Head of Creative Design Department
The West Bridgford School
Nottinghamshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £23,719 to £39,406 plus TLR 1A (£7,853)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 23 January 2019
Job overview
HEAD OF CREATIVE DESIGN DEPARTMENT
FOR SEPTEMBER 2019
Salary: Dependent on Experience £23,719 to £39,406 plus TLR 1A (£7,853)
The West Bridgford School has a unique opportunity for an enthusiastic and ambitious Teacher of Art to join and lead an outstanding department, in a high-performing and over-subscribed school.
The person we are seeking will be an outstanding teacher across the ability and age range, able to promote innovation in teaching and learning and work in a supportive way with colleagues. It is essential that the successful candidate has experience teaching Art to both GCSE and ‘A’ Level standard. The Creative Design Department teaches a suite of design-led subjects such as Art, Photography, Product Design and Engineering. They will, enjoy a high degree of autonomy when working with the Senior Management team in moving the department even further forward.
We are offering excellent professional development opportunities, the chance to work as part of a team committed to continuous improvement, a positive learning ethos with all abilities of students and the opportunity to teach A Level’s across the department.
The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion.
For further information, and an application pack, please visit our web site at www.wbs.school/vacancies or email vacancies@wbs. school
Only applications submitted on the school’s application form will be considered. We do not accept applications through recruitment agencies.
Closing date for applications is 12 noon on Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Attached documents
About The West Bridgford School
- The West Bridgford School
- Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- NG2 7FA
- United Kingdom
Located in West Bridgeford. Nottinghamshire, West Bridgeford School is a co-educational secondary academy school. With over 1400 pupils from a wide range of different cultural and economic backgrounds, West Bridgeford School is considerably larger than the average secondary school. First established as a grammar school in 1895, the school has undergone numerous changes in its location and ethos over the years, becoming a comprehensive school in 1969 and converting to an academy in 2011. The school is part of the East Midlands Educational Trust, a multi-academy trust responsible for a number of secondary schools in and around the East Midlands.
Headteacher
Mr Rob McDonough
Values and Vision
West Bridgeford School Works hard to fulfil a comprehensive ethos, working hard to provide opportunities for students from a wide range of different backgrounds and with a wide range of academic interests. The school also emphasises traditional academic values of hard work and self-motivation, with students being helped to develop the necessary emotional and social intelligence to achieve beyond their time at school.
Ofsted
“It is an outstanding school. Central to the school’s ambition is the ongoing drive to achieve the highest standards for each student. Levels of attainment have risen steadily year on year and are exceptionally high. Students make outstanding progress in their academic work, and their wider personal development is also excellent. They mature as responsible and articulate young adults who develop the essential attitudes, skills and self-reliance that prepare them very well for the next stage of their education and for later life. “
The full report into The West Bridgeford School can be found here.
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