Teacher of Art
Caterham School
Surrey
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- 24th April 2017
- Apply by:
- 5 March 2017
Job overview
TEACHER OF ART (Maternity Cover)
Teaching at Caterham School is an exciting prospect with opportunities for personal development, achievement and enjoyment. We believe that all our staff and pupils can be successful in an environment which is caring, optimistic and encouraging. Our results are testament to the uniquely supportive environment that is Caterham's hallmark.
The School is seeking to appoint a dynamic, well-qualified graduate on a temporary basis to join our vibrant Art Department. The successful applicant will be an excellent communicator and an inspiring teacher. He or she will hold a good first degree and have the ability to teach Art to both GCSE and A Level. Enthusiasm for the subjects, an inspiring approach to teaching and a commitment to the wider co-curricular life of a successful independent school is essential.
Caterham is one of the UK’s leading co-educational schools, described by Tatler as 'A school setting a brilliant pace'. The school benefits from 200 acres including sports fields, woodland, high ropes course and outdoor learning centre, as well as purpose built facilities including our science complex a sports centre with indoor pool, fitness centre and double space sports hall, a new centre for performing arts encompassing two theatres and a dance studio and a dedicated Digital Innovation Centre.
We are five minutes’ drive from Junction 6 of the M25, twenty minutes’ drive from Gatwick and a short walk from the local station, with several trains an hour into London. Caterham offers a generous remuneration package alongside a range of professional development opportunities. This post would suit someone new to the profession or an experienced teacher.
Please visit the vacancies page of our website www.caterhamschool.co.uk for further information and an application form. The closing date for applications is 9am on 6th March 2017 although early applications are encouraged. The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
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About Caterham School
Caterham is a UK leading co-educational day and boarding school. We are a high achieving, ambitious and friendly school recognised for our academic achievement, our innovation and wellbeing programme, which underpins all that we do here. Our academic results consistently place us as a top performing UK independent school. Caterham is an EdTech 50 and an Apple Distinguished School, winner of the TES ‘Best Use of Digital’ award, and the first UK school to be awarded the National Children’s Bureau’s Wellbeing for Schools Award.
Our progressive approach to learning and teaching, our focus on embracing the best of technology, combined with the strength and warmth of our school community makes Caterham a unique place in which to work. Caterham is a school which supports its teachers to progress and play a full part in our pupils’, and the school’s, achievements.
The community here is vibrant and energetic both in the classroom and across the wide range of co-curricular activities provided. Our community holds a wide range of academic, artistic and sporting interests all underpinned by a collective drive to support achievement, and each other.
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