Head of Art and Technology (Art specialist required)
Christ's School
Richmond upon Thames
- Expired
- Salary:
- TLR 2.3 - £6,259
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2014
- Apply by:
- 22 April 2014
Job overview
Head of Art and Technology (Art specialist required), Richmond upon Thames
We require a teacher of Art to lead the Art and Technology department at our expanding, over-subscribed, 11-16 mixed, comprehensive school on the edge of Richmond Park in South West London. We became a 5 form entry school in September 2013 and our new Sixth form is due to open in September 2014. You will lead a team of 5 teachers and 2 technicians across the department.
Candidates should be:
- passionate about learning and teaching.
- an experienced and successful teacher looking for an exciting challenge, with ambition to progress as a leader.
- able or willing to teach Art to A-level.
If you would like to become part of our successful team and would like further information, please visit our website at www.christs.richmond.sch.uk and apply by application form and supporting letter to Mrs J Ralph.
Closing date for applications: 9am, Tuesday, 22nd April 2014
Interviews: week commencing 28th April 2014
For more information and informal visits contact Mrs J Ralph on 020 8439 9652.
Christ's School
Queen's Road, Richmond upon Thames TW10 6HW
NOR 630 Age Range 11 - 16 with agreed expansion to 930
(including a Sixth form in September 2014)
Headteacher: Mrs H Dixon
Tel: 020 8940 6982 Fax: 020 8332 6085
E-Mail: HR@christs.richmond.sch.uk
Christ's School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will undergo appropriate child protection screening including checks with past employers and the Criminal Records Bureau.
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About Christ's School
Christ’s is an oversubscribed, Church of England comprehensive school and sixth form situated in the heart of Richmond, on an enviable site adjacent to Richmond Park, in South West London.
At Christ’s School we are committed to the pursuit of excellence in all that we do. This enables us to combine our expectations for our students’ outstanding academic achievement with an emphasis on their personal growth as well-rounded individuals. Our aim is for students to become confident, successful, responsible young people, who love learning, have a desire to lead and to serve, and are ambitious for their own futures.
Christ’s School offers a fantastic learning environment. All our departments benefit from large, well-equipped specialist classrooms and all of our school community benefits from our ICT suite, drama and dance spaces and science laboratories within our fantastic sixth form building.
Our students, and the wider community, also enjoy a very comprehensive range of sports facilities, including a full size sports hall, outdoor tennis, basketball and netball courts, a full size football and rugby pitch, a dance studio as well as an outdoor athletics track and working in conjunction with Richmond Cricket Club we have a cricket wicket, outfield and batting nets.
Whether it is by competing in the finals of the National Basketball Championships, visiting the Houses of Parliament, performing at the Carnegie Hall in New York or an action-packed language trip to France, we offer students a wide-range of learning opportunities. Academic, social, musciacl and sports clubs run every day before and after school catering for all age groups and interests.
As an inclusive Church of England school, we welcome students and staff of all faiths. Our learning environment is inspirational, supportive and happy, and based on the Christian values of Love, Justice and Peace. . ‘The headteacher provides strong, purposeful leadership founded on Christian values, and she is well supported by her staff. These values permeate every aspect of school life. Staff are proud to work at the school, and praise the school’s leadership.’’ Ofsted, 2021.
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