Art Technician and Unqualified Teacher

Ark King Solomon Academy, London, NW1 6RX

22 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  13 August 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  22 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Art and design
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £29,044 - £42, 017 - Ark Unqualified Teacher Scale (Inner London)
• Additional allowances:

  We believe in aiming high, working together, being kind and leading the way. Through weekly individual coaching, year group intellectual preparation time and whole school PD, we invest in your growth and development as a teacher to ensure you can excel in creating the best possible climate for learning for our pupils to thrive in.

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  Through our approach to professional development we can promise a successful candidate a positive and rewarding journey of growth. Through shared weekly and long-term planning, a large number of training days and access to the resources and opportunities in the Ark network, we are able to support our teachers to thrive.

  ; Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark at arkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/

Art Technician and Unqualified Teacher job summary

The Art Technician and Unqualified Art Teacher will provide technical and administrative support to the Art Department while working directly with students to raise achievement and engagement in the visual arts. 

The successful candidate will ensure the smooth running of art facilities, manage materials and equipment, support practical lessons, deliver targeted interventions and supervise classes when required. They will receive coaching and professional development to prepare them for future teacher training and a potential career in teaching.

To discuss the role, please feel free to email the Principal’s PA, Abigail Saleh. (a.saleh@kingsolomonacademy.org) or phone on 0207 563 6901 bearing in mind that school will be closed after 17th July.

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

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.

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 Ark King Solomon Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 18
• Education phase: All through school
• Size: 1319 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ark King Solomon Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ark-king-solomon-academy

King Solomon Academy has consistently been one of the highest performing non-selective schools in the country. We are rare in that it is a genuine all-through school. Our pupils join at 2,3 and 4 years old and stay with us until they are 18.

By joining our school, you play a part in showing what is possible when children’s education is seen as a long-term commitment. We are growing a team of exceptionally committed staff who value each and every year of a child’s education equally. If you too are motivated to redress educational disadvantage in the UK, King Solomon Academy is beginning to show what is possible and you could be part of the team defining the future of education in our country.

We aim to transform the lives of our pupils. Our mission is to provide a rigorous education that prepares our pupils for success at university and beyond, irrespective of their starting point. Our teachers and leaders do whatever it takes to make this a reality.

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