Head of Faculty - ADT
Northampton School for Girls, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 6DG12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
9 February 2026 at 9am
Date listed
28 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can 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
Additional allowances
TLR1C
What skills and experience we're looking for
Education / Training / Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Degree in faculty-related subject, or B.Ed
Desirable
- Masters level qualification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience in at least one other school
- Experience in leading a project related to school improvement
- Experience of effective learning and teaching across KS3, KS4 and KS5
- Experience of mentoring ECTs/more junior staff
- Innovation and creativity to engage and enthuse learners
- Excellent subject knowledge and classroom management skills
- Experience of planning, implementing and assessment
- Successful experience of achieving success in outcomes for students across a department or key stage
- Experience of developing the whole child through your subject
Abilities, Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Strong professional communication skills for use within the faculty and wider school as well as externally with parents and other contacts
- Ability to set clear targets, track and manage progress and develop strategies to achieve desired outcomes
- Ability and passion to champion all children
- Ability to apply the use of ICT to teaching and learning
- An appreciation of local and national policies, priorities and statutory frameworks, including those relating to the safeguarding of children
- People management skills to lead and inspire a large team
- Flexibility to develop the curriculum within the faculty
- Ability to take initiative and to follow it through to completion
- Vision for the future development of the faculty
- Capacity to manage multiple roles within a faculty, comprised of subjects at different levels of development, with high expectation for all staff
- Understanding of current debates about pedagogy within faculty related area
Personal Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Commitment to tutor role
- A passionate belief in the school’s ethos
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- The ability to prioritise work effectively and plan ahead
- Confidence with an ability to motivate others
- Self-awareness and presence
- Dedication, enthusiasm, integrity and reliability
- Independent thinker
- Flexibility and resilience to manage the diverse needs of the post
- Caring, kind and approachable
- Positive and optimistic
- Commitment to Safeguarding and Equality
- Willingness to be involved in the wider life of the school
What the school offers its staff
Welcome
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Northampton School for Girls.
Due to the looming retirement of our long-standing and well-established current post-holder, we have a rare opportunity to grow and develop our Art, DT, iMedia and Photography faculty in the role of Head of Faculty - ADT. We are looking for someone who shares our vision, who will enthuse our students about ADT, show them the beauty and relevance of it, and build their confidence in ADT and a sense of agency to use their knowledge and skills in further study or in their lives beyond school.
We will provide you with a range of bespoke opportunities to support your career and ongoing professional development. At Northampton School for Girls, we are committed to caring for and supporting the development and growth of all our school community, students and staff alike.
Northampton School for Girls is a truly remarkable school that students and staff are, rightly, proud to be part of. It has a unique vitality that springs into life as students and staff arrive through its doors. Our school is everything but ordinary and our students never fail to impress us with their achievements and the genuine desire they have to help others. They are incredibly talented, open hearted and courageous and we are unapologetically driven to supporting them to succeed.
Underpinned by our values of ‘Respect for Self, Respect for Others and Respect for Learning’, we provide our students a rigorous and ambitious curriculum which meets the needs of individual learners’ talents and interests, building the foundation for their future successes in a fast-changing world.
From its inception in 1915, Northampton School for Girls has recognised and celebrated everyone as individuals and has also embraced the power of the community. Our students recognise the impact they have on others and particularly the responsibility that they have to give of their time, talents and charity to the wider community. We foster an environment where students can expand their minds, think flexibly, develop the skills of leadership that they all have within them, and grow as individuals.
We are a school with an impressive reputation, rich cultural diversity and a long-standing track record of success: we are proud to be Northampton School for Girls.
I very much look forward to welcoming you.
Cristina Taboada-Naya | Headteacher
Further information about the job
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Apply for this jobAdditional documents
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About Northampton School for Girls
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1737 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Northampton School for Girls website
- Email address
- people@nsg.northants.sch.uk
Northampton School for Girls is a truly remarkable school that students and staff are, rightly, proud to be part of. It has a unique vitality that springs into life as students and staff arrive through its doors. Our school is everything but ordinary and our students never fail to impress us with their achievements and the genuine desire they have to help others. They are incredibly talented, open hearted and courageous and we are unapologetically driven to supporting them to succeed.
Underpinned by our values of ‘Respect for Self, Respect for Others and Respect for Learning’, we provide our students a rigorous and ambitious curriculum which meets the needs of individual learners’ talents and interests, building the foundation for their future successes in a fast-changing world.
From its inception in 1915, Northampton School for Girls has recognised and celebrated everyone as individuals and has also embraced the power of the community. Our students recognise the impact they have on others and particularly the responsibility that they have to give of their time, talents and charity to the wider community. We foster an environment where students can expand their minds, think flexibly, develop the skills of leadership that they all have within them, and grow as individuals.
We are a school with an impressive reputation, rich cultural diversity and a long-standing track record of success: we are proud to be Northampton School for Girls.
Arranging a visit to Northampton School for Girls
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email people@nsg.northants.sch.uk.
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