Teacher of Art and/or Photography
Felixstowe School, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9QR10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
5 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
23 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
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: 33.25 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR (FTE: £31,650-£49,084 per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The ideal candidate will:
- Be an excellent Photography and Art teacher
- Be impassioned about the role of Photography and Art in Education.
- Be willing to support across the department and contribute to the development and growth of the subject area.
- Be a committed team player who is organised and practical.
- Have the ability to engage and inspire pupils and build excellent relationships;
- Be committed to Felixstowe School's ethos;
- Be passionate and ambitious about their own career development.
What the school offers its staff
Felixstowe School is set within a new site and boasts bright classrooms and excellent facilities. The Photography and Art department offers a kiln room and dark room facility as well as a range of printing equipment and other opportunities to develop a rich experience of Photography and for our students.
Amongst these opportunities are:
- Links with the University of Suffolk with whom a collaborative project will be a year on year enrichment.
- Links to virtual exhibitions provided by the University of Suffolk, This is in response to our GCSE and A Level themes.
- Student talks and workshops designed and delivered by University students (Art and Photography)
- The above collaboration is a brilliant tool for strengthening our student and higher education connections.
- A Department Technician who is also a ceramist specialist and delivers workshops and small group work, plus is a great asset to support with lessons and prep etc.
- Sixth form study ‘booths’ in the Art department - creating an ‘Art School Feel’ and fostering a way of working that imitates that of a college space.
- A range of materials and processes available to explore and develop projects around. A very flexible approach to teaching and learning is embraced to allow teachers to play to their strengths.
- Exhibition rails to showcase student work around the school.A whole department ethos to push our subjects forward and allow the excellent work of our students to be showcased across the school
- A whole department ethos to grow as a team and allow our teachers to excel, feel valued and to deliver the best learning experience of Photography and Art possible.
We are keen to grow an already hugely valued department and we are looking for a teacher who can offer drive and energy along with excellent teaching skills, to complete our team and support us in growing our subjects even further.
It is important to belong at work and the work you do is relied upon by our pupils, so even small positive differences which are made, make people very happy. We want to ensure you have a good work life balance and one of the ways we achieve this is by having a two-week autumn half term break.
We offer:
- Job satisfaction through making a positive impact on our student’s lives
- Friendly and supportive working environment
- Supportive and positive management
- Investment in your training and development
- Bespoke teacher development programmes supported by our Teaching School Hub
- Excellent career development opportunities in our school and across the trust including secondments to other trust schools
- Evidence informed research opportunities via our Research School and programmes to reduce teacher workload including the development of the CUSP curriculum and other programmes the staff within our schools benefit from
- Wellbeing support service
- Trust wide professional development
Commitment to safeguarding
Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safer recruitment, equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Felixstowe School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1245 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Felixstowe School website
- Email address
- shurren@fxs.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01394 288228
Arranging a visit to Felixstowe School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email shurren@fxs.org.uk.
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Suffolk