37 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2026

  • Closing date

    6 May 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    30 March 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Head of department or curriculum

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot 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

TLR2b

What skills and experience we're looking for

Ensure that Creative Arts provides an outstanding quality of education for all students.

Teach exceptionally effective lessons that ensure, over time, students know, remember and can do more.

Construct a Creative Arts curriculum that is ambitious, rigorous and compliant with the National Curriculum. This includes Art-related courses, e.g., Photography.

Make sure the curriculum is carefully and coherently sequenced so that students develop expertise in Creative Arts and their wider cultural capital.

Implement appropriate adaptations so that all groups of students know, remember and can do more over time and achieve the same endpoints.

Develop subject-specific approaches to teaching that ensure subject matter is presented clearly and logically; assessment is used systematically to identify misconceptions; and direct feedback helps students to make progress.

Ensure assessment in Creative Arts is used to help teachers check students’ understanding.

Be responsible for the environment in the Creative Arts faculty, ensuring it is calm, purposeful and supports learning.

Strategically deploy the relevant staff in the faculty to ensure the curriculum is highly effective.

What the school offers its staff

Membership to the Teachers Pension Scheme

Access to the Employee Assistance Programme

On site parking

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

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.

Recruitment Pack - Subject Lead for Creative Arts - Sept 2026.pdf - 1.75 MB (opens in new tab)

About The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1203 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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School website
The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School website
Email address
vacancies@bishopschester.co.uk
Phone number
01244 313806
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