ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNICIAN
Vandyke Upper School, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 3DY21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2026
Closing date
19 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
26 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £13,129.00 - £13,335.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Level 2A (points 3-4), from £13,129 to £13,335 per annum for 22.5 hours per week term-time (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday), plus 22.5 hours to be worked outside term-time (based on full-time salary of £24,796 to £25,185
ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNICIAN job summary
ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNICIAN
REQUIRED APRIL -MINIMUM THREE DAYS - MONDAY-WEDNESDAY
NJC Level 2A (points 3-4), from £13,129 to £13,335 per annum for 22.5 hours per week term-time (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday), plus 22.5 hours to be worked outside term-time (based on full-time salary of £24,796 to £25,185).
An exciting opportunity to be part of a strong team in a growing and thriving School with a clear vision and ambition for our students.
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The successful candidate will work within the art and photography department providing technician support to both staff and students; preparing and maintaining practical resources and equipment, ordering stock and assisting teachers in the classrooms. You will be committed, resourceful and flexible in the role, and be able to work as part of a team while using your own initiative. Hours to be worked over three days per week, 9am-3.30pm.
Students have two lessons of art per fortnight in Year 9. At KS4 we offer GCSE art and GCSE photography and at KS5, A level art and A level photography. The department is housed in excellent accommodation comprising of an open plan thoroughfare with teachers having their own rooms, in addition to a project and printmaking room with a printing press, a dedicated sixth form studio, an ICT suite with Photoshop Elements, a teachers' office, a technician's prep/store room and a photographic darkroom. We have facilities for photo-stencil silkscreen printing. The art department foyer features changing displays of students' work and the department walls permanently showcase high quality displays of students' artwork. Every summer we hold a popular art exhibition that has rightly earned the Vandyke art department an excellent reputation for personal and varied work, where students bring their families and friends along, in addition to invited members of the public.
Our recent OFSTED visit highlighted “Students at Vandyke are proud and articulate ambassadors for their school. They enjoy learning and achieve well. They thrive as a result of the school’s ambition for all students to become ‘world ready citizens’”
“Students are confident, courteous and aspirational. They behave well and move around the school calmly. They respect themselves and others”.
OFSTED January 2024.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. References and an online search will be carried out for all shortlisted candidates. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
We welcome interested candidates to come and visit prior to application. Visits to the school can be arranged by contacting Jo Sessions.
Please visit our website at www.vandyke.beds.sch.ukfor further information and an application form, or contact Mrs Jo Sessions, PA to Headteacher on 01525 636700 or via email recruitment@vandyke.cbeds.co.uk.
Closing date: 12 noon, Thursday 19th March 2025
Once we have received sufficient applications the vacancy may close, so if you are interested you are advised to apply immediately. If you are short-listed for interview, details will be sent to you via email to the address provided on your application form. You are therefore advised to check your email on a regular basis.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Vandyke Upper School
- School type
- Academy, ages 13 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1507 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 13 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Vandyke Upper School website
A high achieving school where everyone matters.
At Vandyke we believe that the ingredients for effective learning and high achievement include outstanding teaching, high expectations and an atmosphere within which relationships flourish. We pride ourselves on the school’s high standards and inclusive reputation.
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