Head of Art
Soar Valley College
Leicester
- £31,650 - £49,084 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPR/UPR plus TLR1B
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 21 August 2025
- Apply by:
- 3 April 2025
Job overview
Head of Art Department - MPR/UPR + TLR 1B
Are you an excellent and effective teacher, preferably with some wider leadership experience, and ready to take on the leadership of an already strong department? Is the next step in your career to work in an outstanding school with supportive, committed staff and excellent outcomes? If so, this could be for you!
Leadership roles at Soar Valley do not come up often, and this is a very exciting opportunity for a suitably experienced, dynamic and successful professional with leadership potential to join our team and to make a significant contribution to our arts provision, which is highly valued here. Currently we offer GCSEs in Fine Art, Photography and Graphics, and take-up is very strong at Key Stage 4, with at least 7 groups in each of Years 10 and 11.
At Soar Valley College we are committed to high standards, raising achievement and developing excellence in our staff and students. We provide a vibrant and engaging curriculum that promotes a love of learning and prepares young people for the next steps in their lives. Regular external reviews have highlighted excellent practice at Soar Valley, following on from an outstanding Ofsted inspection back in 2014, where ‘teaching is exemplary’ and ‘students are proud to belong to the college’, and we believe this still remains the case.
Our progress measures are strong every year (+0.74 in 2024), with very little in-school variation. The thing we are most proud of however, is our unique and caring ethos, which inspires success for all, making this a great school at which to begin or continue your teaching career. Facilities for Art are excellent, there is a strong, personalised programme of professional development in school, and relationships between all are a strength.
Further information is available on our website. Interested candidates are welcome to contact us to talk about the position and visit the school before making an application should they wish. Please contact via sstone@soarvalley.aspirelp.uk with any queries.
Closing date: 3pm Thursday 3 April 2025.
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About Soar Valley College
A highly successful school with a distinctive character and ethos.
We have an excellent reputation for the quality of the education we provide, and are very proud of our students and their achievements. Our motto of ‘Aspire, Enjoy, Achieve’ encapsulates the ethos of our school where every individual is encouraged and supported to do the best they can do, and to be the best they can be, and tells of the positive experience students have both inside and out of the classroom.
At Soar Valley we value effort above all and believe there are no ceilings to student achievement.
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