Art and Design Technician

Sidney Stringer Academy, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5LY

21 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  8 January 2026

• Closing date

  30 January 2026 at 11:59am

• Date listed

  8 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Art and design, Design and technology
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 4 £22,552 - £25,633 pro rata pa (37hrs)

Art and Design Technician job summary

We currently have a new opportunity for a dynamic and flexible Art and Design Technician to join our team.

Job overview

To provide high-quality technical support to the Art & Design faculty, ensuring safe, effective preparation of materials, tools, and equipment, including woodwork and workshop machinery, to facilitate outstanding teaching and learning across Art, Design, and Textiles.

The right candidate will have:

• Minimum GCSE or equivalent in English and mathematics
• Experience working in an art, design, workshop, or creative environment
• Experience using machinery or hand tools safely
• Practical skills in art, design, craft, or workshop processes.Ability to safely operate and maintain workshop tools and machinery (training can be provided).

Why join us?

As an Art and Design Technician within Sidney Stringer Academy, you’ll be able to make a key difference to a pupil’s educational experience as a crucial part of the wider team, and will have the opportunity to develop your skill set with key training and development opportunities available.

Interviews will take place on Thursday 5th February  2026

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Sidney Stringer Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1495 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sidney Stringer Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sidney-stringer-academy

Our Trust consists of five schools led by Sidney Stringer Academy. The schools are Radford Primary Academy, Ernesford Grange Community Academy, Riverbank Academy (Special School), Sidney Stringer Academy and Sidney Stringer Primary Free School.

All of the schools in the trust are working together with the ambition of becoming outstanding. As the Trust develops we are exploring the opportunities of creating shared posts and services across the schools so that we can benefit from economies of scale.

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