Teacher of Art & Design
St Simon Stock Catholic School, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0JPThis job expired on 16 April 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Term 6 - June 2024/September 2024
Closing date
16 April 2024 at 9am
Date listed
19 March 2024
Job details
Job role
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- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Art and design
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: 32.5 hours a week/Part time 0.8 considered
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS (£30,000 to £46,525)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We believe students should have an opportunity to be nurtured and excel in whatever skills their natural gifts and preferences lead them to.
We aim to
- foster independent, adventurous creativity.
- enable our pupils to create ambitious, personal and exciting work.
We would like to appoint an inspirational teacher who has the ability to build positive relationships with students, alongside a determination to maintain a highstandardof exam results, all whilst showing a genuine intention to get things done. This is a great opportunity to make your mark teaching Art & Design within a receptive, supportive and calm environment. It is an exciting time to join our growing department. You may be an established teacher looking for a new challenge or seeking your first teaching role (ECTs).
Our vision is for the successful candidate to build upon the foundations in place, further developing a subject that is popular at GCSE. Our recent success at the John Downton awards, shows students here are capable of achieving at a high level. Class sizes are no bigger than 24 in Art - across both KS3 & KS4.
The Art Department hasa generous space in which to work: three rooms with plenty of smaller spaces in and around them, a large studio exclusively for the 6th form, a small ICT suite and a digital photography studio. At GCSE we offer the AQA Art, Craft and Design specification. Students can work in a number of different areas e.g., fine art, drawing, painting, collage, 3D studies, film making, graphic design, photography, stop-motion and fashion. This makes it a more interesting course and gives a broader preparation for A Level.
Our strength is in encouraging students to respond in different ways. This personalised approach is more challenging to deliver so staffconfidence and expertise in doing so is crucial. The successful candidate should have practical knowledge of working with a range of art materials. Any prior experience with digital art and photography would be helpful.
At St Simon Stock Catholic School, we offer excellent opportunities for career progression and CPD. We have a very supportive ethos and as such our community looks after each other, both staff and students. Student behaviour across the school is excellent and students are encouraged to reach their full potential and view the world as Global Citizens. The school also enjoys a good reputation locally, with committed colleagues and enthusiastic students.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits of working at St Simon Stock Catholic School:
- A supportive and caring working environment for staff and students
- A school wide focus on wellbeing
- Staff laptop provided
- Dedicated and bespoke CPD time for all staff
- Personal development opportunities
- Access to Kent Rewards Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme which offers counselling, financial guidance, legal enquiries and access to online health and wellbeing resources
Our Offer:
We create an environment where our staff can thrive and enjoy the work that they do which enables our young people to flourish, gain confidence, achieve and be happy. We have a reputation for fostering a very caring environment and a great record for investing in staff training and development.
Commitment to safeguarding
St Simon Stock Catholic School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and this position is subject to satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.
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About St Simon Stock Catholic School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1106 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- HR@ssscs.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01622754551
St Simon Stock Catholic School is a Catholic secondary school located in Maidstone, Kent and part of the Kent Catholic Schools’ Partnership (KCSP). This multi-academy trust (MAT), established by the Archdiocese of Southwark for Catholic education across Kent, currently comprises of 25 academies (20 primary and 5 secondary schools).
St Simon Stock is an over-subscribed, co-educational, high achieving school with a long tradition of academic success. We have over 1100 students on roll, including over 200 in Sixth Form and a staff of almost 100.
We value all our students equally and welcome the wide variety of cultures and experiences they bring to our school.
By modelling exemplary behaviour towards each other, carrying out service to others in school, at home and in the wider community, students develop a strong work ethic and sense of personal achievement helping them to take their place in the wider world.
We are rated by Ofsted as a Good Provider and in our last denominational inspection we were graded as Outstanding.
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