Teacher of Art

Teacher of Art (Part-Time)

Part time (0.6), fixed term contract commencing January 2024 until 31 August 2024 (with the possibility of it being permanent)

Salary – £30,000 - £45,200 (FTE), £18,000 - £27,120 (Actual), not inclusive of the cost of living increase

William Hulme’s Grammar School (WHGS) is a well-established 3-18 Academy and is one of the most over-subscribed schools in Greater Manchester with a long and distinguished history. It has a very inclusive and diverse community with over 40 languages spoken and our school is truly representative of Manchester’s rich multi-cultural heritage. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and particularly those committed to diversity and inclusion.

We are committed to ensuring that all children receive a first-class education that prepares them thoroughly for the future and allows them to play an active role in the life of the school and wider community. The school encourages staff to organise events and trips (home and abroad), extra-curricular and subject enrichment activities, to develop the whole child, to prepare him/her for the challenges of the modern world.

We have an opportunity for an outstanding Art Teacher to join the Arts and Technology Faculty. In 2018, the opening of a new Sixth Form Centre marked the completion of a huge expansion project. Inspectors judged the school to be Good in all phases in its most recent inspection in May 2019. Applications from ECTs are welcome.

Reporting to the Subject Lead of Art and Photography, you will be responsible for teaching Art at Key Stages 3 and 4 and possibly KS5. You will be an outstanding teacher, delivering consistently good and outstanding lessons, an excellent team player with the highest standards pf professionalism and expectations of students. You will have up to date subject knowledge and a track record of success in maximising student progress across all key stages.

As well as being an enthusiastic teacher who is passionate about the teaching of Art you will also need to demonstrate a commitment to the extra-curricular life of the school.

The Arts and Technology Faculty is well resourced. It is a very successful and high achieving faculty with outstanding GCSE results and offers extensive extra-curricular options to broaden students’ development not only in the classroom but in the wider community setting of the school.

Please apply through the William Hulme’s Grammar School website -http://www.whgsacademy.org/Staff/Vacancies

Closing date: 10.00 am, Wednesday 22 November 2023

Interviews: Tuesday 28 November 2023

The school is fully committed to the safeguarding of children and all staff will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and full child protection/safeguarding training. United Learning is an equal opportunities employer

William Hulme’s Grammar School is the second most over-subscribed school in Manchester and one of the most successful comprehensive schools in the country. WHGS is an all-through (3-18) Academy of over 1450 pupils with a wide range of abilities, ethnicities and backgrounds.

The Academy has a relatively new Sixth Form Centre, a two-form entry Primary Phase and has specialist rooms in the Secondary Phase, including fully equipped science labs, a library, ICT resource centre, music practice rooms, design, technology and art rooms. There is also a sports hall with changing facilities, along with full kitchen and dining facilities in the Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form.

Inspectors judged the school to be Good in all phases in its most recent inspection, May 2019.

William Hulme’s Grammar School is a vibrant, multicultural school that welcomes children from all backgrounds and beliefs. We are committed to ensuring that all children receive a first class education that prepares them thoroughly for the future and allows them to play an active role in the life of the school and wider community. The school encourages staff to organise events and trips (home and abroad), extra-curricular and subject enrichment activities, to develop the whole child, to prepare him/her for the challenges of the modern world.

William Hulme’s Grammar School
Spring Bridge Road, Manchester, M16 8PR

0161 226 2054