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St Martin's School

Hanging Hill Lane

Hutton

Brentwood

Essex CM13 2HG

Tel: 01277 238300

NOR: 1818 including

390 sixth form students Headteacher: Ian Smyrk

Teacher of Design & Technology
Required September 2022

Main or Upper Pay Scale includes London Fringe Allowance, plus a possible TLR2b (£4355) for a faculty or whole school responsibility for an appropriately experienced candidate.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Teacher of Design and Technology to join our large successful team. An experienced candidate with the ability to teach GCSE DT and A-level Product Design is desirable but the post could equally suit an ECT.

2019 OFSTED Good with an outstanding sixth form.

2019 Sixth form progress in the top 25% of schools nationally.

2020 87% of students achieved grades 9-4 in both GCSE English and Maths and ALPS 2 progress in the sixth form.

• Average 24 students per class

• 68% of grades A*-B grades at A-level

• 69% grade 5+ at GCSE

• 88% grade 4+ at GCSE

• Very popular: 1065 applications for 299 year 7 places

• On-site subsided accommodation currently available

• Accelerated career progression available through the teachers' main scale for experienced and/or outstanding teachers

It is our policy to only recruit staff to permanent positions via a direct application, not through an agency placement.

Application pack available via the website or e-mail HR@st-martins.essex.sch.uk

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early upon appointment of a successful applicant.

The Local Schools Committee will ensure that all staff, job applicants, and students seeking admission to the school do not suffer direct or indirect discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, religion or belief, and are not disadvantaged by any other condition or requirement which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

Closing date: Wednesday 25 May 2022 at 9.00am

St Martin's School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Information about the School

St Martin's is a large co-educational comprehensive school located in Hutton, Brentwood. The school benefits from a pleasant semi-rural environment with agricultural land to the rear. The school, which also includes a large sixth form block, is situated on an open, attractive 30 acre site. Parking is available on-site and there are good transport links by both rail and bus. Hutton is five miles from the M25 and 19 miles from London, which is easily reached by road or train (25 minutes to Liverpool Street Station).

This is a large, but friendly school in which all staff are helped to develop their talents. This is supported by an extensive and wide ranging in-house continual professional development programme (CPD). We have high quality mentoring and induction programmes for staff with excellent opportunities for training and professional development.

2022 - 79% of students achieved grades 9-4 in both GCSE English and Maths and ALPS 3 progress in the sixth form 2023 - 84% of students achieved 9 - 4 in English and 80% achieved 9 – 4 in Maths Over Subscribed - 1184 applications for 292 year 7 places in 2023 Ofsted 2024 - Good with outstanding leadership