Head Of Art, Design

Are you an ambitious, motivated, and excellent Teacher of Art/Head off Art looking for a career-defining opportunity? We are seeking a passionate Head of Art to join a committed and excellent school who aims to offer life-changing education to children and young people across England. They thrive on working as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. With a shared curriculum and lesson plans from around the group available to all, the teachers have strong foundations to lead the engaging, rounded education the children deserve.

Working for a well-regarded secondary school in Kent with a start date of September 2024. Hays Education, a leading provider with exclusive partnerships with secondary schools in North Kent, Maidstone, Canterbury and Ashford, is assisting several schools in enhancing their Art department. We are actively seeking experienced teachers and Early Career Teachers (ECTs) interested in embarking on a rewarding new journey with the potential for growth and exciting challenges.

This is an exciting post for an excellent practitioner and offers an outstanding opportunity for career progression (70%+ of leadership positions appointed internally in the last 5 years). The role provides the perfect opportunity for a candidate wishing to take their next career steps in leadership within a small and supportive environment or, for more experienced candidates, it will provide the opportunity to take on more responsibilities supporting any potential aspirations for senior leadership in the future.

Duties and responsibilities
* Develop and implement policies for Art, Design & Technology in line with our school's commitment to high-quality teaching and learning
* Promote the subject, its importance, and the value that it brings across the school
* Have a good understanding of how well the subject is being delivered and the impact it has on pupil achievement
* Use this understanding to feed into the school development plan and produce an action plan for the subject.
* Promote pupils' spiritual, moral, social, cultural, physical and mental development alongside British values in the teaching of the subject
* Consult pupils, parents and staff about the subject and its effectiveness, and assess the feedback against the school's values, visions and aims
* Work with the special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCO) to ensure the curriculum matches the needs of different pupils, such as disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
* Promote careers education through the subject and ensure that teaching and learning illustrates how the subject might lead to career opportunities
* Use additional staff in the subject area to ensure there is a framework for deployments and that teaching assistants are deployed effectively
* Liaise with our feeder primary schools on the transition of the subject to secondary school to ensure that progression is built into the curriculum
* Liaise with WKSATA within subject groups on subject-related events, projects and activities
* evaluating own teaching critically to improve effectiveness; * ensuring the effective and efficient deployment of classroom support

Requirments/Desirables:

• QTS
• Good Honours Degree (2:1) (desirable)
• Further Accredited qualifications and CPD
• Ability to deliver a second subject at KS3 level
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Leading teams of staff to unified success

If you are interested please click apply or send a copy of your CV over.

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