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Teacher of Art

Teacher of Art

Coombe Wood School

South Croydon

  • £34,514 - £51,179 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
M1- UPS3
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2024
Apply by:
21 May 2024

Job overview

Career Opportunity

Ambitious, forward-thinking, flexible and self-motivated? If you can combine these attributes with excellent teaching skills, now is the unique time to join the teaching staff at Coombe Wood School. We offer scope to advance at our vibrant and heavily oversubscribed school . 

As a relatively new school, this brings with it a variety of promotion opportunities for dedicated and ambitious staff. CWS is a school with a growing track record of rewarding outstanding performance amongst current staff via internal promotions. By becoming part of the team at Coombe Wood School, your career will benefit from joining a future-focused group of schools within Folio Education Trust, offering access to high calibre CPD, which contributes to the recognised quality of learning within our schools. 

There is a strong team spirit, which has contributed to a supportive learning environment for both staff and students at Coombe Wood School. Our staff are ready to overcome unexpected challenges, break fresh ground, encourage collaboration and share excellent teaching skills within our hardworking and dedicated group.  

Our Art department

The Creative Arts department comprises specialist teachers in Art, Graphic Design, Photography, Design & Technology, Fashion & Textiles and Food & Nutrition. Our brand new facilities include a kiln room, dark room, workshop and large specialist classrooms for each creative subject. The large Art rooms are equally well resourced with large floor to ceiling windows that look out onto Lloyd Park and central Croydon. 

We are an incredibly visible department with regular trips and competitions to extend and develop our students' passion for all aspects of Art and Design & Technology outside of the classroom. There are also opportunities to play a crucial role in developing our co-curricular programme.

The Creative Arts Department provides the opportunity to work with a well-qualified, experienced and supportive team who are keen to share good practice and skills to ensure we have the biggest impact on the learning of our students. This includes opportunities for departmental CPD across a wide range of Art and Design & Technology specialisms. This role is suitable for both experienced teachers and ECTs.

Ethos 

Our ethos derives from the theoretical and practical nature of sport with TEAMWORK, RESPECT, ENJOYMENT, DISCIPLINE and SPORTSMANSHIP as its core values. All staff are expected to demonstrate and support these in their everyday work. Coombe Wood School teaching and non-teaching staff will work closely together across many different areas of the school to ensure the best possible learning experiences for our students.

Coombe Wood School is part of Folio Education Trust: http://www.folio-education.co.uk/. This is a local collaboration of schools, with future possibilities of shared training or working at more than one school, so by becoming part of the team at Coombe Wood School, your career will experience wider benefits.

Location

Serving the communities of South and Central Croydon, this fully-inclusive secondary co-educational school was established in 2018 to meet an urgent rising local demand. The school is situated opposite Lloyd Park in South Croydon, with an excellent Tramlink service to and from East Croydon station (just 5 minutes’ journey-time away) and a short walk from several bus routes. Over £35 million has been invested in our state-of-the-art school, including enhanced sports and performing arts facilities, comprising a competition-sized sports hall, a full-size 3G artificial surface, sprung dance floor studios, music rooms and a recording studio. 


Application Procedure

Please download the job description, candidate pack and application form or visit http://www.cws-croydon.co.uk/Career-Opportunities  

For enquiries relating to the role, please contact careers@cws.foliotrust.uk 

Please email your completed applications to careers@cws.foliotrust.uk   in compliance with safer recruitment guidelines CVs will not be accepted.

Closing Date: Tuesday 21st May 2024

Interview Date: TBC


Safeguarding: Folio Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The recruitment process will include an enhanced DBS check, medical screening, confirmation of right to work in the UK and all other pre-employment checks in line with safer recruitment requirements.

The Candidate Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) is published on our web site www.folio-education.co.uk

Equal Opportunities

At Folio Education Trust, we believe that all individuals are of equal value and we are committed to equal opportunities for all. All people who work and study in the school have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, class, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation and religion or belief.

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About Coombe Wood School

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+44 203 011 2762

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About us – context, location and buildings 

This fully inclusive secondary co-educational school was established in 2018 to meet an urgent rising local demand. 

The site of our new building and extensive grounds is opposite Lloyd Park in South Croydon, with an excellent Tramlink service to and from East Croydon station (just 5-minute journey-time away,) and a short walk from several bus routes. 

Our £35 million building and facilities offer specialist teaching spaces for all subjects including Music, Dance, Drama, Science, Design Technology and Art. In addition, students benefit from indoor and outdoor auditoriums, a brand new Health Related Fitness building offering dedicated health and well-being studios and competition-sized spaces for gymnastics, netball, football and basketball. The school is set in spacious parkland grounds which offer a range of outdoor learning opportunities across all subject areas.

Underlying every aspect of school life and pinned together by a set of strong core values which are owned by all children and staff;

TEAMWORK, RESPECT,  ENJOYMENT, DISCIPLINE and SPORTSMANSHIP

The School is working towards  being the healthiest school in the UK, prioritising participation in a healthy lifestyle.

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