Subject Leader Art

We are looking for a Subject Leader Art who can create exciting, engaging and enjoyable lessons through which all students are able to make progress in developing their skills and knowledge.  The appointed teacher will be a confident practitioner in their specialism and bring creative ideas to help further develop the department.  You will ideally have good experience in Photography and be able to foster interest within this area of the subject.

We aim to provide a rich and diverse curriculum that caters for the individual creative interests of our students.  Students are taught the basic skills and concepts through a stimulating variety of projects using different materials and subject matter.  Students are encouraged to develop confidence in ways of individual expression and develop a genuine interest in the work of artists.

The person joining the department will have a strong enthusiasm for the subject, enjoy teaching and be forward thinking.  The post requires effective communication skills and a collaborative approach; it offers an excellent opportunity to join a key department with scope to contribute to other subject areas, the pastoral work of the school, and a wide range of extra curricular activities.

We are looking for Subject Leader who:

•is inspirational and an imaginative classroom practitioner; 

•has the drive, passion and enthusiasm to raise standards and encourage students to achieve their best; 

•has excellent planning and organisational abilities; 

•has the ability to teach their subject at A Level; 

•has the ability to provide specialist subject expertise to assist departmental staff as appropriate.

If you have the ability to demonstrate excellent subject knowledge, teach inspirational lessons and have the drive, passion and teaching dynamic to make a significant contribution to our school then we want to hear from you.

As part of the Aquinas Trust we are pleased to be able to offer employees a number of very attractive continued professional learning (CPL) opportunities.  The ACE - Teach and the ACE-Lead courses for teaching members of staff come highly rated by those who have enjoyed these opportunities.  They offer high quality training including coaching and a chance to learn from other colleagues across the trust at similar career stages or those who have recently developed their career within the trust.  Many recent delegates have progressed to secure promoted posts within the trust following their first or second year of employment with us. This type of training also offers a fascinating insight and collaboration cross-phase between secondary and primary teachers with colleagues benefiting from seeing outstanding practice in action to inform the very best practice in our schools.

Those newly qualified (NQT) or recently qualified (RQT) teachers benefit from our Senior Mentor within school who is able to share best practice through mentoring and offer in-school coaches both within subject areas and from our skilled and dedicated cross-subject associate mentors.  These dedicated and determined members of staff provide high quality support in the early years of our new teachers' careers.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.