Art Technician

De Warenne Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN12 3JY

5 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  15 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  7 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Art and design
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 Hours per week - Term time only Monday - Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,183- £25,992

What skills and experience we're looking for

As the Technician for the Art department, you will work closely with the Head of Department to support teaching and learning by ensuring equipment and resources are prepared and in good working order to facilitate effective lessons on a daily basis

You will liaise regularly with the Head of Department

2. You will prepare materials in advance of lessons and assist with practical demonstrations and activities as required

3. You will ensure any equipment is cleaned and dried in time for the next day it is needed

4. You will prepare, assist with and clear away following art demonstrations

5. You will prepare and clear away stock and equipment used during lessons

6. You will sort and file worksheets, including filing end of module RoA sheets

7. You will support teachers in the production of departmental materials, photocopying when required.

8. You will clean and check equipment storage areas

9. You will clean communal art equipment

10. You will restock all art consumables, e.g., paper, paints, etc

11. You will assist with the collection of work at the end of the day

12. You will assist with stock taking

13. You will re-stock equipment, carry out stock rotation and control procedures

14. You will assist with the Art Department orders

15. You will retrieve contact numbers/addresses from the computer and address envelopes, where required

16. You will carry out basic maintenance and set up of Art related tools and equipment

17. You will report faulty equipment to the Site Team and liaise with contractors where appropriate

18. You will maintain up to date and interesting classroom displays

19. You will assist with practical demonstrations and activities to support teaching and learning in the classroom

20. You will carry out Fire Marshall duties in the case of Fire and/or Emergency Evacuation

What the school offers its staff

Why join us?

Staff across the trust are talented and enthusiastic, and all contribute to the trust’s success story.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.

As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing. Here are just a few examples in each area…

Financial Wellbeing:

• Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Technology scheme and Vehicle Leasing Scheme*
• Access to an extensive discounts platform

Physical Wellbeing:

• 24/7 access to an online GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner for you & your household
• Gym & fitness discount’s
• Cycle to Work scheme*
• Free annual flu jab

Mental Wellbeing:

• Access to an industry leading Employee Assistance Programme
• Menopause Support Service
• Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings

*Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained

• Holiday Entitlement: minimum 35 days (subject to pro rata if working part time and dependent upon salary and continuous service) including statutory Bank Holidays.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

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About De Warenne Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 754 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: De Warenne Academy website
• Email address: loftuss@dewarenne.org.uk
• Phone number: 01709860014
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/de-warenne-academy

Our aim is for all our students to learn in a positive, safe and supportive environment where academic achievement is celebrated and effort and attitude to learning is rewarded. Since our OFSTED inspection in October 2021, which deemed De Warenne a ‘Good’ school in all areas, GCSE results have shown a continuous improvement year on year.

The class of 2023 left our Academy with fantastic results, making the most progress in the history of De Warenne and having made more progress than any other secondary school in Doncaster. We offer a broad and balanced curriculum, with academic, vocational and technical subjects offered to all our students and we deliver a rich and varied personal development curriculum. We offer a wide range of enrichment activities in order to unearth a variety of strengths and talent, which we strongly encourage students to take part in. We also take learning beyond the classroom with events and educational visits running throughout the year. We serve the villages of Conisbrough and Denaby Main, situated between Doncaster and Rotherham. We are a small but oversubscribed academy, with over 750 students on roll, and we pride ourselves on knowing our students well and doing our best to ensure everyone fulfils their potential.

We benefit from having a recently built academy situated in spacious grounds with excellent facilities including a recently built 3g astroturf pitch.

Our staff are talented and enthusiastic and have all contributed to the academy’s success story. We have a staff rewards budget and socialise both as subject teams and as a whole staff. We also have access to a staff benefits scheme.

At De Warenne, we value the continuous professional development of all our employees and recognise that our staff and students are most successful when they feel happy, valued, challenged and supported to achieve their very best.

Our senior leadership team, along with our dedicated teachers and support staff, are committed to ensuring the best possible outcomes for every child in our care. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team within a high performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants. Come and visit us and see for yourself!

Please contact the Principal on 07976028604 if you would like a chat about the position.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding the welfare of its students and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificate and checks of the relevant barred list / prohibition lists.

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Arranging a visit to De Warenne Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email loftuss@dewarenne.org.uk.

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