Art & Photography Teacher Required September 2025 Maternity cover 1 year fixed term contract
Job Ref No. ECC4001-87S Position Type: Teacher Pay Range: Competitive
Position Start Date: 01/09/2025 Contract Type: Full-time Contract Term: Fixed
Application Close: 24/03/2025 Midnight Date of Interviews: TBC
Maternity cover 1 year fixed term contract
In Debden Park High School, "leaders have successfully established a school where high aspirations and excellence are the norm, and where pupils and staff enjoy coming to work…. The buzz, enthusiasm and energy from staff at all levels is palpable" - Ofsted January 2017.
We are looking to appoint an exceptional professional who is both ambitious and committed to teaching Art and Photography. You will join a highly successful and talented team who strive to bring out the best in our students and promote success within the team. The role will involve teaching Art and Photography and would be suitable for an ECT or an Art and Photography teacher who is looking to develop their experience. Art & Photography are extremely popular choices at Debden, and students are highly successful at both GCSE & A Level.
Debden Park High School is a heavily oversubscribed Academy that Ofsted judged to be Outstanding in January 2017. We constantly achieve outstanding outcomes for our students. The Art and Photography department delivers an exceptional curriculum experience for students through inventive, well-planned & resourced schemes that are constantly reflected upon. We are a team & a school that values collaboration between professionals, and through our weekly staff training sessions, we work creatively together using the most recent evidence-led pedagogy to reflect on & plan an outstanding experience for our students.
The successful candidate will be someone who is visionary, innovative, and committed to moving learning forward in an exciting and active way; someone who is prepared to go 'beyond outstanding'.
We are part of a family of schools within the Kemnal Academies Trust. Every week, staff take part in 2 hours of Debden Minds, which is a bespoke CPD programme focusing primarily on the development of teaching & learning. We provide exceptional career progression for staff, which leads to our Middle and Senior Leadership teams being composed of many teachers who began their career with us. We lead the Essex hub of the TKAT SCITT.
TKAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to the full Safer Recruitment process, including an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.
TKAT is committed to equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of any protected characteristic for example race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. All applications are treated on merit. This includes applications from individuals wishing to work full time, part-time or on a flexible basis.
Information about the School
Debden Park High School is a heavily oversubscribed Academy that constantly achieves outstanding outcomes for its students.
Last year’s GCSE results put us in the top 10 most successful non-selective schools in Essex, and our growing Sixth Form – first opened in 2015 – achieved a 100% pass rate in our first set of A-Level results.
As a National Teaching School, we lead a family of schools as part of the Kemnal Academies Trust, providing exceptional career progression and bespoke CPD experiences for our staff, which has led to our middle and senior leadership teams being composed of many teachers who began their career with us.
All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.
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