Teacher of Art
Comberton Village College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 7DU19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
13 April 2026 at 10am
Date listed
25 March 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Art and design
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) MPS/UPS
Teacher of Art job summary
TEACHER OF ART
Salary: MPS/UPS
Contract: Permanent. Part Time 60% - 3 days per week.
ECT’s welcome to apply
Start date: September 2026
Place of work: Comberton Village College, Comberton
Are you passionate about teaching Art in a school that values creativity, ambition and exceptional standards? This is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving, collaborative and highly skilled department where staff, who are practising artists, bring contemporary, professional expertise directly into the classroom.
Why teach Art at Comberton Village College?
- A rich and inspiring curriculum: Our Art & Design curriculum is built around developing the informed practitioner, combining deep practical skill with a broad, sequential understanding of art history, media and creative processes across Key Stages 3-5.
- A team of practising artists: Every member of our Art department is an active creative professional, sharing real‑world expertise in fine art, graphic design, illustration, animation, photography and more.
- High expectations and exceptional outcomes: The department sets exceptionally high standards, reflected in the outstanding quality of pupils’ work at every stage.
- Real‑world creative opportunities: Pupils, especially in the sixth form, contribute to live design work for the school community, including the annual design of the Comberton Sixth Form Prospectus.
- Enrichment and trips: Pupils benefit from a wide variety of local and national experiences
What we offer:
A school culture that prioritises staff wellbeing and professional growth.
Engaged and respectful students who embody our ethos of Caring, Confident and Capable.
Excellent facilities, generous non‑contact time and a commitment to work-life balance.
‘Pupils here are not taught just to pass exams. They acquire the skills and knowledge they need to be first-rate scientists, historians, and artists, among others.’ (Ofsted, November 2024).
We are a highly successful, community mixed comprehensive school with Teaching School status in a pleasant rural setting only 5 miles from the centre of Cambridge. We currently have around 2000 11-18 pupils on roll including in our sixth form centre that opened in September 2011. We are seeking to appoint an outstanding teacher of Art who is totally committed to our aim to provide pupils with a fantastic experience in the subject across the full age and ability range. This role may offer a suitable candidate the chance to teach on one of our popular and exceptionally successful A Level courses and would suit either an ECT or an experienced practitioner.
Our pupils are well motivated, staff morale is excellent and examination results at KS4 and KS5 are very strong across our comprehensive intake. The school has consistently been rated by Ofsted as outstanding over many years - our most recent Ofsted (November 2024) achieved ‘outstanding’ in all categories.
If you are enthusiastic, inspiring and committed to high‑quality Art teaching, we would love to hear from you.
For further details on our school please visit our website www.combertonvc.org.
Further information about the job
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 will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Comberton Village College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1962 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Comberton Village College website
Please note that listings under Comberton Village College may be for other schools within The Cam Academy Trust.
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Cambourne Village College, Cambourne
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Gamlingay Village Primary, Gamlingay
Hartford Infant School, Huntingdon
Hartford Primary School, Huntingdon
Jeavons Wood Primary School, Cambourne
Melbourn Village College, Melbourn
Offord Primary School, Offord D'Arcy
St Peters School, Huntingdon
Thongsley Fields Primary School, Huntingdon
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