Teacher of Art
Channing School
North London
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Channing scale MP1-UP3 + Channing Allowance
- Job type:
- Part Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- November 2021 or January 2022
- Apply by:
- 28 September 2021
Job overview
(Part Time - 3 days, maternity cover)
The Vacancy
We seek to recruit a well-qualified and enthusiastic part time Teacher of Art from November 2021 or January 2022. This is an excellent opportunity to work with a successful and forward thinking Art Department. The applicant should be a suitably qualified, enthusiastic and inspirational teacher with the ability to work in a team. They will be passionate about the subject, and demonstrate flair whilst maintaining the very highest of standards. An ability to create and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children is essential.
Channing school has a unique ethos, which aims at developing the individual within a supportive community environment.
Art at Channing
This exceptional department has a Fine Art ethos comprising five specialist teachers, who are practising artists, and two part-time technicians. Work is undertaken in four specialist studios. Years 7-9 are taught in small groups; GCSE groups can be up to 15 in size, though rarely so. The main focus of the department is driven and underpinned by the study and practice of drawing and painting. Specialist printmaking facilities exist in order to explore possibilities in engraving, drypoint, lino and woodcut, silkscreen and relief. Sculpture, ceramics and 3D work is also extensive and possibilities exist to construct using wire or willow and cast and carve plaster, as well as using varied mixed media sources. Textile resources are also extensive and we have sewing machines and associated media. All studios are equipped with dedicated Apple computer areas and we have a fully equipped darkroom for traditional photography.
At Channing School girls enjoy success without undue pressure, on a beautiful site in Highgate, North London. Our distinctive Unitarian ethos of kindness, respect and tolerance underpins a happy, busy community.
Channing School has its own salary scale which pays well above the standard scale.
Please indicate on your application form whether you are looking for the position to commence in November or January.
Deadline for applications: Tuesday 28th September 2021
Interviews: Tuesday 5th October 2021
Further information about the school and the post can be found on the school website www.channing.co.uk/staff-vacancies and in the candidate pack below
Channing School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To assist in this, the school follows a formal recruitment procedure for the employment of all staff which adheres to the recommendations of the Department for Education (DfE) in "Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education" and the school’s Child Protection Policy. A copy of this procedure is available on request.
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About Channing School
The School
Awarded ‘Excellent’ in all areas inspected by ISI in 2022, Channing School is summed up by its vision, ‘Girls Enjoying Success’.
Girls at Channing enjoy academic success from a tailored educational programme that encourages confidence, independent thinking and provides girls with life skills to take on the next stage of their education as thoughtful, responsive, socially aware adults, prepared for the challenges of the world today.
Founded in 1885 by Unitarian sisters Emily and Matilda Sharpe, supported by Reverend Robert Spears, Channing School, named after notable American Unitarian William Ellery Channing, has been known as a successful, happy community. Remaining true to our Unitarian foundation, the School is an inclusive community that values the individual skills, spiritual beliefs, achievements and contribution of all members of the school community.
Academic achievement
Academic results are excellent – GCSE and A Level results consistently place us amongst the top-performing schools in the UK and London. Virtually all our sixth formers go on to HIgher Education, some after a gap year. Girls also excel in a very wide range of co-curricular and extra curricular activities, and especially in Music, Drama, Sport and Art.
Community spirit
The Head and members of staff know every girl personally and as an individual. We have a strong family tradition and an enthusiastic and supportive parents' association. The atmosphere is calm, focussed and purposeful. We set high standards emphasising concern and respect for the needs of others. A major feature of the school is the huge diversity of the extracurricular activities on offer to pupils and it is expected that all staff will contribute to this side of the life of the school. Opportunities exist for involvement in cultural, dramatic, sporting and intellectual pursuits and we like staff to assist in areas where they have a genuine interest and enthusiasm.
Exceptional setting
The school is in an attractive part of Highgate, with convenient transport links by road and underground. Visitors are often surprised at how light, green and open our site is. We have preserved the character of the older buildings, but completely refurbished and redesigned them to provide bright and spacious teaching rooms. Our ambitious £13m building programme, completed in 2017, has provided us with excellent dining facilities, a Music School, a new Sixth Form Centre, Sports Hall with fitness suite and a state-of-the-art Performing Arts Centre.
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