing date.

About Helena Romanes School

Helena Romanes School
Parsonage Downs, Great Dunmow
Essex
CM6 2AU
United Kingdom

We are a mixed 4 – 18 Academy with over 1200 pupils on roll. The school is situated in beautiful countryside, occupying approximately 35 acres just to the north of Great Dunmow.

The school was established in 1958 and is named in honour of the first Chair of Governors.

At Helena Romanes, we are ambitious for our pupils and we offer them a rich and varied curriculum. Our pupils develop the skills, knowledge and understanding that enables them to move successfully into higher education, apprenticeships, training or employment.

While academic achievement is of crucial importance, we also ensure that we focus effectively on developing our pupils’ personal, social and creative skills. Our aim is that pupils leave Helena Romanes as successful, confident and considerate young adults.

We are very proud of our pupils. They are superb ambassadors for our school when they represent us locally, nationally and internationally, participating in our many and varied extra-curricular activities.

At Helena Romanes, we have a large team of well-qualified, dedicated staff who focus on supporting pupils’ progress and well-being. We work closely with parents, carers and the wider community to ensure we provide a well-coordinated approach to our pupils’ learning and development.

Ms Catherine Davis BA (Hons)
Executive Headteacher

Ofsted
“Pupils are happy at The Helena Romanes School. They enjoy learning and coming to school.”

“Pupils are well mannered, friendly and respectful to their teachers and to each other.”

“Pupils want to do well and are focused in lessons.”