Job Description

Katherine Warington School

Hertfordshire
34,398 - 52,490 per year


Expiring soon

Salary:

MPS-UPS Plus TLR2b

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Start date:

01 January 2026

Apply by:

23 September 2025

Job overview

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About this Role

We are looking to appoint an ambitious and experienced Teacher of Design and Technology to lead this Department in our already over-subscribed school that opened in September 2019.


Our Design and Technology department is a vibrant hub of innovation, brimming with cutting-edge equipment to support students' creative visions. We have a wide range of state-of-the-art machinery, from advanced 3D printers and laser cutters to computer-controlled (CNC) milling machines and a full suite of traditional hand tools. This ensures students have everything they need to design, prototype, and build their ideas, preparing them for careers in a rapidly evolving technological world.


We are seeking applications from candidates with experience of teaching to GCSE ideally combined with previous exposure to leading, managing and developing a team. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to strengthen our current Key Stage 4 offering and grow it to offer A-Level subjects across the department.

Our Design Technology curriculum aims to develop students':

knowledge and understanding of both the design process and the use of materials in our modern world, with a focus on sustainability.


confidence, creativity, analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.


Our KS3 curriculum is designed to engage, inspire and challenge students, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, create and produce personal outcomes. In Year 7 and 8, they rotate twice through a carousel that encompasses Food Technology, Resistant Materials and Textiles. Students begin to develop their understanding of the design process through guided projects in Year 7, before extending this in Year 8. From Year 9, students can select GCSEs in Design & Technology: Product design or Design & Technology: Textiles, Food Technology or BTEC Home Cooking as options. Year 9 study is skills-focused, with GCSE content commencing in Year 10.

Key accountabilities associated with this role include:

ensuring high standards of achievement in Design & Technology


leading teaching and learning within the curriculum so that students make appropriate progress for their key stage


leading curriculum development and acting as a source of advice, guidance and authority


managing informal and formal assessment, implementing school assessment policies and leading the use of assessment information to enable teachers in your subject areas to set appropriate progress targets and review and evaluate student progress.


teaching across the age and ability range, focusing on the provision of a learning environment that enables all students to make outstanding progress regardless of their ability or starting point


sharing the responsibility of all staff to ensure that our students are challenged, encouraged, nurtured and developed as well-rounded young people

Further details regarding the skills, knowledge, experience and personal attributes we are looking for can be found in the attached and Person Specification.

However, we are particularly keen to hear from those who:

have a proven track record of enhancing the quality of teaching and learning through imparting detailed subject knowledge via the delivery of innovative and inspirational lessons. can teach across the full range of ages and abilities can work collaboratively with colleagues, taking a leading role in developing and the implementation of schemes of work to support student progress are familiar with, and take into account, students' prior levels of attainment, using them to plan lessons and set challenging, but achievable targets for future improvements set high expectations for students' behaviour by establishing a purposeful working atmosphere that is conducive to learning can analyse data on student progress, achievement and attainment in line with school policy and practice make the education of students their first concern and thrive on being accountable for achieving the highest possible standards of work and conduct can effectively communicate both orally and in writing with students, staff, parents/carers and trustees are keen to play an active role in the wider school community, supporting our ethos and values

In return, you will have access to our staff benefits package including:

An annual Flex Day to be taken on a day of your choice (with an additional day granted for every 4 years of service) Free parking on site Free use of the school gym Cycle to work scheme Free 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme Access to our in-house team of Mental Health First Aiders Buddy system for new staff access to mentoring and CPD opportunities Regular staff socials Discounts with local businesses An opportunity to work with friendly and welcoming colleagues in a modern, aesthetically pleasing and forward-thinking environment.
The ethos of our school focuses on enabling every student and staff member to make outstanding progress. As such, you will be supported in your role, giving you the opportunity to enhance your skills and accelerate your career.





If you share our belief that young people have the right to a transformational educational experience that will enable them to fulfil their potential and realise their ambitions, then we look forward to hearing from you.

At KWS, we understand the value of having a workforce that reflects and represents our multi-ethnic student body from an equality, diversity and inclusivity perspective. We therefore welcome and embrace applications from all backgrounds.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and visitors to share this commitment. This post will require a Full Enhanced, with List Checks, Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).





As part of our selection and appointment process, and in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, we are required to conduct online searches on all candidates in order to identify any incidents or concerns which are publicly available online. By submitting and signing your application, you acknowledge that such searches will be conducted as part of the selection and appointment process.

Applications will be shortlisted throughout the process, and we may interview and close the advert early if we are in a position to recruit a suitable candidate. We therefore encourage interested candidates to apply early.

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About

Katherine Warington School

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Katherine Warington School

Lower Luton Road, Harpenden
Hertfordshire
AL5 5FH
United Kingdom

+44 1582 714033

Katherine Warington School was established through the partnership of the three outstanding secondary schools in Harpenden: Roundwood Park, St George's and Sir John Lawes, complemented by our additional partners: University of Hertfordshire and Rothamsted Research Centre.



Katherine Warington School is a modern school, using contemporary teaching methods supported by robust academic research allied with traditional core values. Central to our vision for the school is the shared belief that young people have the right to a transformational educational experience that will enable them to fulfil their potential and realise their ambitions. Talent is evenly distributed, opportunity isn't. Our school has a culture that fosters and rewards success, inspires learning and engenders a shared belief amongst all members of the school community that nothing is impossible if it will improve learners' life chances. We provide the highest quality teaching and learning to meet the needs and expectations of the Harpenden community. We nurture our students to be fully fledged members and leaders of our democratic society, ready when they leave us as young adults to make a positive impact on the world.



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