Art Technician
Westfield Academy
Hertfordshire
- £25,119 - £29,777 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Salary shown is FTE, actual salary will be Pro Rata for hours and weeks worked
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 21 April 2024
Job overview
About the role
Grade: H5 / H6 (depending on experience), Scale point range: Points 9-19
Salary range: £25,119 - £29,777 (FTE) Actual Salary will be Pro rata for hours and weeks worked
Hours: 32.5 hours / week, term time only plus 5 INSET days
Contract Type: Permanent
The job requires the Art Technician to provide support to staff and students undertaking the Art curriculum and overseeing the general running of the Art preparation areas, and to contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the Academy.
Key responsibilities
- Provision of support services to the teaching staff in organising requirements for their work.
- Preparation of materials to exact specification from stock as directed and clearing away equipment. This entails the use of machines and equipment (e.g. printmaking and clay).
- Assistance to teaching staff with demonstration lessons and practicals.
- Oversight of specialised teaching areas, stores and / or preparation rooms & arrangements for maintenance and repair services to equipment and working surfaces.
- Assisting in the maintenance of safety standards in the departments.
- Assist in the development of lesson plans.
- Contribute to the planning, development and organisation of systems, procedures and policies.
- Preparing and recycling clay, fill fire and empty the kiln as require
- Maintenance of stock and breakage records, catalogues and user manuals.
- Ordering, receiving and accounting for new stock and equipment.
Why work at Westfield?
At Westfield, one size doesn’t fit all. We are not and never will be a selective Academy. We believe that it is our duty to cater to the wide variety of needs of all our students. Our numbers have increased dramatically over the last few years, as has our reputation.
You will join a caring supportive staff team with access to great sporting facilities and to a comprehensive wellbeing program. We are looking for talented individuals, and are determined to develop your careers to their full potential. Most of our senior staff and middle leaders have been supported in their developmental journey, including our Senior Leads for CPD and Pastoral Support & Inclusion.
To flourish with us, you need to be hard-working, flexible, engaging and professional. You need to have high expectations for yourself, your colleagues and your students. Working at Westfield is rewarding but hard work, and you will need enthusiasm, creativity and a great sense of humour, alongside a willingness to throw yourself into all aspects of Academy life.
About us
We are an over-subscribed, high-performing, non-selective Academy. We have been a consistently “Good” OFSTED school since 2012, with our most recent inspection being December 2019. Our students have consistently achieved some of the best exam results in Southwest Hertfordshire.
In December 2016, we moved into a ‘new build’. This gave our students the learning environment they deserved, and they have thrived in it.
Our ethos is built on the words Believe | Strive | Achieve. We believe that students should have the highest possible aspirations for their future, and that through our support and hard work they should be able to achieve whatever they wish for.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications, therefore if you are interested in applying for this role, please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Attached documents
About Westfield Academy
Westfield Academy is a mainstream, co-educational, non-denominational, non-selective secondary school for children aged 11-19. It is situated in Watford in Hertfordshire and there are 950 pupils on its roll.
Westfield Academy prides itself on being an inclusive school, with a grammar stream, that caters for all abilities and gets the best out of every individual. The school converted to academy status in 2012.
Headteacher
Tim Body
Values and vision
At the heart of Westfield Academy's ethos is inclusiveness. Teachers strive to instil a strong sense of pride and belonging in Westfield pupils and the local community. The secondary school values every young person and has a strong commitment to developing positive attitudes in its students.
As well as focusing on academic subjects and physical activity, Westfield Academy endeavours to develop students’ spiritual, moral and social awareness, in order to ensure that pupils leave school as well-rounded individuals.
Ofsted report
“The school has improved in many areas since the predecessor school was last inspected. The quality of teaching has improved and the curriculum in Key Stages 4 and 5 is better suited to the needs of pupils. Subject leaders have a clearer understanding of the quality of teaching in their areas because they spend time monitoring pupils’ progress. Pupils make good progress. They join the school in Year 7 with levels of attainment that are consistently below the national average. When they reach the end of Year 11, their standards are in line with the national average in a wide range of subjects, including English and mathematics.”
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