Teacher of Art

Staff morale is high. Staff say the Academy is moving forward quickly and there is a relentless ambition to reach high standards’ Ofsted 2015

Swallow Hill Community College is an 11-16 Academy and proud to be part of Academies Enterprise Trust. We are proud to serve the communities around the inner West of Leeds. We are within easy access from Bradford, Wakefield and Barnsley and only 10 minutes from the M1 motorway.

Our students are at the heart of everything we do and they are challenged and supported to achieve their potential and reach the highest standards. You will find our pupils are engaging, take a pride in their work and are ready to learn – all we need is you!

Our community deserves an outstanding school and we are rapidly working towards achieving this goal. We are looking to appoint to the post of Teacher of Art. Art is a popular and successful subject and benefits from being well resourced. As our new teacher you will be given the tools to help enable you to deliver inspiring and inspirational lessons to our students.

We actively welcome applications from talented NQT’s as well as from experienced colleagues looking to develop their career.

You will be:

• An inspiring and engaged teacher with the ability to teach Art up to KS4. 
• Able to motivate and instil ambition that ‘nothing is impossible’ for our students
• A teacher who enjoys sharing best practice and raising expectation

We can offer:

• Students who will inspire you and make you proud to be a teaching professional
• An Academy with a supportive senior and middle leadership team
• Tailored CPD opportunities to develop and work across the AET northern cluster

We actively welcome visits where you will meet Saira Luffman (Principal) and our Creative Arts team. Please contact Dawn Walters at dwalters@swallowhill.org.

For an informal conversation about the role please contact James Annetts at Academies Enterprise Trust at jannetts@academiesenterprisetrust.org or on 07815545890.

As the sponsor, AET believes that all young people deserve to become world-class learners – to learn, enjoy, succeed and thrive in a first rate educational environment with the best facilities, the best teaching and the most up-to-date resources available to them.  In each of our AET academies, you will benefit from visionary, inspirational and dynamic leadership and be empowered to develop your own skills with access to world-class CPD and Talent Management programmes.  You will also be entitled to the following benefits: a health cash plan, vehicle affinity scheme, Cycle2work, childcare vouchers and Westfield rewards.

This position is required for a September 2016. 

Closing date: Friday 10 June 2016

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.  All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.

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AET is recruiting for School Direct placements.  Please visit our website https://sites.google.com/a/aetinet.org/aetwebsite/our-teaching-school/initial-teacher-training for further details.’