Job Description

Wade Deacon High School

Halton
31,650 - 49,084 per year


Expiring soon

Salary:

31,650 - 49,084 (MPS/UPS)

Job type:

Full Time, Fixed Term

Start date:

September 2025 - 31st August 2026

Apply by:

2 July 2025

Job overview

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We are seeking to attract the very best, talented, aspirational leaders and teachers to join Wade Deacon High School. Due to the significant successes, achievements and the continuing rapid growth of our school, you would be joining us at an exciting time as we lead on national projects and cross-developmental Trust work.


We are looking for a dedicated and innovative Teacher of Design Technology to join Wade Deacon High School on a one-year fixed-term contract. The DT faculty has an outstanding leadership team and a collaborative culture. We pride ourselves on our commitment to ensuring student progress through high-quality teaching and learning provision for all. The successful applicant will share these values and play an active part in the DT curriculum at all levels, with the potential opportunity to teach Creative iMedia and Food Technology.


You will be able to enthuse and motivate our students with your passion for the subject and creative teaching, presence and personality. Applications are invited from motivated and inspirational teachers. You will be expected to demonstrate high-quality teaching and purposeful learning and the ability to inspire people successfully. Applications are welcome from ECTs and teachers at all stages of their careers.


We can offer you an opportunity to work with highly trained and supportive staff, as well as a whole-school commitment to professional development, since we believe that staff development is a fundamental aspect of raising standards further for our students. Our school community is also a highly rewarding place to work. A comprehensive programme of CPD and a commitment to wellbeing support colleagues at all career stages; through the School and the Trust, we provide excellent career opportunities for our staff. Colleagues seeking a varied, challenging and rewarding career can find this in the Wade Deacon family.


Wade Deacon High School is friendly, dynamic and innovative. Our latest OFSTED report from November 2022 described us as "an Outstanding School" in all areas, praising the school for providing pupils with a 'first-rate education' and an 'aspirational curriculum', describing pupils as 'extremely happy' and their behaviour as 'exemplary'.


We pride ourselves on the quality and diversity of our curriculum, including our personal development and extracurricular provision, which not only enables our students to enjoy their learning but also allows them to be able to meet the many challenges that they will face in the future, understanding the wider world and their place within it.


Above all else, we are a school that believes that every student, regardless of their context or starting point, can and should achieve their full potential. If you believe that you have the motivation, belief and leadership quality to contribute to our future success, we would welcome an application from you.


If you are interested in this position and would like more information, please contact Mr Adam Mitchell, Senior Assistant Vice Principal, on 0151 423 2721. If you would like to arrange a tour of the school, please contact Miss Claire Rutland on 0151 423 2721.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date: 9am on Wednesday 2nd July 2025.

Wade Deacon High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will have to meet the requirements of our Safer Recruitment Specification and be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and medical clearance.

About

Wade Deacon High School

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Wade Deacon High School

Birchfield Road, Widnes
Cheshire
WA8 7TD
United Kingdom

+44 151 423 2721

Wade Deacon High School is a mixed, non-denominational academy secondary school for pupils aged 11-16. It is located in Widnes, Cheshire and has about 1,500 pupils.



The school was formerly Wade Deacon Grammar School for Boys and Wade Deacon Grammar School for Girls. It became the Wade Deacon High School in 1974, and converted to academy status in March 2013.



It is operated by the Wade Deacon Trust, a multi-academy trust that also includes Hillside High School, Widnes Academy and Halewood Academy.

Principal

Mr Simon Corner NPQH, MA Maths, PGCE

Values and vision

Schools in the Wade Deacon Trust believe that all children are entitled to "an educational environment in which their individual abilities and talents are fully developed".



Deacon High School aims to provide pupils with highly motivated teachers and support staff, offering quality teaching, delivered to the highest standards. Thes school hopes that this will produce excellent learning and achievement.



The school cultivates an environment in which respect, courtesy and integrity towards other people abound. It aspires to be an outstanding school where all pupils receive an exceptional education.



It believes that all children should be encouraged to achieve their full potential, attain the highest standards of which they are capable, and to have high aspirations and expectations for their future.



It aims to develop in students an attitude of care and responsibility towards others and their surroundings, and to encourage them to have a positive impact on their community.

Ofsted

Wade Deacon High School has yet to be assessed by Ofsted. When it has been assessed, you will be able to access its latest report on the Ofsted website.Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow

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