Head of Art
Prendergast Vale School, London, SE13 7BNThis job expired on 26 September 2022 – see similar jobs
Closing date
26 September 2022 at 9am
Date listed
13 September 2022
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
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Working pattern
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- 32.5 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,157 - £50,935
Additional allowances
TLR 2a (£2,873pa)
Head of Art job summary
Would you like to work in a small school in a big community? At Prendergast Vale School we believe all our pupils can achieve success in life by working hard and being kind.
We wish to appoint a Head of Art to join our teaching team from January 2023. The successful candidate will have the ability to teach KS3 and KS4 Art across all age and ability ranges. You will be an effective classroom teacher with the ability to raise the achievement of all students and be keen to play a full part in the life of the school. You will be proficient in programming to at least GCSE standard.
As Head of Art, you will have overall responsibility for the management and leadership of Art in the school. You will work as part of the Visual, Performing Arts & Technology (VPAT) Faculty. There is also the potential to develop in to a Head of Faculty for VPAT.
Art is a popular subject in the school, and we are looking for someone who is passionate about their subject and determined to impart knowledge, skills and understanding to all our young people, whilst exciting and engaging them in their learning.
A recruitment and retention allowance would be available for a strong candidate.
Prendergast Vale School is an all through school, nursery to Year 11, and rated as Good by Ofsted in February 2018. It is one of the top performing mixed schools for E-Bacc in Lewisham. The school benefits from being part of the Leathersellers’ Federation of Schools and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with colleagues across the Federation.
Being part of a successful Federation of Schools, located in easy travelling distance of each other, enables the schools to support each other and share best practice and resources. It also enables the Federation to offer staff the opportunity to develop their career as we are committed to developing and promoting from within wherever possible.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with a forward thinking staff and school leadership team who ensure that the academic and social development of every student is at the heart of what they do.
Interviews: Monday 3 October 2022
Please note CVs are not accepted.
The Leathersellers’ Federation of schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and all employees are required to have an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Appointment will be subject to qualifications, experience checks and satisfactory references.
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.
About Prendergast Vale School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 16
- Education phase
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- School size
- 830 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Prendergast Vale School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- nlivingston.pv@lsfed.com
- Phone number
- 020 8297 3540
A Foundation school which is part of the Leathersellers' Federation of Schools
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