Teacher

Full-Time Design Technology Teacher – September 2025 Start
Location: Dudley
Contract: Long Term

Monarch Education is seeking a dedicated and passionate Design Technology Teacher to join a successful secondary school in Dudley from September 2025. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced educator to inspire students, develop their practical skills, and contribute to a dynamic DT department within a supportive school environment.

About the Role:
As a Design Technology Teacher, you will be responsible for delivering engaging and innovative lessons across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. You will foster creativity, problem-solving, and technical skills in areas such as resistant materials, product design, engineering, and food technology. Your role will be to inspire students to develop confidence in designing and making, supporting their academic progress and practical understanding.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan, prepare, and deliver high-quality Design Technology lessons aligned with the national curriculum
• Develop engaging schemes of work and resources to encourage creativity, innovation, and technical skill development
• Assess and monitor student work, providing constructive feedback to support improvement
• Use a variety of teaching methods to cater to different learning styles and abilities, including practical workshops and project work
• Promote safety and best practices in workshop environments
• Support students’ social, emotional, and behavioural development within the classroom
• Track and evaluate student progress, adapting teaching strategies to meet individual needs
• Contribute to departmental planning, curriculum development, and extra-curricular activities related to Design Technology
• Foster an inclusive and motivating environment that encourages problem solving, resilience, and independent learning
• Participate in school events, parents’ evenings, and staff meetings

Person Specification:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) is essential
• Proven experience teaching Design Technology at secondary level is essential
• Strong knowledge of DT specialisms such as resistant materials, product design, engineering, or food technology
• Excellent classroom management and behaviour management skills
• Ability to inspire creativity and enthusiasm for Design Technology among students
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to plan effectively
• Commitment to creating an inclusive, engaging, and safe learning environment

Please only apply to this role if you have Qualified Teacher Status – if you are unsure if you have QTS, please visit Qualified teacher status (QTS): qualify to teach in England – GOV.UK. Any applications without QTS, will not be considered.

Monarch Education are proud to be a leading recruitment specialist in the Education industry. We are passionate about our people and the services we provide to our candidates. Working with Monarch Education will give you access too:

• Affinity Academy – continuous learning and development!
• A Refer a Friend Scheme giving you a bonus of up to £200
• Exclusive vacancies within local Schools and Multi Academy Trusts
• Competitive daily rates

To learn more about us and what makes Monarch one of the leading education recruitment providers nationwide – please visit our website – About Us – Monarch (monarcheducation.co.uk)

Monarch Education are committed to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and welcomes applications regardless of sex, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief pregnancy and maternity or disability as well as adhering to strict Safeguarding procedures.

Affinity Workforce Solutions and Monarch Education are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people and expects all its temporary workers to share these commitments. As this role involves working with children on a daily basis, regulated activity is that any successful applicant’s applications will, accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to 2 employment references, an enhanced DBS check and a right to work in the UK check.

This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Monarch Education operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, due to the high volume of applications we regret that this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification from us within 30 days please take your application as not being successful this time but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities.

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