Teacher of Art with Design Technology
Horsforth School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS18 5RFDeadline is today
Start date details
September 2025 or January 2026
Closing date
16 June 2025 at 8am
Date listed
16 June 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Art and design, Design and technology
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- ECT/MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a talented and inspiring colleague to join our Art and Design Department to teach art and some design and technology at Key Stage 3. The position offers an excellent opportunity for either an established teacher or an ECT to join our highly successful school with an opportunity to teach to A Level. If you are passionate about art and design and want to make a difference to the lives of young people then we would love to hear from you. Part time applications will also be considered.
Horsforth School is no ordinary School, join us and you’ll see what we mean. No role in Horsforth School is ‘just a job’, you will become part of a team who work to support and develop our amazing students whilst giving you the opportunity to take ownership of your own career. Our outstanding, highly motivated and enthusiastic staff team, strongly believe that working collaboratively, sharing ideas and supporting each other achieves great things and allows us to develop innovative teaching and learning strategies.
We are very proud of our Art and Design Department who also work closely with our Design Technology Department. Across the two departments, we currently have GCSE groups in fine art, photography, design technology and food and A Level groups of fine art, photography and food. The departments aim to provide students with a supportive environment to develop their knowledge, skills and confidence in art and design, including opportunities to:
- Analyse and investigate the work of other artists and art forms from a range of different cultures, expressing their own thoughts and opinions and take influences from these when developing their own creative ideas
- Discover and explore a variety of art materials and processes with confidence, learn new skills, experiment creatively and respond to positive feedback and encouragement from staff and their peers
- Develop and refine techniques in drawing, painting, ceramics, photography and a range of other media to record ideas and observations
- Participate on exciting trips and engage with art exhibitions both in and out of school
Our vision is ‘Opportunity and Achievement for All’ - creating opportunities and supporting achievement for our students and colleagues alike.
What the school offers its staff
We are also delighted to be able to offer the following staff incentives and recognise the importance of activities outside of the classroom for staff wellbeing:
- Extracurricular activities
- Exciting trips and visits
- Free access to an onsite gym and opportunity to join the staff football team
- Bike to work scheme
- Regular staff voice
- Buzzing and lively staffroom/work hubs
- Cover Pool – allows teaching staff access to an amount of flexible working per academic year
- Amazing onsite catering with regular all staff breakfasts and seasonal events
- New sixth form building with onsite coffee shop ‘Common Grounds’
- Dedicated investment in physical and mental wellbeing
- Access to Vivup – an Employee Assistance Programme with confidential employee support available everyday 24/7 for counselling and any concerns such as bereavement, mental health support, debt, legal issues.
- Onsite car parking/excellent public transport links with local train station providing easy access from Leeds and Harrogate
- Recognise the importance of a good work/life balance
Located in North-West Leeds, the school is just five miles from the city centre with its thriving retail, leisure and cultural facilities, yet on the edge of open countryside. York, Harrogate and the Yorkshire Dales are within easy reach.
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 recruitment@horsforthschool.org
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Horsforth School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1654 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Horsforth School website
- Email address
- recruitment@horsforthschool.org
- Phone number
- 01132265454
For our 1600 students, Horsforth School provides an engaging environment of discovery and growth. For our colleagues too, this setting offers some great benefits. Located in North-West Leeds, the school is just five miles from the city centre with its thriving retail, leisure and cultural facilities, yet on the edge of open countryside. York, Harrogate and the Yorkshire Dales are within easy reach.
GCSE and A Level results are consistently well above the national averages and in 2022, 2023 and 2024 the school had the best state school A Level results in the whole of Leeds. Horsforth School was also named one of the top 10 schools in the North in The Sunday Times Power Guide in 2024 and the Yorkshire Post voted the Sixth Form at Horsforth one of the top 3 Sixth Forms in Yorkshire.
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