Head of Art
| Posting date: | 15 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 May 2025 |
| Location: | Smethwick, Not recorded, B66 4ND |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | e53cd254-54e4-4dc3-99c4-e18b90c94d57 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key Responsibilities:
• Be accountable for the learning and achievement of all students following art programmes within the academy
• Provide high quality leadership and management for art education within the academy
• Develop effective working partnerships with other staff to secure high levels of student progress
• Liaise with all relevant stakeholders across the Trust to support strategic development, share good practice and plan collaborative activities
• Contribute to wider whole school policy making as appropriate
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and follow school and Trust policies including the staff code of conduct.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate:
The successful candidate will:
• Have experience teaching across Key Stage 3 and 4
• Be a consistently good/outstanding teacher
• Be an exceptional classroom practitioner with high expectations of both learning and behaviour
• Able to inspire, motivate and enthuse pupils
• Be committed to raising standards for all and share the same drive to constantly learn and improve
• Show willingness to lead initiatives and show evidence of impact
• Demonstrate a passion to make a difference to others
• Be proficient with the use of technology for learning and have a willingness to innovate
What the school offers its staff
At Thorns Collegiate Academy, we are looking to appoint an inspirational Head of Art to lead our Art department by embedding an outstanding curriculum.
We are looking for applicants with ambition, drive and vision who are ready to take the next step in their career and who have the skills, expertise and passion to enthuse our young people to achieve consistently high standards in this subject.
The successful candidate will be joining a close-knit team of highly professional staff who are committed to the improvement journey of a school that has recently been judged as Requires Improvement after entering Special Measures in 2016.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment
Key Responsibilities:
• Be accountable for the learning and achievement of all students following art programmes within the academy
• Provide high quality leadership and management for art education within the academy
• Develop effective working partnerships with other staff to secure high levels of student progress
• Liaise with all relevant stakeholders across the Trust to support strategic development, share good practice and plan collaborative activities
• Contribute to wider whole school policy making as appropriate
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and follow school and Trust policies including the staff code of conduct.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate:
The successful candidate will:
• Have experience teaching across Key Stage 3 and 4
• Be a consistently good/outstanding teacher
• Be an exceptional classroom practitioner with high expectations of both learning and behaviour
• Able to inspire, motivate and enthuse pupils
• Be committed to raising standards for all and share the same drive to constantly learn and improve
• Show willingness to lead initiatives and show evidence of impact
• Demonstrate a passion to make a difference to others
• Be proficient with the use of technology for learning and have a willingness to innovate
What the school offers its staff
At Thorns Collegiate Academy, we are looking to appoint an inspirational Head of Art to lead our Art department by embedding an outstanding curriculum.
We are looking for applicants with ambition, drive and vision who are ready to take the next step in their career and who have the skills, expertise and passion to enthuse our young people to achieve consistently high standards in this subject.
The successful candidate will be joining a close-knit team of highly professional staff who are committed to the improvement journey of a school that has recently been judged as Requires Improvement after entering Special Measures in 2016.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment