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Art Teacher

Art Teacher

Leighton Park School

Reading

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September2021
Apply by:
12 March 2021

Job overview

HMC Co-educational boarding and day school for students aged 11-18.

Art Teacher - From September 2021 

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic teacher of Art, to join a dynamic and popular department from September 2021.  This post would suit an experienced practitioner or a newly qualified teacher who is keen to develop. Our successful candidate will have the ability to teach Art across KS3 – KS5. A willingness to participate in co-curricular activities is also required.

Leighton Park School is set in over sixty acres of beautiful parkland near to the heart of Reading. Leighton Park offers a distinctive atmosphere that creates achievement with values, character and community.  Founded on Quaker principles, we seek to inspire each student to fulfil their academic and personal potential and be reflective, purposeful adults.  We appoint candidates who will contribute and thrive in our vibrant community.

Leighton Park is an outstanding HMC independent day and boarding school for 520 boys and girls aged 11-18 where young people learn how to think, to believe in themselves and to grow within a community. Within walking distance of Reading town centre, the school is set in 65 acres of picturesque Berkshire parkland providing an atmosphere of mutual respect, where every student is given the confidence to find out who they really are and unearth their individual academic and co-curricular talents. Students build strong relationships with one another and those around them.  

The school offers a supportive and professional workplace with excellent terms, conditions and benefits. Accommodation may also be available. 

To apply, please download an application pack from our website and email it to apply@leightonpark.com further information about the post is also available from this email address.

Applicants are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

Leighton Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, therefore the successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of our recruitment process.



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About Leighton Park School

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Leighton Park School is a successful, forward looking independent (HMC) day and boarding school for girls and boys aged 11-18 set in 65 acres of magnificent parkland.

Leighton Park exists to form young people of real character and confidence, with a determined desire to change the world, reflecting the school’s Quaker values. In 2023 we won Senior School of the Year in the national Independent Schools Association Awards. We were also a finalist in the Independent Senior School of the Year in the TES Schools Awards 2023.

We are a school that inspires Achievement with Values, Character and Community and academic excellence is the consequence of our approach. Valuing breadth and depth, we are distinguished by excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM), Music and Ethical Enterprise. The UK Government’s latest 16-18 league tables reveal Leighton Park to be the best performing School in Berkshire and in the top 1% of English schools. We are one of only eight schools to have always appeared in the top 100.

We challenge our students to imagine a better world. We then support them to develop the character, confidence and determination to be changemakers.

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