Head of Art
Malbank School and Sixth Form College, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5HD8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
13 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
5 May 2026
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: Monday to Friday - 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to U3 (£32,916 to £51,048)
Additional allowances
TLR 2b (£5,849)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job purpose
- The provision of a full creative learning experience for students with a focus on academic success
General responsibilities
Leadership of the curriculum area to include:
- Appropriate courses
- Schemes of work
- Unit plans
- Lesson plans
- Collaborative planning
- Policy assessments
- Data analysis
- Teaching and learning strategies
- Maintaining a high-quality learning environment
- Day-to-day management, control and operation of courses
- Provision and learning within the curriculum area, including effective deployment of staff and other resources
- Raising of student attainment and achievement in all key stages
- Contribute to and implement the development of school-wide initiatives
- Lead lesson observations, work scrutiny and moderation
- To keep up-to-date with curriculum and pedagogical innovation
- When required, to ensure effective induction of staff in line with school procedures
Other specific duties
- Lead on the development of Unit plans/collaborative planning, implementation of marking and feedback policies, assessment and teaching and learning strategies in the curriculum area
- In conjunction with teachers and relevant support staff to monitor and follow up student progress
- To ensure that the aims and objectives of the curriculum area match the needs of students of all abilities and ages
- To ensure that innovative approaches to new technology are deployed within the curriculum area
- To keep up-to-date with curriculum and pedagogical development within the curriculum area and keep members of senior staff abreast of these as appropriate
- To maintain accreditation with the relevant examination and validating bodies
- To ensure that the Behaviour Management policy and procedures are implemented to create a productive and positive learning environment
- To implement school policies and procedures
- To ensure that staff development needs within the curriculum area are identified and that appropriate programmes are designed to meet such needs
- To make appropriate arrangements for classes when staff are absent
- To participate in the school ITT Programme
To promote effective teamwork and motivate staff to ensure effective relations
- To ensure the effective operation of quality assurance systems within the curriculum area
- To contribute towards the school’s procedures for lesson observation
- To seek/implement improvement where required
- To make effective use of analysis and evaluate performance data provided
- To identify and take action on issues arising from data, systems and reports: setting deadlines where necessary and reviewing progress on the actions taken
- To liaise with outside agencies when appropriate
Pastoral system
- To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students within the school and the Learning Area
- To monitor student attendance together with students’ progress and performance in relation to targets set for each individual; ensuring that follow-up procedures are adhered to and that appropriate action is taken where necessary
- To carry out the duties associated with that role as outlined in the generic job description.
School ethos
- To play a full part in the life of the school community, to support our mission to Make the 60 Matter and our ethos to encourage and ensure staff and students to do all they can to be the best they can be
- Comply with the school’s Health and Safety policy and undertake risk assessments as appropriate
- Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified.
What the school offers its staff
Rewards and Benefits
Our people are at the heart of our success. We recognise that every school and every individual is of equal importance, we respect and have tolerance of all, and we ensure that everyone feels known, appreciated and valued.
We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, investing in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring and a wide range of top-quality training programmes at every level.
You will have opportunities to learn from colleagues who are highly experienced, knowledgeable, and committed education practitioners to support your development and career with the trust.
You will have the autonomy to evolve your school’s vision, values, performance and culture, but you will never be alone, you will have continuous support from the wider trust.
You will also have full access to our rewards package:
Learning and development
We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities including structured qualifications, and you will be able to access support, coaching and mentoring by senior members of staff from across the trust.
Competitive pension scheme
Teaching and School leadership staff are part of the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS).You receive a guaranteed pension through the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. This is a defined benefit scheme, via career average arrangement; benefits are accrued each year based on 1/57th of your pensionable salary including overtime.
Employee Assistance Programme
We have partnered with Legal and General to offer free and confidential advice to our staff. This is available 24 hours, 7 days per week for you and your immediate family. Some of the services include support with family, financial information, legal advice, stress and anxiety, and bereavement. You will also have access to ‘in the moment’ counselling sessions.
Flexible working
We offer various flexible working arrangements, and all staff are encouraged to submit applications for flexible working to suit their individual circumstances.
Discounts on shopping, leisure, and travel
Through our Legal and General EAP our staff have access to a wide range of offers and discounts on high street and supermarket shopping, leisure facilities such as cinema and gym, and travel options such as holidays and hotel stays.
Gym- Access to Everybody Health and Leisure (location to be confirmed).
Flu vaccinations - All staff have the option to access their annual flu vaccination via a local pharmacy.
Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description. Employees are expected to be courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming environment for visitors and telephone callers.
The school will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition (as defined in the Equality Act 2010).
This job description will be reviewed where necessary and may be subject to amendment or modification at any time after consultation with the post holder. It is not a comprehensive statement of procedures and tasks; it sets out the expectations of the school in relation to the post holder’s professional responsibilities and duties.
Further information about the job
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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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Malbank School and Sixth Form College
- School type
- Academies, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- Up to 1384 pupils
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Malbank School and Sixth Form College website
- Email address
- n.clarkson@thecornoviitrust.org
- Phone number
- 01270 611009
School location
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