Teacher of Design and Technology

£35,000 - £45,000 per annum, depending on experience, plus benefits

Part Time to Full Time

Permanent

Required September 2025

Notting Hill & Ealing High School, one of London’s leading independent girls’ day schools, has an exciting opportunity for a committed Teacher of Design and Technology.

As a Teacher of Design and Technology, you will provide excellent DT lessons to pupils from across the school, delivering teaching with expertise and enthusiasm, whilst offering support to the learning of individual students and contributing to the school’s pastoral system.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Teacher of DT, with a passion for the subject and excellent subject knowledge. Previous experience of working in a successful department at

Key Stages 3 to 5 is also essential. If you are a good communicator who can enthuse and inspire pupils about the possibilities offered by DT, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Please see the applicant pack for full details about the school and the department.

Design and Technology at NHEHS

The Design and Technology department at NHEHS offers an invigorating, challenging and creative experience. Students are encouraged to follow the methods of professional designers, with an emphasis on producing functional products that are aesthetically pleasing.

At NHEHS we believe that Design and Technology fosters creativity and problem-solving skills. Students are taught to design and make products using a wide range of materials and techniques. We embrace new technologies and CAD and CAM is used extensively across the curriculum and the department.

Teaching at NHEHS

“Teaching here is all about being able to have in-depth conversations with students about your subject and helping to enthuse them with the same passion as you have. Teaching at NHEHS is exactly what I imagined teaching would be like when I got my first teaching job; it’s what teaching should be!”

- Head of Department

About the School

NHEHS is a leading academic day school. Our girls are ambitious, bright, enthusiastic and eager to learn, and we offer a warm and supportive community. We occupy a site in suburban, leafy, west Ealing with excellent transport links. As part of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST), the UK’s leading network of independent girls’ schools, we can offer a variety of benefits:

• Membership of Teaching Staff Pension Scheme

• Access to the GDST central training and development programme

• Up to 50% discount on fees for children at GDST schools

• Training grants for obtaining further qualifications

• Interest-free annual season ticket loans for travel are available to staff

• Interest-free loans to enable staff to buy a computer for personal use at home

• Cycle Scheme: The School is part of the scheme which enables staff to purchase bicycles and equipment at a tax advantageous rate and pay for the equipment over 12 months

• Free lunches during term time

• Accredited ECT induction

The closing date for this role is 12pm on Friday 25th April 2025.

Interviews will take place on Thursday 8th May 2025.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the position and recommend that applications are submitted early. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider applicants and may have to close the interviews early.

NHEHS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS. Applications will be considered only from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK.

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.