Teacher of Art
The Bulmershe School, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 3EU20 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
4 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 March 2025
Job details
Job role
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, part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- ECT - UPS, depending on experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
- be a talented and enthusiastic teacher with the ability to inspire our students in Art and Photography
- preferably have experience of teaching a range of Art subjects across Key Stages 3 and your specialism at KS4.
- have the drive to raise student achievement and add value within Art and Photography curriculum
- have excellent, up-to-date subject knowledge with a passion for teaching your subject
- have
the confidence to teach all disciplines of Art and Design, including
Photography
What the school offers its staff
- Work/life balance: maximum load of 43 lessons per 2-week teaching cycle
- Staff Wellbeing: mental health first aiders on site, regular staff events, active staff voice
- CPD: A culture based on the best evidence-informed teacher development, to help you be be the best you can be
- A-Level Teaching: a growing 6th form offers our staff opportunities to teach their subject from KS3 - KS5
- Subsidised canteen
- Free flu vaccination and eye care
- Free parking and access to excellent transport links
Flexible working opportunities
Further details about the role
Are you an enthusiastic Art Teacher ready to spark creativity and nurture artistic talent? Join The Bulmershe School – a vibrant, inclusive secondary school where the arts thrive!
What We Offer:
- A well-equipped Art department with specialist studios and digital design facilities.
- Abroad, exciting curriculum covering drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics and more.
- Opportunities to lead extracurricular activities, exhibitions and creative projects.
- A supportive and forward-thinking teaching environment.
What You’ll Do:
- Teach engaging Art lessons across KS3-KS5.
- Inspire students to develop confidence in their creativity.
- Support GCSE & A-Level students in achieving their best work.
- Collaborate with colleagues to enhance the Art curriculum.
Who We’re Looking For:
- A qualified (or soon-to-be qualified) Art Teacher.
- Someone passionate about art education and student success.
- A team player eager to contribute to a thriving creative department.
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 vbagley@bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Bulmershe School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1476 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- vbagley@bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0118 9353353
The Bulmershe School is a heavily oversubscribed school which sits at the heart of the Woodley community. We are a mixed, Corvus Learning Trust Academy school of nearly 1,500 students aged between 11 and 18, who come from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
Our vibrant and inclusive school strives for students to be happy, self-confident and aspirational learners and thinkers. We take enormous pride in our caring reputation and anyone who joins our team should be committed to achieving high levels of responsibility, mutual respect and resilience within the safe and nurturing environment of our school community.
Arranging a visit to The Bulmershe School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vbagley@bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk.
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