Job Description

King Edward VI Grammar School

Essex
22,635.48 - 22,996.41 per year

Salary:

Essex Schools Pay Scale 4 Pt 7-8 - dependent on qualifications and experience.

Job type:

Part Time, Permanent

Start date:

29 September 2025

Apply by:

26 September 2025

Job overview

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DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIAN

Hours: 37 hours per week term time only (39 weeks per year)

Start Date: As soon as possible

This is a full-time position, but candidates interested in part-time hours would also be considered.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and efficient Design and Technology Technician to provide comprehensive technician support service to staff and students undertaking the Design and Technology curriculum.

The Design Technology Department at King Edward VI Grammar School (KEGS) comprises 4 teachers and 1 technician. The team are friendly and hardworking and are looking forward to welcoming an enthusiastic new colleague to join them.





The postholder will be required to complete mandatory Health and Safety checks, use wood and metal working machinery, prepare materials for use by the students in advance of lessons, support students and teaching staff during lesson delivery, take responsibility for the maintenance and inventory of tools and materials and ensure the learning environment is clean and tidy throughout the day. The successful applicant will have good organisational, planning and time management skills. Previous experience in wood working (circular saw, bandsaw, planer thicknesser) and metal working (casting, centre lathe, bench top mill) is essential.

Due to our stringent safeguarding protocol, applications for employment at KEGS can only be accepted on our formal Recruitment Application Form.


Application form and job description are available to download from our website https://www.kegs.org.uk/about/staff-vacancies/support-staff-vacancies/ or by emailing recruitment@kegs.org.uk.





Closing date for receipt of completed applications is 12 noon on Friday 26 September 2025. Interviews will be held shortly afterwards.

King Edward VI Grammar School demonstrates a commitment to safeguarding children.

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About

King Edward VI Grammar School

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King Edward VI Grammar School

Broomfield Road, Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 3SX
United Kingdom

+44 1245 353 510

King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (known as KEGS locally) is a Leading Edge School, constantly testing and adapting professional practice to raise standards of teaching and learning. It is consistently one of the top ten grammar schools in the country and lends itself to being a natural leader with an international reputation as a centre of learning. The School is regularly in the top five in A Level league tables, and the top ten at GCSE.



We aim to optimise learning, and to educate the 'whole person' through excellence in the highest level of pastoral care and support in every aspect of our work. We provide an exceptional range of opportunities both within the classroom and through the impressively diverse extra-curricular activities. Our goal is to engage students in their own learning and to teach them to be life-long learners.



The most recent OFSTED report described the school as an 'outstandingly effective' school achieving 'outstanding results' and 'excellent personal development'. It boasts a 'passionate interest in learning by teachers and students'. Admission to year 7 is by 11+ examination performance, and around 80 students, including girls, from other schools are admitted annually into Year 12, based on GCSE examination performance.

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