Teacher of Art (Maternity Cover)
The Bishop of Winchester Academy, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9PWDeadline is today
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
21 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Art & Design
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- Mainscale / UPS
Teacher of Art (Maternity Cover) job summary
We are seeking a highly motivated Art Teacher who has a clear understanding of how individuals absorb information and is dedicated to delivering knowledge that will provide our students with a better understanding of the world around them. Of course you will have a passion for art and through this, you will also know how to make your lessons exciting to inspire our students in the study of this important subject.
We can offer you the opportunity to deliver a dynamic curriculum within our ambitious Geography department that achieves exceptional outcomes from all year groups. Whatever your career stage, you will be supported to develop well-structured learning programmes and to enhance your teaching tool kit, so that our students are able to excel in Art. We welcome applications from all teachers including ECTs.
Our Head of Expressive Arts would be delighted to take you on a tour of the school and give you the opportunity to meet the department and answer any questions you may have.
As Teacher of Art, you will be welcomed into an experienced team of professionals to:
- Progress the Art department to even greater successes
- Plan and deliver high quality and engaging lessons that will challenge and inspire our students
- Encourage students to have high expectations of themselves and their behaviour
- Engage students in study at GCSE Level (A-Level is desirable)
- Be a positive role model and supportive mentor to students, making a lasting impact on their lives
The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, recently recognised by Ofsted as prioritising ‘wider opportunities alongside achievement so that pupils “live life to the full.”’ (Ofsted 2023). Operating from recently refurbished facilities, our shared mission to improve the life chances of all of our students is at the very centre of our work.
We put the welfare of our staff at the heart of everything we do and can offer you:
- Generous employer pension contribution at 28.6% basic salary from April 2024
- Early Friday finish at 1:00pm
- Supportive and practical marking policy
- Career development with a bespoke CPD programme
- Excellent newly refurbished teaching facilities with free onsite parking and good local public transport links
- Employee Assistance Programme and Cycle to Work scheme
- Close proximity to beaches and the Jurassic Coast to assist your work life balance
To apply for this Teacher of Art role, please visit the vacancies section of our website to complete an application form: https://www.tbowa.org/staff/vacancies/teaching-staff. Please email completed application forms to recruitment@tbowa.org, addressing your covering letter to Mr Paul McKeown, Principal.
The Bishop of Winchester Academy is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
Please be aware that due to the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ legislation we do not accept CVs.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we have received applications that meet the criteria.
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 are not accepted.
About The Bishop of Winchester Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1148 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Bishop of Winchester Academy website
The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, commended by Ofsted for its ‘inclusive approach, which seeks to support all pupils’. Led by a dedicated team with ‘strong moral and ethical foundation[s]’, our shared mission for ‘improving the life chances of all [our] pupils is at the very centre of [our] work’ (Ofsted, 2017).
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