Teacher of Art KS3/KS4 and potentially KS5 - St Peter’s School

About The Role

Teacher of Art KS3/KS4 and potentially KS5– Full time/part time required September 2024 to join our successful team.

The ability to teach GCSE and/or A Level Photography would be desirable.

St Peter’s is a very successful and oversubscribed school. We are a caring community with resolute focus on delivering outstanding teaching and learning.

The school seeks to appoint a proactive and dedicated Teacher of Art (Full time/part time) who has a passionate belief in art education as a force for good. The postholder should be a highly supportive and student-centred teacher who is adaptable in nurturing and negotiating creative learning. They should have a good understanding of art histories and their complications, alongside enthusiasm for contemporary and collaborative practices. A willingness to contribute to extra-curricular arts opportunities such as departmental exhibitions and residential trips would also be of great benefit.

This presents an exciting opportunity for a recently qualified or suitably qualified experienced teacher wishing to progress their career.

St Peter’s is an ’all through school’ that was designated GOOD with OUTSTANDING featuresby Ofsted in September 2017. It is delightfully situated on the Dorset Coast with ready access to the New Forest, both areas rich with opportunities for outdoor pursuits.

Closing date – 8.00am Tuesday 7th May 2024.

Interview date – Week commencing 13th May 2024.

Further details and application forms are available on the school website:

https://www.st-peters.bournemouth.sch.uk/blog/?pid=6&nid=4

Please be advised CV’s are not accepted as a form of application.

Further Information

St Peter’s School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

The school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

About Us

St Peter’s is a very successful and oversubscribed school. We are a caring community with resolute focus on delivering outstanding teaching and learning.

The school seeks to appoint an outstanding, proactive, dedicated Teacher of Art (Full time/part time) who has a good understanding of and a passionate belief in art education as a powerful force for good, able to contribute to department collaborations and wider arts-based opportunities. The postholder should be positive, supportive and student-centred who is adaptable in inspiring, nurturing and negotiating creative learning. The post holder should have confident understanding of art histories and their complications, alongside a curiosity for contemporary practices in both art and art education.

This presents an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified or suitably qualified experienced teacher wishing to progress their career.