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Job details
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32916 - £45352 per annum
Art & Design Teacher job summary
Salary: M1 - M6 + Wellbeing Cash Plan + Car Scheme + Pension Scheme (TPS) + Additional Benefits
Hours: Full Time
Contract: Permanent
Start date: September/October 2025 (negotiable)
With you in our classrooms, we can change lives.
Lift Kingswood is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Art Teacher to join our team and further strengthen our outstanding provision. This is a fantastic opportunity for those looking to shape a career within an exceptional school.
You are somebody who can:
* Engage and motivate pupils to enable them to thrive in the classroom.
* Bring topics to life and deliver innovative teaching within the classroom.
* Collaborate with colleagues, to deliver outstanding teaching to every child, in every classroom, every day.
* Promote the values of the school in and outside of the classroom.
You are somebody who has:
* QTS - applications from ECT's and experienced teachers are welcomed.
* Experience of teaching at UK secondary school level.
* The dedication and enthusiasm to teach Art.
This is an opportunity to make a tangible impact on the lives of young people.
About our school:
Lift Kingswood is a national beacon of educational excellence. We are a school where our students make half a grade more progress, across all subjects, than other students do nationally; placing the academy as one of the highest performing schools in the region.
Lift Kingswood is thrilled to celebrate its recent Ofsted report, where the school was recognised for its Outstanding provision for personal development, behaviour and safety and leadership and management; a reflection of the relentless dedication, hard work, and ambition of the entire school community. The inspection also highlighted the school's exceptional achievements in fostering a rich, dynamic learning environment where both pupils and staff thrive.
Candidates are encouraged to look at this post as a 3 year development pathway to the next stage of their career rather than limited to an 'Art Teacher' post. The innovative and dedicated training and CPD at Lift Kingswood is exceptional.
We advise you to come in and speak with the Principal to discuss the above and shape the next 3 years of your career, please contact us.
Closing date: 8th September 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
We are a Disability Confident Employer, and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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.
Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored.
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Commitment to safeguarding
Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
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 Kingswood Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1534 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
Kingswood Academy is a school rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. We are also an academy where on average our students make over a grade more progress, across all subjects, than other students do nationally; placing the school as the highest performing school in the region.
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