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Head of Product Design/Deputy Head of Faculty

Head of Product Design/Deputy Head of Faculty

Full time, Permanent Contract

Main Scale/UPS

January 2025

 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Product Design teacher who wishes to lead a dedicated team. You would be working within a successful, supportive faculty, who are keen to implement innovative teaching and curriculum ideas to further the success of the Design Technology Faculty within the school.

This is a fantastic time to join the Design Technology Faculty at the Purbeck School. In particular, Product Design is popular at both GCSE and A level and consistently posts excellent results.

If you have any questions about the Design & Technology department, please contact Vicky Schubert, Faculty Lead, via email: vschubert@purbeck.dorset.sch.uk

Please visit our school website for more information.  

Closing date:  Noon Monday 21st October 2024

Interviews to be held on Wednesday 23rd October 2024

The Purbeck School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community.  We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and this is a commitment we expect all staff and volunteers to share.  The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Government's safer recruitment guidelines.  

 

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.
 

Full details of how to apply are available on our website.

 

Website:  www.purbeck.dorset.sch.uk                         

Email: spenney@purbeck.dorset.sch.uk                                            Telephone:  01929 550077

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND HERE ON THE DORSET COUNCIL WEBSITE

Learning  Mentor Behaviour Support Lead

LEARNING MENTOR
BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT LEAD

XS 10a GRADE 7 Actual Salary £19,687 – £21,785 (pay award pending)

35 Hours per week, term time only plus one inset day, permanent contract

An exciting opportunity has arisen at The Purbeck School for the new post of Behaviour Support Lead.

Working within an already excellent Pastoral Team, this person will have a genuine desire to support our young people who may exhibit challenging behaviour giving them the opportunity to reflect and reintegrate successfully into the wider school community.

Taking responsibility for the Reflection Room, supporting the on-call system and working 1:1 with young people to effect change.

We offer extensive opportunities for career development and training and are committed to the personal development of all our staff.

The Purbeck School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.  Any offer of employment is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with Government Safer Recruitment guidelines.

The Purbeck school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of the advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.

 

The Purbeck School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Further details are available via the school website:  www.purbeck.dorset.sch.uk                   

Closing date:  Noon, Thursday 17th October

Interviews to be held on Tuesday 22nd October 2024

Email: spenney@purbeck.dorset.sch.uk                                            Telephone:  01929 550077

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND HERE ON THE DORSET COUNCIL WEBSITE