Teacher of Art & Design (maternity cover)

Westcliff High School for Boys Academy, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0BP

19 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
13 March 2025

Job details

Job role: Teacher
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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
Contract type: Fixed term - Up to 12 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale: MPS/UPS
Additional allowances: The post includes the opportunity to take on additional Teaching and Learning Responsibilities in the Department for a suitably experienced candidate.

What skills and experience we're looking for

The new Year 7-9 syllabus has been designed by the Art & Design staff at WHSB to encourage independent learning and personalised outcome pathways. The Department uses a range of assessments and investigations to introduce, consolidate and extend pupils’ understanding of Art & Design. The teachers encourage pupils to develop an in-depth technical understanding and passion for the subject that enables them to refine and review their work, and this gives pupils a secure knowledge of the subject.

The AQA GCSE Curriculum builds on the work that has been completed in Years 7-9, both consolidating parts of it that have previously been covered to GCSE Level but also extending other aspects so pupils can access the GCSE Grade 9.

The Westcliff GCSE Art & Design (Fine Art) course has been designed to encourage a wide breadth of outcome possibilities from traditional drawing and painting to conceptual mulita media spaces.

In the Sixth Form, students can choose to study AQA Advanced Art & Design (Fine Art) if they attained a Level 7, 8 or 9 in GCSE Art & Design (Fine Art). In the Lower Sixth, Art & Design (Fine Art) students explore a range of drawing, painting and thinking skills. Students are encouraged to discover new ways of creating visual journeys, as well as reinforcing previously taught skills. This work naturally sets the foundation for the Personal Investigation Portfolio. In the Upper Sixth, students will be encouraged to create their own work space which often becomes a unique outcome environment. Visiting Examination Board Moderators often comment of the breadth of approaches explored by the Department as being impressive.

What the school offers its staff

The Art & Design Department is well-equipped. The Art Studios are located as a suite of rooms in the main building. The two studios are spacious, light and equipped with a number of network computers with Photoshop. Due to the ambitious nature of the Advanced Level work, we have a dedicated installation and exhibition room where students are given their own space to create large scale works of art. This has proved extremely successful and our 2024 summer results were 100% A*. The department also offers photography resources and ceramics facilities alongside core drawing and painting opportunities.

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 download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to vacancies@whsb.essex.sch.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Additional documents

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

Teacher Art Maternity cover feb 2025.pdf - 1.19 MB (opens in new tab)

About Westcliff High School for Boys Academy

School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase: Secondary
School size: 1281 pupils enrolled
Age range: 11 to 18
Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
School website: Westcliff High School for Boys Academy website
Email address: vacancies@whsb.essex.sch.uk
Phone number: 01702475443
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Westcliff High School for Boys is an Outstanding Academy Grammar School located in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.

At WHSB we continue to hold dear our values and traditions whilst fostering academic excellence and a dynamism which allow us to provide a twenty-first century world class education.

Our record of outstanding success is reflected in our outstanding A Level and GCSE results and we are committed to providing the highest standards in all aspects of our provision for pupils.

We currently have around 870 boys on roll in Years 7 to 11, and 330 students in our mixed Sixth Form.