Teacher of Art - Oak Academy

Post: Teacher of Art (Possibility of Head of Year for the right candidate)

Post Details: Full time, Permanent Contract

Salary Scale: Main/Upper Pay Scale (plus TLR if relevant)

Ambitions Academies Trust (AAT) comprises schools from all sectors: mainstream (primary and secondary) and special. AAT secures outstanding achievement and improved life chances of all our pupils. All our Academies have high expectations as the focus of their work. We are strongly committed to supporting colleagues in developing their careers further and offer excellent CPD opportunities.

We currently have the following vacancy at Oak Academy, Duck Lane, BH11 9JJ – Teacher of Art

We are a rapidly improving academy that has worked tirelessly to create a culture and ethos that enables all students within our community to learn, grow and achieve.

With a comprehensive academy improvement strategy in place, we are acutely aware of our strengths and capacity for growth. You are an integral part of our commitment to raise standards.

We are looking for an exceptional Teacher of Art from September 2022.

You will be a skilled classroom practitioner who is dedicated to high quality teaching and learning. You will have the skills, experience and capacity to share strategies and techniques for teaching Art with others.

Highly creative, you will teach Art and Design at KS3 and play a pivotal role in growing student numbers at KS4, supporting the work of the Curriculum Lead to continue our rising trend of student outcomes and meaningful onward progression in this creative area.

The successful candidate will have the potential to make a significant contribution to daily life at the Academy and work closely with our experienced Curriculum Lead for Creative Arts.

“Staff are overwhelmingly proud to work at the school.” Ofsted 2018

You will have a dynamic, exceptional and creative approach to improving teaching and learning in a way that benefits all students. You will be well supported in this role and strong links already exist within the Ambitions Academies Trust to ensure that staff CPD and well-being opportunities balance the demands of working in education.

Our mantra, ‘High Expectations lead to High Achievers’ applies to everyone who is involved in the academy, whatever their role and we place a strong emphasis on staff well-being.

What can we offer?

• Directed time that is well below 1265.
• Meetings for subject teachers only twice each half term.
• Collaborative planning across the Trust with departments in different academies able to share resources and moderation linked by Microsoft Teams.
• Reporting to parents only three times a year and no requirement for written comments.
• Clear and fully supported behaviour management system.
• No formally graded lesson observations – the emphasis is on coaching and sharing practice.
• A performance management process that is focused on three targets only: Subject knowledge, teaching and learning and either a departmental or whole school responsibility target regardless of your level of responsibility.
• Very flexible child-care arrangements – we are a very family friendly academy and really do understand how hard it can be juggling family life and work at times.
• Very visible and approachable senior leadership team who are well established and experienced within the academy having been part of the improvement journey since 2016.
• Real opportunities for career progression – our culture is very much to ‘promote from within’.

We are a truly comprehensive school located in the heart of our community. There are high levels of respect, support and kindness across our staff team and senior leadership.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 22nd May 2022 at 9.00 am

Interviews will take place: Thursday 26th May 2022

Start Date: 1st September 2022

For more an application pack please visit Vacancies (ambitions-academies.co.uk) or contact shelley.morris@oak-academy.co.uk

Please note we DO NOT accept application by CV

Ambitions Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  Rigorous checks will be made of the successful applicant’s background credentials, including enhanced DBS checks

High Expectations lead to High Achievers