Resident Artist and Art Technician
Leighton Park School
Reading
- Expired
- Salary:
- £12,000 to include free accommodation and free board during term time
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 1st September 2016
- Apply by:
- 9 June 2016
Job overview
Leighton Park School are looking for an enthusiastic recent Graduate to work with our Art Department. You will be able to communicate with pupils and successfully pass on skills to others, particularly during activities time after lessons and on some Saturday mornings. The Resident Artist and Art Technician’s role is to support the departmental staff and pupils within the 12 rooms/studios in the daily running of the department. You will assist staff and students during lessons and ensuring a safe and clean working environment. You will also assist the department with running our evening Art and Design hobbies and activities sessions.
There will also be opportunity for a committed Artist to continue his or her own work within the Art Department and encourage the pupils through example so that they may gain an insight into the working processes of a professional artist. At the start and end of your time at Leighton Park, there will be an opportunity to hold an exhibition in the school’s gallery.
You will be required to undertake some evening boarding/pastoral duties and to support the wider life of the school community, including participation in visits and study trips and as such, free accommodation throughout the year and free board during term time will be provided.
Leighton Park School is set in over sixty acres of beautiful parkland near to the heart of Reading. Founded on Quaker values, Leighton Park offers a distinctive atmosphere where we aim to inspire and support each student to prepare for their future by reaching their potential academically and personally. We aim to appoint a candidate who will contribute and thrive in our vibrant community.
To apply, please download an application pack from our website and email it to apply@leightonpark.com. If you require further information, please call HR on 0118 987 9600.
Leighton Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, therefore the successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of our recruitment process.
Closing date for this position is: 10th June 2016
Interviews will be held during week commencing: 13th June 2016
Leighton Park School
HMC Co-educational boarding and day school for students aged 11-18.
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About Leighton Park School
Leighton Park School is a successful, forward looking independent (HMC) day and boarding school for approximately 500 pupils aged 11-18 set in 65 acres of magnificent parkland.
Leighton Park exists to form young people of real character and confidence, with a determined desire to change the world, reflecting the school’s Quaker values. In March 2021 we won the ISA Award for Outstanding Local Community Outreach for the involvement of our students, staff and parents in projects helping those less fortunate and putting our Quaker values into practice.
We are a school that inspires Achievement with Values, Character and Community and academic excellence is the consequence of our approach. Valuing breadth and depth, we are distinguished by excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM), Music and Ethical Enterprise. The UK Government’s latest 16-18 league tables reveal Leighton Park to be the best performing School in Berkshire and in the top 1% of English schools. We are one of only eight schools to have always appeared in the top 100.
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