Subject Leader of Art and Photography
Priory School, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2XNThis job expired on 19 April 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
19 April 2024 at 9am
Date listed
2 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- 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
- Art and design
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,000 to £46,525
Pay scale
- Teachers Main/Upper pay range
Additional allowances
TLR2b, £5,348
What skills and experience we're looking for
Priory School has a long-standing history of academic excellence within a culture of strong pastoral care. We are proud of the highly successful rounded education we provide. Priory is a school where students are expected to work hard and as a result make excellent progress. Priory School is well regarded and is consistently oversubscribed.
The Governors wish to appoint a well-qualified, innovative and enthusiastic full time Subject Leader of Art and Photography for this popular and successful subject area. The successful applicant will have a highly successful track record of raising achievement in Art and/or Photography in order to drive further improvement within the department.
This an excellent opportunity for an experienced Subject Leader or an ambitious teacher with leadership qualities who wishes to develop Art and Photography in a fully inclusive secondary school setting.
The successful applicant will:
- Have a commitment to high expectations, with the ability to inspire, challenge and support both students and colleagues.
- Be an inspirational, creative and outstanding teacher with a passion for Art and Photography.
- Be dedicated to developing an ambitious curriculum for all.
- Be passionate about ensuring that the Art and Photography department continues to deliver high quality teaching consistently in all lessons.
Priory has a strong commitment to the Arts, which has built and developed over many years and has a very strong presence within the school and local community. Staff in all the Arts subjects – Art, Dance, Drama and Music - work together with enthusiasm and commitment and provide an extra-curricular programme which is extensive, varied and well supported. The area is also well supported by the Senior Leadership Team. Facilities are good and include specialist rooms and studios for Drama, Dance, Music, Art and Photography.
The salary scale is Teachers Main/Upper Pay Scale, £30,000 to £46,525 + TLR 2b (£5,348). An ability to teach KS3 and KS4 is essential. The role is being offered on a full-time basis, but the school also welcomes applications for flexible working.
In addition, Priory School are also seeking to appoint an Arts, Culture and Creativity Coordinator to work with the Visual and Performing Arts teams to take overall responsibility for delivering the school’s commitment to becoming the leading creative state secondary school in the region.
This is a whole school role to develop and implement a vision and plan to coordinate and embed arts, culture and creativity across the curriculum, working with a number of different key stakeholders in order to do so, including subject leaders, teachers, support staff and external agencies and providers, as well as the local community. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to apply for this role once appointed.
Full details of the post and an application form can be downloaded directly from our school website at www.priory.e-sussex.sch.uk in Staff Vacancies They are also available from Personnel at Priory School, Mountfield Road, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2XN. Telephone: 01273 476231 extension 211 or email: personnel@priory.e-sussex.sch.uk.
Closing date for receipt of applications: Friday 19th April at 9am
Interviews to be held on: Thursday 25th April
Please return application forms to the Personnel Officer at the above address or email personnel@priory.e-sussex.sch.uk. Please note that if you have not received a response within 3 weeks of the closing date then we regret that your application has not been successful.
East Sussex County Council is committed to equality of opportunity. We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will need to undertake, or currently hold, a DBS enhanced clearance for this authority.
What the school offers its staff
Priory School, Lewes is an 11-16 mixed comprehensive school. We are proud of the highly successful rounded education we provide. At Priory, we have a long-standing history of academic excellence within a culture of strong pastoral care.
Priory is a school where students are expected to work hard and as a result make excellent progress. We believe in balancing the pursuit of academic excellence with the wellbeing of our community.Our broad and balanced curriculum reflectsthe community we serve. Priory School is well regarded and is consistently oversubscribed.
Our aim is for Priory to be the leading inclusive and creative state secondary school in the region, a school in which all students acquire powerful knowledge, feel a strong sense of social connection and belonging, and become ethically-aware citizens who are ready to confidently take their place in the world. Our school also aims to reflect the uniqueness of Lewes, historically and socially.
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):
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Priory School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1154 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Priory School website
- Email address
- personnel@priory.e-sussex.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01273 476231
11-16 mixed comprehensive school
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