THE ECCLESBOURNE SCHOOL

Are you a practical and organised individual with a passion for supporting young people in a creative environment?

The Ecclesbourne School are seeking a highly motivated and professional Technology Technician to join our dedicated and supportive design and technology team specialising in Food and Textiles from September 2026.

About the Role:
This is a key support role within our Technology Faculty. You will play a vital part in ensuring the smooth and safe running of Food and Textiles lessons across Key Stages 3, 4, and 5. Your primary responsibilities will involve:

• Preparation and Organisation: Preparing ingredients and setting up cooking stations for food lessons, and preparing fabrics, threads, and materials for textiles lessons.
• Stock Management: Ordering, monitoring, and maintaining stock levels of food, ingredients, and textiles resources, ensuring safe storage and checking expiry dates.
• Equipment and Safety: Setting up, cleaning, and maintaining all equipment, including sewing machines, cookers, and other appliances. You will be responsible for upholding high standards of hygiene and safety in all practical areas, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations and undertaking risk assessments.
• Classroom Support: Assisting teaching staff during practical lessons, providing technical guidance to students, and helping to clear away and clean work areas after lessons.

About you

We are looking for a candidate with a strong commitment to working with young people in an educational setting. The ideal candidate will be:

• Financially Aware: With an ability to monitor budgets, track expenditure, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• IT Literate: With a good proficiency, and previous experience, in Microsoft Office
• Highly Organised and Practical: With a keen eye for detail and the ability to manage resources effectively.
• A Strong Communicator: Able to work collaboratively with teaching staff and support students with confidence.
• Proactive and Independent: Able to use their own initiative to solve problems and maintain a safe, well-organised learning environment.
• Health and Safety Conscious: With a good understanding of hygiene procedures in a food environment and general safety in a workshop setting.
• Qualified/Experience (Desirable but not essential): Previous experience in a school or a similar workshop/kitchen environment is advantageous. A current Food Hygiene Certificate is also desirable, however, full training will be provided for the right candidate.

Why join The Ecclesbourne School:

• Make a real difference: See the tangible impact of your work on the school and its students.
• Supportive environment: Join a welcoming team in a school that values and invests in its staff.
• Professional Development: Full induction, including safeguarding and behaviour management training, and opportunities for career development within our supportive academy.
• Local Government Pension Scheme: Immediate memberships of the Local Government Pension Scheme with a high percentage of employer contributions.
• Wellbeing: We value our staff and recognise the on-going contributions they make to the continued success of the whole school.
• The school motto: ‘Integrity. Tenacity. Service.’ is at the core of school life.
• School admissions: Children of members of staff, with a minimum of two years’ service at the school at the time of application, are included in our admissions criteria.
• Term-time, plus one week, hours: Great for work life balance.

The reward for working at The Ecclesbourne School is more than financial. To learn more about the school please click here

If you share our ethos we look forward to hearing from you.

How to Apply:

You should apply using the school application form, which can be downloaded below.

When applying please outline how your previous experience has prepared you for this role and what skills you will bring to it. For further information, or to visit the school, please contact:

Tina Spencer-Keyse, Director of Human Resources
Email: TSpencer-Keyse@ecclesbourne.derbyshire.sch.uk
Tel: 01332 843257

Please note that we do not accept applications by CV and all applications should be made via the school application form.

Application Forms

Please note that we do not accept applications by CV.

Closing date for applications is 8am on Monday 6 July 2026
We encourage applicants to apply early as we reserve the right to close applications on an earlier date should there be a high number of candidates.

Our commitment to safeguarding: Our school is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students, and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment will be conditional on a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, references, health check and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain convictions are considered “protected”. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers and, if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice Website and on the websites of charities NACRO and UNLOCK.

Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a school we are passionate about diversity and recognize that as individuals we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.