Teacher of Visual Arts
The Petersfield School, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3LUDeadline is today
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Art and design
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a dynamic, passionate, well-qualified Visual Arts teacher to join our outstanding Visual Arts Department. The Petersfield School has a strong heritage in the arts and the ambitious, forward thinking art department has excellent facilities for students to engage with a wide range of practical applications.
The successful applicant will be an excellent classroom practitioner, able to inspire students to explore ideas and concepts, awakening their curiosity about the visual arts. You will be able to teach across the age and ability range. The Visual Arts department delivers courses in Fine Art and Photography, so experience in any of these areas would be desirable although for the right candidate, teachers with other specialisms would be considered. This position would suit ECTs or more experienced teachers.
Principle Role:
- Displays commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people, awareness of current national legislation for safeguarding
- Good Honours Degree in a related subject
- Professional teaching qualification
- Experience of teaching KS3 and 4
- Experience of working across a variety of media and techniques
- A clear understanding of the requirements of the National Curriculum
- Commitment to extra-curricular provision and a desire to contribute to the wider life of the school
- Excellent ICT skills
- High levels of written and oral communication
- Track record of consistently delivering good/outstanding Visual Arts lessons
- Ability to enthuse children and foster a love of learning
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines, prioritising appropriately
- Believes in the importance of teamwork and a collaborative approach to teaching.
- Can build supportive working relationships with colleagues both in and outside of the department
- A willingness to innovate and take risks
- Self-motivated, ability to use own initiative.
What the school offers its staff
If you enjoy teaching in a happy and unrivaled environment, where we are able to push the boundaries of what students are able to achieve in secondary art education then we would love to hear from you. Following another strong academic year, we believe that the best way to continue to improve is through strong teamwork where everyone is involved in driving results upwards. TPS is a heavily over-subscribed mixed converter Academy in the desirable market town of Petersfield. It is a rewarding place to work, with delightful students and staff and an ethos where everyone is valued and no child is left behind. Ofsted found TPS to be outstanding in all areas during its last inspection.
The successful candidate will fully embrace the school’s Enjoy, Respect, Achieve ethos, and be a team player who wants to give every student exceptional outcomes and an unrivalled experience.
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@PetersfieldSchool.com
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Petersfield School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1396 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Petersfield School website
- Email address
- recruitment@PetersfieldSchool.com
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