Head of Technology

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.