Teacher of Design Technology & Art

Parkside School, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13 5AD

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January or Easter 2025

• Closing date

  27 November 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  5 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Art & Design, Design Technology
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS / UPS

Teacher of Design Technology & Art job summary

It couldn’t be a more exciting time to join Parkside School which joined Wellspring Academy Trust in September 2023 and was recently awarded the title of Multi Academy Trust of the year. As such, we are now one year into our development plan with lots of changes in place from September 2024. New uniform, timetable, pastoral system and leadership to name but four areas. Wellspring Academy Trust is known for its inclusive practice and these values are matched by Parkside School. ‘We make a difference’ If you have the same philosophy, this may be the job for you.

Details of Wellspring Academy Trust can be found at: https://wellspringacademytrust.co.uk/

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and enthusiastic person to join our team at Parkside as a Teacher of Design and Technology and art. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, innovative, and committed teacher with high expectations of students and themselves. The successful candidate will be capable of inspiring students of all abilities through their passion for the subject. There is a level of flexibility regarding which subject areas would be taught in this position as staff teach across different areas. The timetable includes 60% of textiles and 30% art with some PSHCE teaching. More importantly we are looking for a D & T/Art teacher keen to create lessons that are exciting and engaging to encourage all students to achieve their best.

You will work as part of the wider Art & Design faculty in the school, which has proven to be a strong successful department and you will be well supported by the Head of Faculty and TLR holders in the faculty. Wellspring Academy Trust and Parkside School believe in investing in our staff. We have a strong CPD offer and all new staff will receive a supportive induction programme and this post may be of interest to an ECT.

If you are driven to ensure the highest possible standards of teaching and learning, progress and achievement, then we warmly invite you to apply and join our convivial team.

Our students are enthusiastic and enjoy interactive lessons from passionate teachers, they respond well to strong trusting relationships with staff. Having recently joined Wellspring Academy Trust, Parkside has a renewed focus on student development, both academically and in personal growth. We are about to embark in new and innovative strategies in school so this would be an exciting time to join the team.

We encourage any applicant to come and visit the school or to book an informal phone conversation about this role with the Head of Faculty, Gillian Stone. Please feel free to contact her on Gillian.Stone@parksideschool.net to arrange a suitable time.

If you are as excited by this challenge as we are and you think this might be the role for you, please apply by submitting a completed application form, having taken note of the attachments, by Wednesday 27th November at 9am.

Interviews for successfully shortlisted candidates will be undertaken soon after this date.

The School has adopted the principles of Safer Recruitment and will safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to do the same. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. Parkside School is an Equal Opportunities Employer

Commitment to safeguarding

Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. As this role involves working with children in regulated activity, please note that it is an offence to apply for the role if barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.

References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to interview. Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.

Applying for the job

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About Parkside School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1144 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Parkside School website (opens in new tab)
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Parkside School and locality

We want all of our schools to make a positive contribution to the community that they are embedded within. This impact should be meaningful, considerable and lasting.

We want the young people of Parkside school to have every available opportunity to develop into well-rounded citizens who are equipped to make a positive contribution and who know how to keep themselves safe. We want students to have passionate hopes for their future; hopes that they can articulate, believe in and make real. We want to develop a nurturing environment that develops students who can empathise, critique, protect, love, inspire, make, design, explore and understand; students who are willing to try things they have never tried before, do things they have never done before and who are willing to risk reimagining themselves as the very best version of what they can become.

Located in the picturesque village of Cullingworth, Parkside School is surrounded by rolling hills and dramatic countryside.

The village, three miles south of Keighley and seven miles west of central Bradford, is not only popular with commuters but also with tourists, walkers and cyclists who revel in some of the country’s most glorious scenery.

The locality is steeped in history; the Brontë Parsonage Museum and its famous literary collections lie less than five miles east.

Also on the doorstep is the Saltaire World Heritage Site; a Victorian model village that is home to Salts Mill, which itself boasts striking architecture, eateries and shopping.

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