Head of Faculty for Creative Arts and Technology
Acland Burghley School, London, NW5 1UJ28 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1 September 2026
Closing date
21 April 2026 at 9am
Date listed
24 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Art and design, Dance, Food technology
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Inner London Pay Scale Plus TLR1b
Additional allowances
TLR 1b £12,521
What skills and experience we're looking for
This is an exceptional professional opportunity for an ambitious school leader who wants to make impact on curriculum and standards in a school where creativity sits at the heart of the strategic vision. All children study dance, drama, music, art and design technology at Key Stage 3, and all of these subjects recruit well at GCSE. We have a broad post 16 offer in collaboration with our partners in the LaSWAP sixth form consortium.
Our new Head of Faculty will be an experienced middle leader who has the talent and vision to lead strategically. Your skills in supporting and developing other staff, including other middle leaders, as well as your own teaching expertise, will secure excellence in the quality of provision, and drive-up academic outcomes across the faculty.
Integral to success in the role will be a commitment to achieving the highest standards in extra-curricular provision. Our faculty already puts on an annual dance show, art exhibition, a concert, a range of drama productions and several well attended clubs. This extensive offer is profoundly enriched by our orchestra in residence, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, which provides an outstanding additional offer for our students, including extensive work-related opportunities.
What the school offers its staff
We are looking for a Head of Faculty who has the imagination and ambition to build on this already strong offer, and use our facilities, partnerships and location to give children unrivalled opportunities. We have enormous potential in this curriculum area. Our successful candidate will be someone who can successfully answer the question: “How good could our creative arts faculty really be?” and who can set out a clear roadmap to get there.
Situated close to Hampstead Heath in the heart of North London, Acland Burghley is a mixed, inclusive, community comprehensive school that enjoys high levels of parental support and a close collaborative relationship with other local schools. We are part of the popular and highly successful LaSWAP post-16 consortium with Parliament Hill, La Sainte Union and William Ellis Schools. We are a founder member of Camden Learning.
Above all, applicants for the post should demonstrate an uncompromising belief in the potential of every student, and the skills to build the capacity of staff at the school so that every child succeeds. If you share our passion for ensuring high standards for all, and have the ambition to help transform the lives of the young people in our school, we would very much like to hear from you.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Acland Burghley School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS Check, online vetting check and to demonstrate full understanding of the school’s safeguarding policies and procedures.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Acland Burghley School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1218 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Acland Burghley School website
- Email address
- recruitment@aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02074858515
Situated close to Hampstead Heath in the heart of North London, Acland Burghley is a mixed, inclusive, community comprehensive school that enjoys high levels of parental support and a close collaborative relationship with other local schools. It is part of the popular and highly successful LaSWAP post-16 consortium with Parliament Hill, La Sainte Union and William Ellis Schools, and a founder member of Camden Learning.
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