Job Ref: FLP-R1653 Please quote on all correspondence

Start: September 2026

Salary:  grade 4 / scale point 7 (£26,403) to point 8 (£26,824), this is before pro-rata.  all inset days. 

Location: Bedminster Down School (near Bristol)

Contract: 25 hours per week. Term time only, plus all INSET days

Term: Permanent

Bedminster Down School is looking for a technically skilled and supportive person to join our design team as a Art, Food and Textiles Technician. The successful candidate will play a vital role in supporting every one of our students to make the very best progress that they can. You will be joining a friendly team, with a wealth of experience, which is always looking to improve.

Our design curriculum is rooted in high expectations of all students, with a focus on providing a diverse range of rich and interesting projects which will allow students to express themselves, whilst consistently embedding the core knowledge that makes students the artists, engineers and Michelin Star chefs of the future. Our building is fantastically well apportioned; no design lessons take place outside of bespoke practical spaces, which include our dark room for photography and kiln room for pottery. It is our firm belief that we should provide students with the most ambitious practical work that we can, to give students the very best possible experience of working with materials and processes throughout their secondary education. As a Art, Food and Textiles Technician, you will ensure that the practical sessions that are the building blocks of the design curriculum are well planned, resourced and that equipment required meets excellent safety and quality standards.

We believe strongly in providing a full KS3 experience to all of our young people, so the design curriculum remains broad until the end of Year 9, when students begin their KS4 options. As a result of the experience that students have in KS3, design is the most popular KS4 curriculum area, with multiple options classes running in almost every discipline. We work closely with the other Futura secondary schools to develop our shared curriculum, to share the best resources and to identify the best practice and share this knowledge between schools.

The ideal candidate for this post will have a keen interest in working with young people and may have school-based experience from previous employment. Most of all though, you will have a desire to learn and a ‘can-do’ attitude. You will be provided with a range of support and training, including any necessary qualifications, to ensure you can fulfill the duties of the post well.

If you have a strong belief in the power of high-quality teaching and learning to change the lives of young people, especially when that teaching is reinforced by practical learning, this is the job for you.

In return we offer:

- A competitive salary

- A full and varied training programme offering development for our staff

- An opportunity to work in a supportive team from whom you can learn, develop and grow

- Wider opportunities to be involved across the Futura Learning Partnership

- An energised and professional working environment

- Benefits include; pension scheme, discounted sports centre/gym membership, free wellbeing support & medical cover, free on-site parking and cycle to work scheme.

Futura Learning Partnership is a partnership of schools which span the Bristol - Keynsham - Bath area that are working together to provide a high-quality educational experience for all students in their care and be a truly inclusive provider of 4-19 education in the area.

The closing date for applications is: 23:59 on 24/07/2026

Interviews are likely to take place soon after

No CVs or agencies please

To apply:

- Download the Job Description/Person Specification and Application Form

- Trust Recruitment Pack - Click on the ‘apply’ button to be redirected and apply online via the Futura Learning Jobsite

PLEASE NOTE:

1) Early applications are encouraged. Bedminster Down School reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement, should the school be able to appoint an appropriate candidate.

Futura Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006.