Curriculum Leader - Creative Arts

The Beech Academy, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 6DX

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  6 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  19 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Head of department or curriculum
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS/UPS
• Additional allowances:

  TLRA2a £3,527 plus SEN Allowance £2,787

What skills and experience we're looking for

Our Opportunity

We are seeking to recruit an exceptional individual to join our well-established and successful team of Curriculum Leaders. We are looking to recruit a qualified and highly effective teaching colleague to join our amazing school and to lead the Creative Arts team with ambition, enthusiasm and pride.

The core purpose of this post is to lead and manage the curriculum area of Creative Arts; art, design & technology, food technology and PE.

We are looking to appoint a specialist in any of the creative disciplines (Art, Food Technology, Design & Technology).

Beech Academy truly is a wonderful school; we serve amazing children and are a very supportive and inclusive staff team. We encourage any potential candidates to visit our school to meet our wonderful children and our staff team. We know that you will love what you see!

This post is offered with a TLR allowance in addition to a SEND allowance. Additionally, Curriculum Leaders at Beech Academy are allocated non-contact time that equates to 1 day per week to enable them undertake their duties effectively.

What the school offers its staff

What you can expect

Wellbeing – Pay – Careers and Training – Annual Leave and Flexibility

ü Access to free wellbeing support resources including counselling, medical and legal advice and an option to top up to private healthcare via corporate membership of a healthcare plan.

ü Access to discount schemes for savings with high street retailers, restaurants, activities and lifestyle services

ü Auto enrolment into a leading pension scheme with Teachers Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme

ü Access to extensive and tailored career pathways, CPD programmes, training and coaching giving you the opportunity to grow and develop your career

ü An Induction package to help you settle in and approach your role with confidence and enthusiasm

ü The ability to contribute to and share quality practice with other professional TAs, Teachers and the wider team

ü Internal opportunities across the Trust academies and to work with specialised leaders in education on nationally recognised projects

ü Flexible working policies

ü Cycle to Work Scheme

ü Annual leave increases based on length of service plus bank holidays for support staff

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

Beech Academy safeguard children by:

Creating safe environments for children and young people through robust safeguarding practices

Ensuring that adults who work in the school, including volunteers, don't pose a risk to children
Making sure staff are trained, know how to respond to concerns and keep-up-to-date with policy and practice
Teaching children and young people about staying safe such as keeping safe online
Maintaining an environment where children feel confident to approach any member of staff if they have a worry or problem.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

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

Curriculum Leader Advert - Creative Arts - Sept 25.docx - 62.8 KB (opens in new tab)

Curriculum Leader Job Description - Creative Arts.doc - 122 KB (opens in new tab)

About The Beech Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• School size: 114 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Beech Academy website
• Email address: Jpalmer@nexusmat.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-beech-academy

Special Education

Arranging a visit to The Beech Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email Jpalmer@nexusmat.org.

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Mansfield and Nottinghamshire and Nottingham