What skills and experience we're looking for
- 5 GCSEs including English, Maths, grade C or above (or equivalent)
- Workshop familiarity
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation including COSHH regulations
- Knowledge of safe working practises in relation to the handling and usage of hazardous equipment and tools
- Previous work in secondary education setting
- Manual handling - Experience in one of the areas of metalwork or woodwork
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to engage with variety of stakeholders
- Able to foster effective working relationships within a team
- Good organisational skills
- Pro-active and self-motivated
- Flexible and adaptable - Able to work under pressure in a busy environment
- Ability to work effectively both alone and in a team
- Ability to communicate and relate effectively with students, staff, parents and external agencies
- Good IT skills
- Deal appropriately with confidential and sensitive information
What the school offers its staff
• The school is served by a wide rural area with students being drawn from more than 50 primary schools. There are five forms of entry. Students arriving at Colyton have typically achieved good Level 5 or better in primary school.
• The Lower Years Programme in Years 7 & 8 develops in students the foundational knowledge, the values and the habits of learning required for future success.
• The Middle Years Programme in Years 9, 10 & 11 encompasses eleven GCSEs alongside a range of additional components in the form of enrichment.
• Almost all students continue into the Sixth Form, where they typically study three A-Levels, alongside the Extended Project. Typically, about 98% continue on to university, with 15% gaining Oxbridge places. Students also complete a wide range of co-curricular, leadership and service opportunities as part of the Colyton Baccalaureate qualification.
• The school occupies an exceptionally attractive site. In the last decade there has been significant capital development in all areas of the school including Computer Science, Science Labs and a student wellbeing centre.
• In addition, the school has invested heavily in a highly successful digital learning strategy. All students and staff are provided with their own devices and a blended learning approach is fully established.
• The school has a national reputation for its work with more able students and in especially with its work with more able disadvantaged students.
• Details of the last Ofsted report are available on the school website: www.colytongrammar.com
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
