Teacher of Art

Swanwick School & Sports College is an ‘Outstanding’ school providing an exciting and relevant education for young people with additional needs including Moderate and Severe Learning needs, Challenging Behaviour and ASD. The Governors are looking for an outstanding practitioner to teach Art across our school.

We are looking to recruit a well-qualified and enthusiastic practitioner to teach Art across the school setting. Whilst Art will form the majority of the teaching commitment we are also interested in staff who are able to teach some, or all, of the following subjects; Design and Technology.

Although this position will primarily involve teaching pupils of secondary age, applications from both primary and secondary practitioners are welcomed.

The successful candidate will be someone who can create and deliver stimulating lessons, have excellent assessment for learning strategies and know how to support pupils’ next steps in learning. The successful applicant will also promote the school ethos through high levels of expectation, excellent behaviour management skills, being an adaptable team player and able to encourage pupil independence.

The successful candidate will must be able to demonstrate the ability to use ICT in an innovative and imaginative manner throughout the curriculum.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate and support our school vision of ‘Enjoy, Achieve, Exceed’.

We invite applications from both Early Career Teachers and more experienced teachers.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact the Co-Headteachers on: - 01773 602198 to arrange an appointment or discuss the position further.

The closing date for applications is Midnight on Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Applications should be completed on line through the Derbyshire website or online with the TES.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the successful applicant will be expected to undertake a criminal record check via the Criminal Records Bureau.