Teacher of Art
Driffield School & Sixth Form
East Riding of Yorkshire
- £25,714 - £41,604 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Main Pay Scale 1 to Upper Pay Scale 3 (dependent on experience)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 23 May 2022
Job overview
Up to Full Time
Salary £25,714 to £41,604 per annum
Main Pay Scale 1 to Upper Pay Scale 3 (dependent on experience)
To start September 2022
Fixed term for one year
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post of Teacher of Art at Driffield School and Sixth Form. We are looking for a highly motivated, forward-thinking and passionate individual to join our Art department in a friendly and supportive environment. If successful, you would be working closely with our Subject Leader of Art in an established team with three teachers and a technician. We place a high value on the importance of art within our curriculum and students enjoy our excellent facilities, including a dedicated space for our A-level students. We promote the highest standards of teaching to support students of all backgrounds and abilities.
In their last visit (January 2020), Ofsted described our school as a ‘happy and friendly place,’ providing ‘a good quality of education to its pupils and sixth-form students.’ As a school, we are dedicated to providing a great teacher in every classroom and are committed to high-quality, collective teacher development. This helps us to reduce the replication of effort and helps all teachers to thrive in our setting. We do this by prioritising the continuing development of our staff. This comes in a variety of forms: professional subject-specific development delivered in department time; INSET days as well as through CPD opportunities across The Education Alliance.
Within The Education Alliance Multi Academy Trust, there are lots of opportunities for collaboration and also further opportunities to develop and progress. As a trust, we are here to make great schools and happier, stronger communities so that people have better lives. For too long in many schools, staff have been asked to choose between being seen as good at their job and being a good mum, dad, partner, son, daughter or friend. We are doing everything we can to support our staff to balance the demands of their jobs and those at home.
To support this, we:
√ Trust our staff to plan, prepare and assess at the best time for them, allowing them to go off-site in their PPA
√ Have centralised our Behaviour Policy so teachers are freed up from supervising detentions
√ Demand ethical leadership built on professional trust
√ Reject fads and ensure our CPD is evidence-informed and predominantly subject specific
√ Have reduced data collections to twice yearly
√ Do not expect staff to respond to emails outside normal working hours
√ Do not deploy staff at other Trust schools unless it is at their request
We have removed the following:
x Performance management objectives and performance-related pay
x Lesson observations and high stakes, toxic accountability
x Onerous marking policies
x Requirements for daily or weekly lesson plans
Above all, we recognise that seeking to remove the number of tasks staff undertake will have little effect on improving work/home balance if this happens within a toxic culture. To support this, we offer training for our leaders to ensure they are able to translate our values into behaviours which are built on the principles of dignity, respect, professionalism and integrity.
Driffield School is based in the heart of the bucolic Yorkshire Wolds and is easily accessible from local towns and cities (with commutes of 20 minutes from Beverley, 30 minutes from Scarborough and 40 minutes from York or Hull). As a school, we are immensely proud of our students and would welcome the opportunity to meet you and show you around our school community. If you would like an informal discussion about the role, or would like to visit us to see what we have to offer, please contact Laura Sanders on 01377 232362 or by email at hr@driffieldschool.org.uk .
The closing date for applications is 9.00am on Monday 23 May and it is anticipated that interviews will be held during week commencing 23 May 2022.
We will contact you once your application has been reviewed.
Driffield School & Sixth Form is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required prior to appointment.
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About Driffield School & Sixth Form
- Driffield School & Sixth Form
- Manorfield Road, Driffield
- East Yorkshire
- YO25 5HR
- United Kingdom
Forward by Vicky Loftus (Headteacher)
We are an 11-19 Comprehensive School with approximately 1,350 students on roll. We are part of The Education Alliance, a growing multi-academy trust, currently consisting of South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College, Malet Lambert School, Driffield School and Sixth Form, The Snaith School, The Hub School, Hunsley Primary School, North Cave Church of England Primary School, Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School, Howden Junior School and Yorkshire Wolds Teacher Training. We are here to make great schools and happier, stronger communities so that people have better lives. We do this by always doing what is right, trusting each other and standing shoulder to shoulder and doing what we know makes the difference. Doing what is right means always acting with integrity, in the interests of others and being honest, open and transparent.
Driffield School and Sixth Form is a friendly and supportive school and we do everything we can to ensure that every individual child receives the care, support and guidance they need to thrive and be the best they can be. Our fantastic team of hardworking and caring staff are fundamental to this success and we invest heavily in professional development to enable our staff to flourish, continually develop and access in-house career opportunities. We have a long tradition of being an inclusive and supportive school and our aim is for all students and staff to enjoy learning, experience success and develop their full potential. Our Be Well Programme was introduced in September 2019 and provides a comprehensive package of well-being and mental health support for all our students, parents/caregivers and staff. Further details are available in the general details section below.
Staff, governors, students and members of the community have worked together to create a vision of the key qualities and values they would like to see in the school:
Believe ● Achieve
A proud and confident community: achieving success through trust and respectful relationships.
As this dynamic vision statement illustrates, it is an exciting time for the school which has enormous potential.
The hard work of staff and students has resulted in a record number of the highest grades at Driffield School and Sixth Form in 2023. At A Level, 45% of our students achieved A* to B grades and 74% A* to C grades. 16% of all grades were A* or A. We are really proud of our students' efforts and achievements and this year saw a wonderful set of results for students who can now move successfully into employment, apprenticeships and further study in Higher Education after a 99% pass rate.
The majority of our students gained their first choice of university with a high proportion securing a place at one of the prestigious Russell Group universities. A record number of students have also successfully graduated from our MEDSOC programme, securing a place to study medicine at university.
Our Basics measures at GCSE continue to improve year on year, with 64% of students achieving at least a standard pass in both English and Maths and 46% achieving a strong pass or above in English and Maths. The percentage of students achieving at least a grade 4 is above the national average in all core subjects. Alongside the strong performance in the core subjects, our students excel in the arts. Our art, music and drama departments all saw over a quarter of students achieving the highest grades of 7, 8 or 9 in 2023.
Our facilities have been designed to ensure the environment promotes learning and these include a purpose built Art and Technology building and a state of the art Performing Arts block. A £1.2 million investment has recently been completed to update the school’s North Building and the energy efficiencies this will create will be reinvested into teaching and learning. All our facilities are actively used by the local community outside school hours. We also have access to the East Riding Leisure Centre which is adjacent to the school site and is equipped with the latest fitness equipment for the benefit of staff and students. The school is also able to use residential facilities at Spiers Bank House, an ex-forestry commission house located near Pickering in the North York Moors. This provides a fantastic resource for the development of students’ outdoor experiences as well as personal development. Our school prospectus can be accessed here.
Driffield is at the heart of the Yorkshire Wolds and has recently been named by The Times as one of the best places to live in the North of England.
We are proud of our school and welcome the opportunity to show prospective staff, who are interested in any current vacancies, around the site.
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