14 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    26 March 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    11 March 2025

Job details

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Subject

Art & Design

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (Actual) MPS/UPS

Teacher of Art & Photography job summary

VACANCY FOR TEACHER OF ART & PHOTOGRAPHY

Swavesey Village College

Salary: MPS/UPS

Hours of work: 40-80%. Fixed Term until 31st August 2026 (Maternity Cover)

We are looking to appoint a teacher of art and photography who is passionate about providing all students with the opportunity to enjoy and develop high levels of problem-solving and creative making skills.

The Opportunity

Work closely with your subject team to contribute and adhere to the subject schemes of work

Get to know your students quickly so that you can adapt teaching plans to meet the needs of your students

Participate in delivery of extra-curricular activities including weekly after-school clubs

Keep accurate records of assessments and homework in line with faculty expectations

Liaise with the SENDV team and work collaboratively with teaching assistants

To fully comply with all policies and procedures

Play an active role in the maintenance of exceptional behaviour across the College

Carry out duties in accordance with the duty rota

Make sure that all deadlines for reporting are met

Ensure that parental communication takes place in line with the college policies and is conducted with the utmost professionalism and courtesy

Undertake other duties as reasonably required by the Principal

The ideal candidate

  • Have excellent subject knowledge
  • Possess good interpersonal skills to effectively influence, inspire and encourage all abilities
  • Be a team player with a ‘can do’ attitude both in the classroom and in our extra-curricular provision
  • Possess outstanding communication skills and personal integrity
  • Be committed to building positive relationships with students to help them access a broad and challenging curriculum

Benefits of working for us include:

Free on-site parking

Eyecare vouchers

Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellbeing support

Cycle to work scheme

Free tea and coffee making facilities

Generous sick pay and annual leave

About Swavesey Village College -

Swavesey Village College was judged to be Outstanding in all categories by Ofsted in May 2024. Ofsted report that ‘Swavesey Village College is a welcoming, inclusive school with high ambitions for all’, and that ‘Leaders have created a vibrant, successful school where all are welcome and all can succeed’. Moreover, they feel ‘The curriculum for personal development is exemplary’. The achievements of our students are remarkable, both academically in examination success, and across an incredibly wide range of sports, arts and other co-curricular areas.

Swavesey is a village community school located close to Cambridge with excellent transport links to Cambridge and the pretty market town of St Ives, however, we have a considerable local and national reputation for academic excellence and innovation as part of our Academy Trust – Meridian Trust.

About Meridian Trust -

Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities.

Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 29 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk

For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.

Closing date for applications is: Wednesday 26th March 2024 9am

We welcome applications from ECT's.

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as social media checks.

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

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About Swavesey Village College

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1253 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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