Key Role Information

Salary
£32,916.00 - £51,048.00 + £8,916
Job type
Full Time
Contract type
Permanent
Closing
05/10/2026 00:00
Interview
08/10/2026
Contract term
AYR - All year round
Pay grade
M1 to UPS3 with TLR 2.3
Department
Design Technology
Key stage
Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5
Hours per week
32.50
Weeks per year
52.143
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

We are looking to appoint an inspirational Head of Design & Technology (Food or Resistant Materials Specialist) to lead our Design & Technology department, including embedding an outstanding curriculum and developing high quality practitioners. We are looking for applicants with ambition, drive and vision who are ready to take the next step in their career and who have the skills, expertise and passion to enthuse our young people and lead our staff to achieve consistently high standards.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Head of Subject to shape, enjoy and develop your career in our supportive environment. As Head of Design & Technology, you will be provided with the best resources and a programme of professional development that will enable you to continue to develop your own skills whilst leading the drive for increasingly high standards in Design & Technology.


North Chadderton School was recently graded Good in all areas by Ofsted. We know this is a great school and one which is fully committed to continuing to provide the very best experiences for all our pupils, with high academic standards and attainment and a strong personal development offer. We are committed to career-long staff development and if you join our team, you will be based in a diverse, friendly and supportive school with a state-of-the-art building, providing access to the latest resources to facilitate learning.


As well as offering you a competitive salary, we also provide free on-site parking, the cycle to work scheme and a range of wellbeing support, including access to employee counselling. Located at the east of Manchester, we are easily accessible through local and regional transport links.


Have you got the desire to join our Team? If so, we would be delighted to hear from you. Informal enquiries can be directed to recruitment@theoaktrust.org.uk or please phone The Oak Trust Recruitment Team on 0161 785 5960. Please apply via this portal, Vacancies - SAMpeople Recruit. Please note that due to safer recruitment requirements, we cannot accept CVs.


North Chadderton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Disclosure and pre-employment checks. The school will carry out an online search as part of their due diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024’ (para 221).

North Chadderton School

Jessica Penney

jpenney@theoaktrust.org.uk

Chadderton Hall Road
Chadderton
Oldham
OL9 0BN

Safeguarding Information

The Oak Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.


Any offer of employment will be subject to checks being carried out in order to ensure that you are not subject to a prohibition order or an interim prohibition order.


I understand that if shortlisted, the Trust may carry out an online search as part of their due diligence (KCSIE 2024, paragraph 221). This is to help identify any incidents or issues that may have happened and are publicly available online. I understand that any concerns will be explored at interview.


As an applicant it is an offence to apply for a role that involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, schools and colleges if you are barred from engaging in such activity.



All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, the amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide

 

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not “protected” prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed. 

 

Please note that a conviction will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining employment.