Head of Art

Head of Art

An outstanding independent school based in the bustling town of Taunton is looking for a well-qualified and enthusiastic Head of Art to lead the art and photography department from September 2024. You will be delivering high quality teaching and learning to students as well as being fully involved in the school community. This is an ideal opportunity for a teacher wishing to progress in their professional development with a passion for raising attainment and expectations. The school prides itself on its facilities and state of art resources. Providing students with the very best to enhance student's experiences learning to explore, experiment and create.

The Role

We are looking for a teacher who can share their expertise and love of their subject, and teach lessons which inspire and that pupils enjoy. The art department currently runs art and textiles GCSE, and art and photography A level. You will be planning, teaching and assessing students' work. Working and collaborating with the other member of staff within the department.

The school has a lively and friendly Common Room of over 50 full-time teachers, all of whom contribute to the school’s outstanding co-curricular programme of sport, music and many other activities. The ability to contribute to this programme would be a distinct advantage. All teachers also tutor a small number of pupils and undertake an evening duty in one of our boarding houses, the Sixth Form Centre or the library.

The School

The school is an exciting, forward-looking and rewarding school to work in. They support all staff to develop their teaching and pastoral skills, providing frequent access to high quality professional development, utilizing the skills and experience of colleagues through our peer-coaching programme and tailoring professional development to each individual and their aspirations. They strongly believe that investing in the development of our staff is a key element in ensuring excellent teaching, learning and pastoral care. They are keen to embrace new ideas and technologies to ensure that teachers at the school are at the forefront of teaching and learning innovation, and are rightly proud of the quality of pedagogy displayed daily around the school. Newly qualified teachers will be supported in completing their ECT years at King’s by the Head of Staff Induction, who has vast experience in guiding and training ECTs.

Working with Long-term Teachers

We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.

LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.

Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as additional roles which we feel may be of interest to you.

We are proud to have the highest standard of compliance in achieving the REC audited status. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.

In addition to the above we also offer:

• Guaranteed Pay Plans

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• Support and counselling through a confidential helpline

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• Discounts and offers worth hundreds of pounds

• Childcare voucher scheme

• Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay