Teacher of Art & Design
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Orleans Park School
Richmond upon Thames
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS (Outer London)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2015
- Apply by:
- 5 June 2015
Job overview
Potentially TLR2a (currently £2,587) for responsibility as KS5 Art Co-ordinator
We require an enthusiastic teacher of Art & Design to join a dynamic and highly successful Creative Arts Faculty. Art is taught at KS3, 4 and 5 in 3 interconnecting rooms and a new sixth form art studio and a photography suite linked to a dark room. There is a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities for students in a very well equipped department.
This post would suit a teacher who would teach across all Key Stages a wide range of art disciplines.
Orleans Park is an “outstanding” school (Ofsted, November 2010). We deliver an excellent quality of education which enables our students to reach high standards. Art GCSE is a popular and successful subject with 98% students achieving A* to C in 2014.
Application forms and further details are available from the vacancies page of our website www.orleanspark.richmond.sch.uk or by emailing recruitment@orleanspark.richmond.sch.uk
Closing date for applications is first post 10.00am on Friday 5 June 2015
Interview: Monday 8 June 2015.
The appointment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including references, medical clearance and an enhanced DBS Disclosure. Orleans Park is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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About Orleans Park School
Orleans Park is a successful and oversubscribed 11-18 mixed comprehensive that serves its local community in Twickenham with over 1,350 students. The dedicated staff work hard to ensure students are successful, leaving here as responsible citizens and confident individuals.
What Orleans Park has to offer:
- a commitment to the professional development of all its staff to become outstanding teachers and leaders
- regular CPD sessions
- Sixth Form in dedicated buildings and facilities
- employee assistance programme – supporting staff wellbeing
- situated on a 16-acre site close to the River Thames and the centre of Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The borough is home to the attractions of Richmond Park, Kew Gardens, Hampton Court Palace and Twickenham Stadium.
- easy access to central London and excellent transport links for bus, train, Underground and Overground services
- close to the M3/M4/M25 with staff parking on site
- staff travel card loans
- Cyclescheme
Here’s what Ofsted have to say:
In November 2023, Ofsted recognised that Orleans Park continues to be an outstanding school. They said "Pupils thrive at this school. They are happy, safe and achieve very well" and that the school has "a broad and ambitious curriculum for all pupils". "Pupils build very respectful, working relationships with each other and with staff. Pupils learn to be responsible and reflect on their own actions. This results in very positive behaviour and exemplary attitudes to learning".
Where to find us:
Close to central Twickenham, we are well served by local transport with several bus routes stopping right outside the school gates and train and tube stations nearby. St. Margarets and Twickenham Train Stations are both within easy walking distance for South Western Railway services and Richmond Station is one mile away for District Line Underground and Overground Services and South Western Railway.
Please explore our website as this will give you an insight into the vibrancy of Orleans Park: www.orleanspark.school
We look forward to receiving your application.
Kathy Pacey
Headteacher
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