Assistant Head of Art/ Design Technology Department
Birches Head Academy, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST2 8DD7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
16 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
8 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subjects
- Art and design, Design and technology
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share): Monday to Friday 8.30am to 3.20pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to UPS3
Additional allowances
TLR2B
What skills and experience we're looking for
Main Purpose of the Role:
Play a major role under the overall direction of the Head of Department
• Formulating the vision, priorities and objectives of the department
• Establishing the policies and practise under which they will be delivered
• Managing staff and resources to that end
• Monitoring progress towards achievement
• Undertake the duties of the Head of Department in their absence.Accountable for:
Under the overall direction of the Head of Department
- Lead, manage and develop agreed Key Stage Curriculum Provision ensuring it meets the needs of all
groups of students and covers National Curriculum Requirements
- Lead, manage and develop Schemes of Work and resourcing
- Lead development of pedagogy to ensure teaching & learning in Art and Design Technology is
consistently good or better, day to day
- Be responsible for the trainee(s) within the department as part of the Trainee Teacher programmes
alongside the Head of Department
- Ensure resourcing is managed and caters for the needs of all groups of students
- Lead, manage and develop attainment & progress at agreed Key Stage to ensure department is meeting
or above national expectation
- Lead, manage develop and monitor standards in relation to provision and outcome and ensure these are
high and in line with school policy in relation to agreed Key Stage
- Co-ordinate intervention and booster programmes, responding to department priorities and student needs,
ensuring evaluation and response are rapid
- Co-ordinate assessments for department and support the Subject Leader with co-ordinating main
examinations
- Lead, manage and develop functional Art and Design Technology
- Lead, manage and develop progress of students in relation to functional Art and Design Technology
- With Head of Department to ensure transition from K3-4 is effective and supports progress
What the school offers its staff
- Strong culture and purpose
-Staff development and well-being
-New ideas and innovation
-Medicash
-Employee Assistance Programme
-Cyclescheme
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Birches Head Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1045 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Birches Head Academy website
- Email address
- jbracegirdle@bircheshead.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01782233595
This is an exciting time at the Academy, as we
have made dramatic improvements and seen
a complete culture change in recent years,
resulting in growing numbers of children
applying for places.
We are part of the Frank Field Education
Trust, providing a firm foundation to enable us
to flourish. As an Academy within the Frank
Field Education Trust, schools will particularly
benefit from the Trust’s access to services that
will improve the support we can offer to all
students and families and also from the
opportunity to work with like-minded people,
who want the best for children and young
people.
The Academy works in partnership with
a number of schools both locally and
nationally, including our primary feeder
schools and colleges to ensure all students
have the very best opportunities and
outcomes.
Our vision is to provide:
• An exceptional academic education to all
children (Intellectual Capital)
• A values led approach to education for
every child (Cultural Capital)
• The right environment for every
child to flourish by building learning
communities in partnership with parents
and carers (Social Capital)
Achieving these commitments will ensure that,
when pupils leave the Academy, they are
ready for the next step in their journey; leaving
with the necessary skills and knowledge, and
the desire to serve others, to become the next
generation of leaders.
Our determination to do this, in its fullest
sense, resonates with our Academy motto
inspired by the words of Oscar Romero
“Aspire to be More”. I have very high
aspirations for the young people at Birches
Head Academy. I want the very best for them.
I want them to ‘Aspire to be More’.
If you feel you can make a contribution
to this important enterprise and help our
children to be the best that they can be, then I
look forward to receiving your application.
If you would like to discuss this vacancy
or visit the school please contact Mrs J
Bracegirdle, Principal’s PA, by email at:
jbracegirdle@bircheshead.org.uk.
Mr Paul Masher
Principal
Arranging a visit to Birches Head Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jbracegirdle@bircheshead.org.uk.
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