14 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    5 February 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    20 January 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

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Subject

Art & Design

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Main Pay Scale + TLR2b (£5,655)

Curriculum Leader for Art and Design job summary

Lady Manners School is a Foundation School with 1400 students on roll including 230 in the Sixth Form. It is a highly successful and popular comprehensive school situated within the beautiful Peak District National Park within travelling distance of Sheffield, Chesterfield and Derby. Our staff and students make this a wonderful place to work.

This post provides an outstanding opportunity for an innovative and highly committed leader to manage and further develop our highly successful Art and Design Curriculum Area

The successful candidate will:

  • have a vision for the development of Art and Design across the 11-18 age range and the leadership ability to ensure that this vision is met
  • have the skills and determination to lead initiatives at a curriculum area level, support teaching and learning across the faculty and promote Art at every opportunity
  • be an outstanding classroom teacher, providing engaging and creative learning experiences for all students
  • be able to inspire students of all abilities and ages to achieve their highest potential
  • be committed to raising the achievement of every student
  • have a successful record of working in teams
  • be committed to maintaining and developing the wide range of extra-curricular opportunities in Art and Design
  • has experience of teaching Art and Design at all key stages, including Fine Art at A Level

We offer:

  • A highly supportive Faculty structure, supportive colleagues and outstanding students
  • an inspiring induction and CPD programme, including cross curricular learning groups
  • a tradition of excellent results well above national averages
  • a strong middle leadership and senior leadership team
  • a wide ranging and exciting extra-curricular programme

Application packs are available by e-mail: jobs@ladymanners.derbyshire.sch.uk or at www.ladymanners.derbyshire.sch.uk/join-us/vacancies/.

Lady Manners School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We offer a supportive environment with access to training and development opportunities

Closing date for applications is : 9.00 am Wednesday 5 February 2025

Commitment to safeguarding

Lady Manners School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our Safeguarding and Child Protection policy can be found on the vacancies page of our website.

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About Lady Manners School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1414 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

Lady Manners School has a history going back nearly 400 years, and we're very proud of it. We are a thriving comprehensive school in which we build on our traditional values to help our students to create the best possible future for themselves.

We offer our staff the opportunities to work in the beautiful surroundings of Bakewell, in the heart of the Peak District.

Our Ofsted rating and exam results are good - but we want to become even better. We look to new staff to bring with them their new ideas and enthusiasm. We look forward to welcoming you.

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