Current Vacancies

MPS/UPS - Full/Part Time – Permanent

Start date: September 2025

The Hemel Hempstead School seeks an enthusiastic and inspirational Design & Technology Teacher to teach across the age and ability range. This opportunity is open to experienced qualified teachers and early career teachers. The Hemel Hempstead School offers the successful candidate an inspiring and rewarding role and an exciting opportunity to be a part of a every growing department with a new purpose-built facility and brand new equipment from Easter this year.

 

We offer an innovative induction and professional development programme, recognising that our staff are the key to our success. You will benefit from supportive colleagues, enthusiastic students and excellent facilities and resources. Students are introduced to a wide range of skills within the subject including: Food Technology, Textiles, Resistant Materials, Graphics and CAD/CAM. Students are able to choose from a variety of subjects at Key Stage 4 and 5.

 

A successful candidate will have experience in teaching a variety of areas across the subject, ideally with a specialism in Product Design, Graphics & CAD/CAM or Resistant Materials. The ability to teach Food, Textiles and Health & Social Care would be advantageous but not essential.

 

The Hemel Hempstead School is a popular and oversubscribed school on a beautiful site in the Boxmoor area. The school is close to local and national rail, bus and road links to London. Our Ofsted inspection in 2021 praised the school, especially “your values of Responsibility, Respect, Relationships, Reflection and Resilience being at the heart of the atmosphere at The Hemel Hempstead School. You prepare pupils to be courteous, considerate and capable young people, ready for the adult world.’ We are an expanding school, with 217 students in each year group and over 250 students in the Sixth Form. Our facilities are excellent with world-class sporting facilities, a brand-new music, languages and science centre and plans for further improvements across the site. In September 2025 we will have a brand-new school building which will house brand new facilities for Art, Design and Technology. The school is part of Scholars’ Education Trust.

 

If you are interested in joining us at this exciting time, further details and an application pack is available from HR@scholarseducationtrust.co.uk or on 01727 734424. CVs will not be accepted.

 

Diversity: Scholars’ Education Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. We want to attract and retain the very best staff in all areas of the trust, ensuring our staff body reflects the diversity of our students and local community.

 

Closing date: 13 March 2025, 9am

Interview date: TBC

 

We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

 

Scholars’ Education Trust Scholars’ Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure Barring Service

 

Declaration of criminal offences

The trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration form by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to have an up to date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean that you cannot be appointed but it may do so