Head of Art
James Brindley School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2AF14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026 or sooner
Closing date
14 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
30 September 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, Key stage 5
Subject
- Art and design
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS: (£32,916pa – £51,048) + SEN £2,787pa + TLR2b £8,611pa
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a Head of Art to monitor the delivery of the activity across the Academy and to ensure high standards in classroom practice, organisation and curriculum assessment. Many of our Young People have gaps in their education and we strive to implement creative teaching strategies to reduce the impact of educational disadvantage, enabling all our Young People to access learning and make expected progress. You should be passionate about developing and supporting the needs of the whole child and committed to enabling all pupils to thrive. We are looking for a qualified teacher with tenacity, positivity and experience of teaching the subject at KS3 and KS4. You should have QTS and a track record as a consistently good practitioner.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits of working for Think Differently Education Trust include;
- Employee Assistance Programme, which offers a 24-hour helpline for advice regarding legal, financial, medical, consumer, work and family matters, in addition to counselling.
- Wellbeing champions allocated to each TDET Centre, who are committed to supporting all employees to improve their physical and mental wellbeing.
- A benefits portal which has various offers including a cycle to work scheme, a low-cost health plan, childcare voucher scheme and dining discounts.
- Teachers’ Pension scheme.
- Free parking, near to Birmingham City Centre, which can be used evenings and weekends.
Further information about the job
Think Differently Education Trust is a stand-alone Trust based in a wide variety of locations across the City of Birmingham. During a school year, we educate over 3,000 young people for periods ranging from a few days in hospital to several years in one of our teaching centres. Many of our young people have complex medical needs and many have been out of education for a significant period prior to joining us. We offer a full-time curriculum to young people from EYFS to KS5 and our aim is always to enable them to ‘close the gap’ and to exceed expected progress during the time they are with us.
Completed applications should be emailed to vacancies@jamesbrindley.org.uk. Please ensure that the application form is signed. If you have provided an email address, we will use that for correspondence, please ensure you check your junk/spam inboxes. If your application is shortlisted, we will contact you within 2 to 3 weeks of the closing date.
As part of our recruitment checks, an online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates. This search does not form part of the shortlisting process and you will have the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern that may arise from this search at the interview.
Closing date and time: 09.00 Tuesday 14th October 2025
Interviews will be held on / location: w/c 20th October 2025
Start date: January 2026 or sooner
Commitment to safeguarding
Think Differently Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this. Please be aware that all posts are subject to an enhanced DBS clearance check and any offer of employment is made conditional of this. You will also be required to register and pay for the DBS update service and ensure that documentary evidence is produced to ensure annual compliance and updates. You will also be required to provide written consent for the employer to access this information at any time.
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.
About James Brindley School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 120 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- James Brindley School website
- Email address
- vacancies@jamesbrindley.org.uk
Think Differently Education Trust is a specialist Trust which aims to provide a high quality education in a safe, supportive and aspirational environment for all children and young people unable to attend mainstream school because of health related or special educational needs.
We provide education for children and young people aged 2 – 19 who are in hospital or unable to attend mainstream school due to their medical conditions or special educational needs.
James Brindley Academy delivers education across 10 sites including teaching centres and hospitals throughout Birmingham.
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