Curriculum Leader - Design Technology

“Pupils are happy and kept safe. They contribute to, and benefit from, the school’s friendly and respectful culture. Pupils’ behaviour is calm and purposeful.”

– Ofsted Report

We wish to appoint a teacher who is keen to work with ambitious boys in a well-resourced area and with an exciting team.

There is a Role Information Pack in 'Supporting Documents' below that gives more details.

Our School

Isleworth & Syon School is a great place to work and a place where all staff can develop. Our staff are energetic, dedicated and absolutely committed to working together to ensure that our boys (and students in our mixed Sixth Form) remain ambitious and highly successful. We are proud of our long history, have a commitment to excellence, and are a high-performing school.

You are very welcome to arrange to visit us. You can also view a full list of Staff Benefits.

Our Ethos

Relationships are critical to our success and to our future. We empower our staff and encourage everyone to work collegially to achieve the best outcomes possible. Our school is systematically organised and pastoral processes are tightly managed to allow staff to build professional relationships with students in order to create excellent learning environments. Across the school, students benefit from our insistence on high standards and achievement, an exceptional range of extra-curricular activities, and a focus on traditional values. We expect all staff to contribute to this ethos.

There is a culture of appreciation, kindness, camaraderie, and mutual respect. Leaders don't ask staff to do anything they would not do themselves.

Our Design Technology & Engineering Department

We can accommodate a colleague with any specialism to work in our fully equipped modern design technology and engineering department, although we prefer a product design, engineering, or electronics specialist. Our facilities can also accommodate food preparation and nutrition. We currently offer electronics and engineering at GCSE and engineering at GCE. The teaching will be across the age and ability range and there is an opportunity to teach at both GCSE and to contribute to teaching in the highly successful Sixth Form.

Our Staff

We recognise that our staff are our greatest resource. Therefore, we are ambitious for our staff and invest heavily in their development. We offer an extensive programme of professional development with a range of opportunities for training, including internally and through local and national programmes. We have strong partnerships with universities and higher education institutions and actively support staff pursuing heavily subsidised Masters degrees and other higher qualifications. There will also be opportunities to collaborate within our local partnership of schools and work across school on various projects. We constantly seek feedback and try to be “the best that we can be”. Below is a recent quote from an anonymous staff voice survey (November 2024):

I feel very lucky to work in such a supportive workplace alongside very skilled and caring colleagues.

Our Location

We are situated in a tree-lined neighbourhood of Isleworth, a vibrant area of West London. The school is close to Osterley Park and a short hop from central London by tube (Osterley is a 10-minute walk) or rail (Isleworth is a 7-minute walk). There is easy access to the M3, M4 and Heathrow Airport.

Supporting Documents

School Information Pack

Role Information Pack

Application Details

Please complete one of the application form below then address your application to the HR Manager, Miss Prem George. You may submit applications:

• by email to jobs@isleworthsyon.org (including the name of the job in the subject line); or
• by post to: Isleworth & Syon School, Ridgeway Road, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 5LJ.

Early application is encouraged, as suitable candidates will be interviewed promptly on receipt of completed forms. If we fill the post, we will bring forward the closing date.

Application Form (Word)

Application Form (PDF)

Equal Opportunities

We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.