Teacher of Art - 12 Months Maternity Cover
Aldersley High School, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV8 1RT16 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
7 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
8 April 2025
Job details
Job role
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: 32.4 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 Months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
We're in search of a Teacher of Art who meets the following criteria:
Join a strong Art department where students thrive, and staff well-being is a priority. A popular subject option at Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5, it is an exciting time to join a team that is developing all the time. We work collaboratively to plan engaging and well-rounded lessons for our students, where knowledge and application to the wider world is key success. We would welcome new ideas and perspectives from a practitioner that places our students and their progress at the heart of what they do.
We have a fantastic Curriculum Team Leader who is passionate about the subject and its place within the school, and the subject is taught in our purpose-built Aldersley Art facility, a new suite of classrooms opened in Spring 2025, which is part-classroom, part studio - an inspiring environment for the next generation of artists.
What the school offers its staff
At Aldersley High School in Wolverhampton, we are determined to leave no stone unturned in our quest for educational excellence, and we are very clear how to get there.
We exist to strengthen our community – by ambitiously educating young people who excel academically and make a positive difference in our world.
We teach challenging lessons, impart powerful knowledge and provide excellent support, so that we achieve the best outcomes and make success inevitable.
Aldersley High School is a diverse, highly successful 11-18 comprehensive school set in the north-east of Wolverhampton, near to the commuter link of Junction 2 of the M54. We serve a vibrant and ambitious community that is used to having a strong school at its heart, and we would love for you to be part of it.
Aldersley was the founding school of the Amethyst Trust, which has expanded significantly over the past few years to now encompass five schools in a growing and thriving Trust partnership. We benefit from fantastic relationships with our sister schools, meaning that there is great opportunity for networking, professional development and ultimately professional success at Aldersley and beyond in our Trust.We are a Trust that believes in a ‘talent-first’ approach, ensuring that we grow potential and see leadership opportunities as a logical step for those who make a real impact.
As a staff, we always act with our core values clearly in mind. Before anything else, anyone who works at Aldersley CARES. Our CARES values are:
We are Committed - Whatever the challenge, we get stuck in and we work hard. Our students deserve nothing less.
We are Ambitious - We always aim for our students to be the best. We are ambitious for what they will achieve.
We are Reliable - We are consistent, day after day after day. We always know what to expect from each other.
We are Experts - We seek self-improvement at all times. We work hard to have expert knowledge in all that we do.
We put Students First - We make all decisions in the best interests of students. We put their success before anything else.
We believe that our students are best-served by having a staff body who are supported to have meaningful work-life balance and their family lives protected, so they can give everything to our students during the school day. We fiercely protect our directed time budget, limit communications outside of the working day, and do not ask our teachers to mark books regularly, focusing instead on assessment that really works. We work together on shared planning so that our energies can be spent on excellent delivery in the classroom, where students behave well and want to learn.
As the founding school of the Amethyst Trust, we benefit from our links with two partner secondary schools and two specialist schools, giving fantastic career development opportunities at every turn.The Amethyst Trust is at the forefront of educational thinking, with innovative teaching with a knowledge-rich edge, progressive ideas on feedback and staff wellbeing, and excellent provision for SEND students through our well-equipped Resource Base. We benefit from fantastic grounds and facilities, including excellent and regularly-updated ICT, and the Trust is in a strong position to make sure that our staff and students want for nothing.
We know we have succeeded when our students achieve academic outcomes that are amongst the best locally and nationally. We are determined that our community will be proud of our school and will know that it is excellent. Our students will have developed qualities that will ensure that they succeed in the wider world, and you will have played your part in making it happen.
You can see more of our school and what we are all about in our trailer here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxwsLTqMMX0
If a school with a clear sense of mission, a moral purpose and an ambitious and caring school community is where you see yourself, please get in touch or come to visit us. This can be done by contacting Claire Hammond atchammond@aatrust.co.ukand we will be back in touch with you as soon as we can. We would love to receive your application to join our team.
Further details about the role
Start Date: September 2025
End Date: August 2026
Closing Date: Wednesday 7th May 2025 9am
Interview Day: W/C 12th May 2025
Contract: Full Time / Fixed term - 12 months Maternity Cover
Location: Aldersley High School
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 are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Aldersley High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1278 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Aldersley High School website
- Email address
- chammond@aatrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01902 556868
Aldersley High School is a vibrant and ambitious secondary school within the Amethyst Academies Trust. We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of high expectations, respect, and achievement for every student. With a thriving Sixth Form and a strong focus on academic progress, we offer a broad and balanced curriculum supported by excellent pastoral care. Our staff benefit from high-quality professional development and clear opportunities for career progression across the Trust. At Aldersley, we believe in empowering both students and staff to reach their full potential.
Arranging a visit to Aldersley High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email chammond@aatrust.co.uk.
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