To start September 2025, we are seeking an enthusiastic, highly motivated and creative teacher of Art and Photography to join our Art and Design Technology Faculty. The Art and Design Technology Faculty is a highly successful and popular curriculum area within the school with the majority of students opting for at least one of the material areas at GCSE.
It consists of:
* Head of Faculty - Art and Photography Specialist
* 2 x Art Teachers
* 2 x DT teachers
At Key Stage 3 there will be a specialism of delivering Art lessons with the addition of some KS3 Design Technology. At Key Stage 4 the specialism is Art and Photography.
Somervale School is an oversubscribed, high achieving, 11 to 18 mixed comprehensive school situated in Midsomer Norton on the outskirts of Bath and on the edge of Somerset. The school occupies a large attractively landscaped site with an excellent range of specialist accommodation and facilities. We are part of the Midsomer Norton School Partnership, a large diverse successful multi-academy trust.
We are an extremely successful oversubscribed medium sized school and that makes us unique in the local area. We have all the benefits of any other school with the added bonus of an attention to detail that you simply cannot achieve in a larger school. We place our students at the heart of everything that we do. We believe in working hard, being kind and enjoying learning. The school received its third judgement of Good by Ofsted in June 2022 and its high quality academic curriculum and excellent student engagement and pastoral care was noted.
You will:
* Be committed to exceptional standards of teaching and learning
* Be able to motivate, challenge and inspire students to achieve their best
* Be able to establish and develop outstanding relationships with students and staff
* Be a team player able to contribute to key leadership decisions
* Contribute to our core vision and values
We can offer you:
* A forward looking and innovative school
* A school with outstanding behaviour and safety for all
* Good facilities for teaching and learning
* Excellent and innovative CPD
* A school where care, guidance and support are central to ensuring students make outstanding progress
* A school where learning is really personalised
Closing date for Vacancy: 9am, Monday 3rd March 2025
Provisional date for Interview: Week commencing 10th March 2025
Somervale Secondary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
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