Lead Teacher of Art

Ark St Alban's Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 0YH

28 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2023 (flexible for the right candidate)

• Application deadline

  30 October 2022 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 September 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Key stages: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: Art and design
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - 40 hours per week.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Ark Main or Upper Pay Scale (£26,356 - £43,271)
• Additional allowances:

  TLR 2b (£4784)

Lead Teacher of Art job summary

Ark St Alban’s Academy is seeking to appoint a skilled and enthusiastic teacher to lead its Art provision.

Our school is committed to addressing educational disadvantage. We consistently guide pupils to GCSE and A-Level outcomes which place our cohorts in the top 10% of schools nationally on many measures, including those for the progress of disadvantaged pupils. Our school serves pupils from central Birmingham. The percentage of our cohort eligible for the Pupil Premium is the eighth highest in the country. There are very few communities in the UK who need great teachers more than ours. Teachers and leaders at Ark St Alban’s Academy are determined to prove that the background of a young person can be no impediment to their success. Our school prepares pupils to succeed at elite universities, with our alumni proudly representing our community at prestigious destinations including Cambridge University, Durham University and the London School of Economics.

Our school consistently secures excellent outcomes for our pupils.

In Art, our pupils are consistently successful. This year, 100% of grades achieved by our GCSE artists were a grade 4 or higher, including 75% at 5+. Our A-Level artists were equally successful, with 100% achieving at least a C grade.

Providing all pupils with an academic and rigorous Art education is central to our university preparatory curriculum.

All pupils study Art at Key Stage Three. At Key Stage Four, Art is an increasingly popular choice. The successful candidate will take on the challenge of expanding our Art enrichment offer, to build a love of Art all the way through our school, as well as growing the number of pupils choosing to study Art at A-Level.

Using the application form

Our website can provide more information about Ark St Alban’s Academy.

For an informal, conversation about the role please contact Katie Roberts on 0121 446 1323 or katie.roberts@arkstalbans.org.

Please submit your application online by visiting the current vacancies page on our website.

Supporting documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

2022 Aut1 ASTA Lead Teacher of Art Information Pack.pdf - 634 KB (opens in a new tab)

About Ark St Alban's Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 920 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)
• School website: Ark St Alban's Academy website (opens in a new tab)
• Contact email: katie.roberts@arkstalbans.org
• Contact phone number: 01214461323
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ark-st-alban-s-academy (opens in a new tab)

The successful candidate will work with leaders to evaluate the Art curriculum and to develop an approach to guiding pupils to make even greater progress, particularly at Key Stage Three. In addition, there will be the opportunity in this role to continue the work of the department in playing a leading role in the trust-wide collaboration of curriculum leaders from across the network of Ark Schools.

In this role, the successful candidate will receive direct support from the Director of Arts and the senior leadership team through line-management. The successful candidate will also join a thriving a curriculum leadership team within the school that work together to drive whole school improvement. As part of Ark Schools, all colleagues also have access to exceptional professional development and training opportunities, including NPQs through the Ark Teaching School Hub and Ambition Institute.

We are seeking a leader to join our work to provide a transformational education for all of our pupils.

Arranging a visit to Ark St Alban's Academy

For an informal, conversation about the role please contact Katie Roberts on 0121 446 1323 or katie.roberts@arkstalbans.org.

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