Art Teacher
The PRIDE Academy, West Drayton, Middlesex, UB7 8ABDeadline is today
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
4 December 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
14 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Art and design
Working pattern
- Full time: Teachers Full Time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS (£37,870 - £50,474) / UPS (£52,219 - £56,154)
Additional allowances
plus SEN 1 (£2,787)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Pride Academy is seeking a passionate and dedicated Art Teacher to join our welcoming school community. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of children with additional needs, delivering tailored lessons that support and inspire every child to achieve their full potential.
Key Responsibilities:
- To effectively plan lessons that are stimulating, relevant and well-structured to a wide range of abilities, social, emotional and communication needs to ensure all students are able to participate and reach their full potential.
- Work with members of the Senior Leadership Team in the development, review and evaluation of the curriculum, including contribution to the self-assessment process.
- To ensure that all learning equipment is in good order and available for the delivery of lessons.
- To organise a person centred learning environment allowing students to take ownership of their learning and ambitions.
- Maintain a practical understanding of service standards and Quality Improvement initiatives relevant to the curriculum area and work to these standards, engaging in personal and professional development as appropriate.
- Liaise with members of the support and therapeutic team and, as appropriate, with parents/carers in the support of learners. Attend parents’ evenings.
- Promote good student behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage students to take responsibility for their own behaviour.
Key Requirements:
- Hold a recognised full teaching qualification such as QTS or be willing to undergo teacher training in line with current regulations
- A clear understanding of the features of high-quality teaching and learning at KS3 and 4
- Experience of working with students with social, emotional and mental health needs.
- Knowledge and experience of the national curriculum in own specialist area
What the school offers its staff
OHCAT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits:
- Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
- Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
- Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
- Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
- Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
- Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
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About The PRIDE Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 117 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The PRIDE Academy website
- Email address
- starapdar@theprideacademy.co.uk
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