Teacher of Art

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Qualified Teacher Status.
• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification.
• Detailed knowledge and understanding in the subject with an ability to teach to GCSE level.
• Excellent experience and knowledge of IT to support learning.
• Excellent use of a range of evidence, including performance data, to support, monitor, evaluate and improve aspects of school life.Experience of marking for examinations boards.
• Evidence of ability to teach across the whole of the 11-16 age range.
• Evidence of use of strategies for raising achievement and achieving excellence.
• Evidence of use of strategies for ensuring inclusion, diversity and access
• Ability to create effective relationships with a variety of different people
• Effective classroom manager
• Ability to motivate and encourage children
• Ability to apply knowledge and skills from theory in a practical classroom context
• Detailed knowledge and understanding in the subject with an ability to teach to A level.
• Ability to prioritise, plan, organise and manage work life balance
• Ability to work as an effective team player, understanding the strengths and weakness of others to help team development
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills, both written and spoken.
• Ability to contribute to wider school administration and initiatives

What the school offers its staff

Working at Ernest Bevin Academy

We are proud to be part of United Learning Trust, our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, group-wide intranet, own curriculum, and online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group our staff are better rewarded: with good career opportunities, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing, it's our core ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.

Central Office staff work closely with schools, offering a wealth of expertise to underpin our knowledge. The specialist departments, including HR, finance, technology, strategy and performance, estates, and marketing, work alongside dedicated school improvement teams.

Committed to having a diverse and representative team

We welcome applications from everyone committed to our ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit.

Our Approach to Teaching and Learning

Our teaching is guided by research-informed practice, including the Science of Learning and Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction. Staff benefit from a strong professional development offer, including weekly Deliberate Practice sessions and regular Twilight training, reflecting our genuine commitment to developing staff at every stage of their careers.

As part of United Learning, the school benefits from a strong central curriculum framework alongside expert subject and specialist advisor support, enabling departments to deliver ambitious and high-quality learning experiences for students.

What we offer

• A school committed to the Science of Learning andRosenshine’sprinciples
• Extensive CPD opportunities, including weekly practice sessions and termly training
• The support of United Learning’s centralised curriculum and specialist advisor team
• A collaborative and forward-thinking leadership environment

Rewards and benefits

• Competitive salary
• At least eight INSET days per year
• Enhanced contributory local government pension scheme
• Enhanced occupational sick pay, protecting you and your family
• Competitive and enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption benefits
• Over 250 employee exclusive benefits through our partnersPerkbox, including access to wellbeing resources, discounted cinema tickets, holidays and gym memberships, carleasingand Cycle2work schemes

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.