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Head of Art and Design

Head of Art and Design

Westminster Under School

Westminster

Salary:
Competitive
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
From January 2020

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Art teacher to play a pivotal role leading and building on an already well - respected Art Department which continues to set the standards nationally.

Leading by example, you will plan, monitor and evaluate the curricular offer, annually review and develop the art syllabus and ensure and encourage imaginative and varied teaching approaches, with a strong focus on the need for continuous innovative learning.

Art and Design are highly valued throughout the school with all boys having a double lesson once a week. The Art Department occupies bright and extensive accommodation, facilitating a wide range of materials including clay, enamelling, glass and a range of print-making options. The addition of a departmental IT suite allows for research into critical studies, graphics and animation. 

You will need to be highly motivated and inspirational with strong leadership skills and a commitment to quality assurance, with a willingness to participate fully in the various extra-curricular activities, both academic and cultural. 

An informed knowledge of a wide - ranging variety of techniques and art and design related IT programmes and substantial knowledge of art history from the Renaissance through to the 20th century movements is also essential.

For further information and to apply please click the apply button.

Closing date: 12 noon on 18th June 2019.

Interviews will take place 22nd June 2019.

Westminster Under School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, overseas police clearance checks and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

About Westminster Under School

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+44 20 78215788

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Westminster Under School is a great environment for happy and purposeful pupils. Our aim is to produce well-rounded individuals with a love of learning and an enthusiasm for life. We expect the boys to be hard working and active participants in their lessons, but we place equal importance on the boys embracing extra-curricular activities at the School.

We want our pupils to enjoy their time at School and we believe that one of the best ways to achieve this is by providing stimulating, challenging lessons. The boys are encouraged to think for themselves, to engage fully in classroom discussions and to take pride in their work. We aim to foster a love of learning in all our pupils and a love of teaching in those who educate them.

Westminster Under School is a day school with approximately 260 pupils aged between 7 and 13.  The Under School was founded in 1943 in the precincts of Westminster School in Little Dean’s Yard, just behind Westminster Abbey. The 17 boys with whom it began rapidly became 60 in number and by 1950 there were 80 boys in the Under School. The boys had to compete for space with the senior school pupils who had returned from evacuation at the end of the war, but in 1951 the Under School acquired its own premises in Eccleston Square. Numbers of pupils continued to rise during the 1960s and 1970s and in 1981 the School moved once again to its present site overlooking the Westminster playing fields in Vincent Square.

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