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Director of Teaching & Learning Art and Innovation

Moorside High School, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST9 0HP

This job expired on 13 April 2026 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  13 April 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of department or curriculum
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916 - £51,048 +TLR 1.1 £10,173

Director of Teaching & Learning Art and Innovation job summary

The Potteries Educational Trust is a growing Multi Academy Trust, working collaboratively with educational institutions from across Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire and beyond, seeking to improve outcomes for all children and young people in the region. The Trust is a vibrant Learning Community working to maintain and develop excellent and innovative teaching and learning. The Trust seeks to deliver high quality parental engagement, pastoral support and the pooling of resources and expertise to achieve an Outstanding learning experience and outcomes for all our children and young people. Institutions work together to foster high quality academic and pastoral support, utilising the best elements of educational research in moving existing strong practice to outstanding in every sense.

Moorside High School is an extremely popular and over-subscribed comprehensive school in the Staffordshire Moorlands and part of the Potteries Educational Trust. The Trust is a vibrant learning community, working hard in the areas that we serve to maintain and develop excellent and innovative teaching and learning. The school was rated as good in the Ofsted February 2024 inspection.

We are seeking to appoint a Director of Teaching and Learning Art and Innovation to provide professional leadership and management of the staff in the designated learning area in order to secure high quality teaching, the effective use of resources and improving standards of learning and achievements for all students. 

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Please note that if we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be 

considered for this role.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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About Moorside High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 765 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Moorside High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/moorside-high-school-stoke-on-trent

Moorside High School is an extremely popular and over-subscribed comprehensive school in the Staffordshire Moorlands and part of the Potteries Educational Trust. The trust is a vibrant Learning Community, working hard in the areas that we serve to maintain and develop excellent and innovative teaching and learning. The school was rated as good in the Ofsted January 2017 inspection.

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