Head of Art and Design
Aspire Academy, Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
13 May 2024 at 12:59am
Date listed
24 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Art & Design
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,000.00 - £46,525.00 Annually (FTE) From £30,000 in line with Main Pay Scale and Upper Pay Scale, plus TLR 2C (currently awarded at £7,487 per annum)
Head of Art and Design job summary
An exciting opportunity has opened up for an experienced and dedicated teacher of Art and Design to join our team as Aspire Academy as Head of Department.
The Head of Department is responsible for all aspects of the work of the curriculum area or areas which form their designated areas of responsibility. The core focus of the Head of Department’s role is raising pupil achievement. Central to this is leading and guiding staff working within the designated curriculum area(s), and, in so doing, fostering an environment within which teaching and learning is the key priority with a desire for it to be of the highest possible quality and each member of the team is able to develop to the full the pupils in our care.
This role is an additional responsibility in Art and Design providing clear direction and a sense of purpose and leading and developing the aims and ethos of the school. This role will be integral to a students experience of school life and will need to take responsibility for student progress and welfare for a year group while contributing to the quality of pastoral care.
Job Details
Subject: Art and Design
Position Type: 1.0 FTE, Permanent Post
Line Manager: Vice Principal
Travel Required: Occasional
The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information.
Application Process
Please complete the online application form to apply for this role. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. You should use the information supplied with in the Job Description & Person Specification to make the best of your application by identifying some specific pieces of work you may have undertaken in any of these areas. Your application may be viewed in regard to some or all of the skill specific areas over the course of the selection process. Applications via agencies will not be considered.
Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the closing date.
Hope Sentamu Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks.
Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.
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.
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Using the application form
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
About Aspire Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 10 to 16
- School size
- 83 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 10 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Aspire Academy website (opens in new tab)
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