Art Teacher
Thamesview School, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4LF14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
6 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
21 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Art and design
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week (approx.) - based on 1265 teacher working arrangement
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to UPS3
What skills and experience we're looking for
Thamesview school is currently expanding, with an increasing student PAN year on year. Therefore, the Creative Arts Team are seeking to appoint an inspirational and committed teacher who shares the same values; engaging, empowering and encouraging students to fulfil their fullest potential.
Creative Arts Team Information:
- A supportive department with varying levels of experience amongst the Creative and Performing Arts staff / Art Department
- Collaborative approach in order to support workload and wellbeing of staff
- Capacity for Professional Promotion within the school
Our Ideal Candidate:
- Is passionate about Art
- Is enthusiastic and able to demonstrate innovative and creative teaching practices
- Can work collaboratively as well as use personal initiative
- Be eager to inspire and motivate students to exceed expectations
- Has high aspirations for all students
What the school offers its staff
Thamesview School Information:
Recognised as ‘Good’ in our most recent Ofsted Inspection (May 2024), Thamesview School is committed to providing high quality learning through high quality teaching.
We are committed to providing high quality learning experiences for our children and supporting our staff through excellent CPD opportunities and bespoke leadership pathways. We are looking for candidates with drive and wanting to progress quickly.
What Can We Offer You?
- Opportunities for staff to progress quickly and develop into posts of responsibility at all levels up to SLT.
- The chance to deliver an exciting and evolving curriculum.
- Active support with your career development including CPD opportunities such as NPQML, NPQSL and Coaching etc.
- A dedicated Staff Wellbeing Team.
- Access to Health and Wellbeing support via Occupational Health and access to free, confidential counselling services with the Staff Support Line Service.
- Positive union relations and a representative from the largest teaching union on the staff body.
- A friendly place to work holding the Gold Kent and Medway Staff Wellbeing Award.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students.
Appointment to this post will require an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Thamesview School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 938 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Thamesview School website
- Email address
- k.mcgowan@thamesview.kent.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01474 566552
Thamesview School is a place where every member of school is encouraged to have the highest aspirations in their personal and academic lives. Our students are encouraged to become globally aware citizens who embrace high moral standards.
We place Teaching and Learning at the very core of everything we do and are committed to empowering students to become:
• aspirational
• confident in learning
• adaptable
• creative
• responsible
Our school emphasises the importance of core skills and the importance of the fundamental skills involved, particularly in English and maths, and in all other curriculum areas. Our rich curriculum enables each student to make progress on a pathway which is right for them. This means that the school offers both academic and vocational qualifications so that each individual is fully prepared to maintain strong habits of learning throughout their lives and to be fully prepared to participate in society as lifelong learners.
Thamesview School cares for its students so that everyone feels safe and is able to learn. Our ethos of care and respect permeates through every aspect of school life. Students are encouraged to act with integrity and honesty in every aspect of their lives and to ensure that they leave school with a tenacity to succeed and willingness to make positive contributions to our society.
Arranging a visit to Thamesview School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email k.mcgowan@thamesview.kent.sch.uk.
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