Teacher of Art (Maternity Cover)
Ryedale School, York, North Yorkshire, YO62 7SL17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
February 2026
Closing date
1 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
13 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Art and design
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) Salary based on MPS/UPS dependent upon qualifications and experience
Teacher of Art (Maternity Cover) job summary
About the Role:
We are seeking a passionate and creative Teacher of Art to join our dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity to inspire and nurture artistic talent in our students, delivering engaging lessons that foster creativity, confidence, and a love for the arts.
Job Details
Hours of Work: 1.0 FTE (0.8FTE or full-time available)
Position Type: Maternity Cover from February 2026
Line Manager: Head of Technology
Travel Required: No
Flexibility to work 0.8FTE available, or full-time. The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information.
Salary shown is based on the full-time equivalent. Salary for 0.8FTE will be £26,332 - £40,838 per annum.
Key Responsibilities:
Plan and deliver high-quality Art lessons across KS3 and KS4 in line with the national curriculum.
Develop schemes of work that encourage creativity and critical thinking.
Assess, monitor, and report on student progress, providing constructive feedback.
Organise and contribute to exhibitions, displays, and enrichment activities.
Maintain a safe and stimulating classroom environment that promotes learning.
Collaborate with colleagues to share best practice and contribute to departmental development.
What We’re Looking For:
- A teacher who is enthusiastic, innovative, and committed to student success.
- Strong subject knowledge and a passion for the arts.
- Excellent classroom management and communication skills.
- Ability to motivate and engage students of all abilities.
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Essential Requirements:
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
- Degree in Art or a related discipline.
- Experience teaching Art at secondary level.
Why join Us?
Ryedale Secondary School is part of the Areté Learning Trust, committed to providing high-quality education and support for all students. You will be joining a collaborative team dedicated to excellence and continuous improvement.
About the Trust
Areté Learning Trust currently has 11 schools and educates over 7,000 young people in and around North Yorkshire from ages 2-18. Our learners are at the heart of everything we do.
At Areté Learning Trust we work together and collaborate to ensure that all of our learners and our staff team have the chance to reach their potential.
Our Trust is committed to promoting:
Health, happiness and wellbeing
A safe, disciplined and supportive environment
A love of learning through a passionate and committed approach
High standards and expectations
Integrity, kindness and good manners
Respect for individuality and difference
Collaborative working to secure excellence
To realise our aspiration for every child to be the best they can be, we need to ensure that as a Trust we are ‘Striving for Excellence’.
Why work for us?
We want everyone who works within ALT to feel valued and see how their work fits into the bigger picture.
We seek employees who are prepared to take personal responsibility and constantly challenge the norm to improve performance.
In return, we are committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for all staff.
Areté Learning Trust is committed to being the ‘Employer of Choice’.
Essentially this means that we want our schools and our central team to be great places to work. We want our staff development opportunities to be first class and we want to enable staff who are ambitious to grow their careers with us. To give our learners the best education and opportunities we are committed to recruiting and retaining the very best people in all areas of our organisation.
Regardless of role, we seek staff who:
Have high expectations of themselves and the people they work with.
Are committed to our Trust values.
Show initiative and are responsive to change.
Have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
Are creative in their approach to problem solving.
Are able to influence effectively, whatever their role.
Are team players.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds; for more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy statement (https://www.arete.uk/careers). If you are ready for the next step in your career and you feel that your skill set makes you a good fit for this very exciting opportunity, then we look forward to receiving your application.
Application Process
Please complete the online application form to apply for this role. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. You should use the information supplied with in the Job Description & Person Specification to make the best of your application by identifying some specific pieces of work you may have undertaken in any of these areas. Your application may be viewed in regard to some or all of the skill specific areas over the course of the selection process. Applications via agencies will not be considered.
Interviews will take place on week commencing 8th December 2025.
The Areté Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks. Online searches may be done as part of due diligence checks.
Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Ryedale Learning Trust is committed to our responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share this commitment and therefore we apply safer recruitment screening to candidates prior to appointment.
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 Ryedale School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 704 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Ryedale School website
Location: North Yorkshire, UK
Type: Mainstream School,
Phase: Secondary,
Funding status: State - Academy
Gender: Mixed
Age range: 11 - 16 years
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