Teacher of Art and Photography (Maternity Cover)
Edward Peake CofE VC School, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG18 0EJ16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2025 or as soon as possible
Closing date
7 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
21 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Art & Design
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,000.00 - £46,525.00 Annually (FTE)
Teacher of Art and Photography (Maternity Cover) job summary
We have an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, dedicated teacher of Art and Photography to join our team at Edward Peake as we continue our transition to a Secondary School.
This is a perfect opportunity for someone looking to take their next steps in their career and help to shape the teaching of Art and Photography at our school.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the planning and delivery of Art to classes across year groups and Photography to their KS4 class. They will be accountable to the subject leader for Art and the Assistant Headteacher for Curriculum and Assessment. This is an important post, designed to further promote and develop learning within the school.
The successful candidate will be an effective teacher and will be able:
to demonstrate outstanding classroom practice and innovation
to teach Art across Key Stages 3 and 4
to teach Photography at KS4
to help build and embed a successful KS4 Art and Photography curriculum that meets the needs of all pupils
to ensure consistency and shared good practice across the department
to follow and implement the school’s policies
to monitor the progress that pupils in their classes make within Art and Photography and work with the department to ensure effective interventions are in place to maximise the progress of all pupils.
All teachers appointed to the school are allocated a tutor group. A candidate who can demonstrate experience and a willingness to undertake wider responsibilities would be welcomed.
We wish to attract a high calibre candidate who will be fully involved in taking the department forward in the next stage of its development, particularly with the school transitioning to secondary. This post is a very important one and will need a team player with high expectations, flair, drive, determination, energy and a strong commitment to raising standards and providing opportunities for all learners.
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged.
We reserve the right to appoint before the application deadline, so early applications are encouraged.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. A DBS check will be required for this post.
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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Edward Peake CofE VC School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 10 to 16
- Education phase
- Middle
- School size
- 526 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 10 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Edward Peake CofE VC School website (opens in new tab)
Edward Peake is mixed middle deemed secondary institution based in Biggleswade. At Edward Peake we believe that our pupils are our greatest asset therefore we are committed to providing an outstanding education for each and every pupil. Our core purpose is to enable pupils to make exceptional progress and support pupils’ personal well-being so that they can achieve outstanding outcomes. We are a friendly and welcoming school with a distinctive Christian ethos where pupils are able to live, love and learn.
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