Head of Technology

**Salary**:
MPS/UPS Plus TLR 1a (£9782)

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
September 2025

24 March 2025

**Job overview**:
**Head of Technology**
- MPS/UPS + (TLR 1a £9782)_

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, dynamic, motivated and able Head of Technology to lead our Technology department. We are looking for an excellent practitioner to work collaboratively with other Department Leaders to develop colleagues in delivering outstanding lessons and develop the wider Technology curriculum, raising academic achievement and ensuring all pupils make outstanding progress in all technology areas including: design technology, engineering, product design, food technology and têxtiles across Key Stage 3 and 4.
- Able to inspire pupils of all abilities within Technology to achieve their highest potential across Key Stage 3/4.
- Able to lead/develop a team of specialists ensuring outstanding practice across the department through coaching and mentoring.
- Committed to delivering consistently outstanding teaching and ability to share your practice with others in a constructive and collaborative manner.
- Able to contribute to the strategic development of the department by implementing new initiatives, monitoring and reporting on key outcomes, to ensure the department meets academic targets.
- Responsible and be accountable for pupil attainment and achievement, by tracking pupil progress and supporting individual pupils’ learning needs.

You will be:

- An outstanding practitioner.
- Inspirational, dedicated and motivated.
- Dedicated to being the best you can be.
- Passionate about Technology and the education of young people.
- Be creative, enthusiastic and engaging and able to challenge pupils.
- Supportive of the Academy’s ethos and values at all times both within the Academy and the wider community.
- Committed to Crofton Academy/Castleford Academy Trust values.
- Able to provide an active contribution to the wider part of Academy life.

Crofton Academy, part of Castleford Academy Trust, is an 11-16 mixed comprehensive of over 1,000 pupils offering a broad and balanced curriculum. Our expectations are high and this is reflected in our very successful academic record. The Academy was inspected in July 2023 and was awarded **‘Good’** in all categories and inspectors praised the Academy for its significant transformation. The inspection commended the Academy’s improvements in pupil behaviour, the wide range of clubs and societies available, its well-structured approaches to teaching, and the high-quality professional development that staff receive.

We value and develop our staff by attracting and retaining high quality teachers, supporting them to achieve their best and create opportunities for professional growth and development. The leadership and staff are incredibly proud of the Academy’s achievements and we welcome you to visit our school for a tour to see us in action. Castleford Academy Trust is in a period of transition which will see the Trust grow significantly with the academies within Northern Ambition Academies Trust joining the Trust in February 2025.


For any enquiries, please contact Kim Hinchcliffe at

and the academy reserves the right to interview potential applicants prior to the closing date.

**About**Crofton Academy**:
**Crofton Academy**
- High Street, Crofton, Wakefield
- West Yorkshire
- WF4 1NF
- United Kingdom

+44 1924 862985

Crofton Academy, part of Castleford Academy Trust, is an 11-16 mixed comprehensive of over 1,000 pupils offering a broad and balanced curriculum. Our expectations are high and this is reflected in our very successful academic record. The Academy was inspected in July 2023 and was awarded **‘Good’** in all categories and inspectors praised the Academy for its significant transformation. The inspection commended the Academy’s improvements in pupil behaviour, the wide range of clubs and societies available, its well-structured approaches to teaching, and the high-quality professional development that staff receive.