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Teacher of Art and Photography

Newfield Secondary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S8 9JP

This job expired on 22 March 2023 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2023

• Closing date

  22 March 2023 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 March 2023

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (684)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: Art and design
• Working pattern: Full time: 1.0FTE
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: Teachers Pay Scales (£28,000 - £43,685)
• Pay scale: M1 to U3

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will:

• Be confident in teaching across both subjects
• Have essential knowledge of digital software and traditional art and craft techniques
• Have strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively within the team.
• Develop and deliver high-quality teaching and learning experiences from our students
• Have a clear understanding of the requirements of Art & Photography at GCSE level
• Encourage and support students to achieve their full potential

The successful applicant will be part of a highly effective art and photography team and will contribute to both curriculum areas across the school to build on improving GCSE performance. They will be able to evidence their positive impact with students through exceptional practice.

If you are passional about Art & Photography and have the skills and experience to deliver high-quality teaching and learning experiences, we would love to hear from you.

What the school offers its staff

Newfield School is a truly special place to work. The core business of teaching and learning is at the heart of all we do. We have high expectations of our staff but we also value and look after them. We balance hard work with meaningful and tailored professional development, great practice every day with a manageable workload. Our school has a proven consistent record of success and we will continue to make exceptional progress with our students this year and into the future.

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.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Recruitment Pack Teacher of Art Photography February 2023.pdf - 558 KB (opens in new tab)

About Newfield Secondary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1048 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Newfield Secondary School website
• Email address: recruitment@merciatrust.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/newfield-secondary-school-sheffield

We believe that irrespective of starting point or family background, each and every child that walks through our school doors deserves a quality first education. 

We have high aspirations for our pupils, including a more academic curriculum that supports pupils to be successful. 

Adopting principles of warm/strict and a strong pedagogical approach in lessons, we are implementing the approaches used in high performing schools, to ensure pupils make exceptional progress and have high expectations of us and themselves.


• We have clearly defined pedagogical approaches and a bookletised curriculum.


• We are developing our warm/strict approach to behaviour- relationships are strong between teachers and pupils.


• We have a clear vision for what we want to achieve, and we are seeking likeminded teachers who believe in our approach.


• We have strong support from Mercia Learning Trust.


• We are in a period of rapid change and improvement- we need people who share the vision and want to make a difference at this pivotal stage.


This is an exciting time for us as we become a truly exceptional school. Our reputation is growing, and our challenge now is to deliver effective and exciting learning at the highest level and champion those pupils who need us most. 

We have high achieving partnership schools, and we can learn from these to truly move the school forward to higher levels of performance. 

We are well positioned to move the school into a new academic phase, and we are seeking those who share our aims and expectations of how schools should run.


We support applications from candidates who understand and support our approach to teaching and learning, behaviour and high standards. We also admire those who are passionate about pupil life chances and are seeking to truly make a difference to our community.

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