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Teacher of Art

Teacher of Art

Bishop Challoner Catholic College

Birmingham

Salary:
MPS + TLR responsibility
Job type:
Full Time, Temporary
Start date:
September 2015
Apply by:
15 April 2015

Job overview

Temporary one year contract

An excellent opportunity to join a very successful and forward thinking Art Department in a Designated Teaching School which is thriving and enthusiastic with real team spirit. Our results have been consistently high year on year. GCSE results in 2014 for Fine Art 100% A*-C with 39% at A*/A. We also achieved a 100% pass rate at A-Level for the tenth year running with 47% at A*/A.

Bishop Challoner is a vibrant high achieving school. This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive, well-resourced and extremely creative Art and Design Technology Department.

The post
This is an exciting position and the successful candidate will be joining a well established department committed to high quality pedagogy. The successful candidate must be an excellent classroom practitioner, with a proven track record, who is committed to securing high standards and raising academic attainment. We require a teacher who is versatile, independent and has high expectations. The successful candidate will work across Art and Design disciplines, facilitating the promotion of a curriculum, which not only satisfies statutory demands but also develops the creative links between areas of the school. The candidate will be required to deliver Art at KS3 and Fine Art at KS4 and KS5.

The post offers an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to take the next step in their career with excellent CPD and career opportunities.

We are looking for a candidate who has vision and drive to enhance an already very successful Art and Design department.

We provide a first class INSET programme which supports the professional development of teachers at all stages in their careers.

Bishop Challoner is an extremely successful, heavily over-subscribed mixed comprehensive school in the South of Birmingham. We were designated one of the first 100 Teaching Schools in the country in the summer of 2011. This is a measure of the high achievement of the school and its excellence in training and developing staff. This will allow exciting opportunities for any newly appointed member of the school.

Bishop Challoner is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It has policies and procedures to ensure that this occurs. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

For an application pack please contact Tracey Ingram, PA to Headteacher on 0121-444-4161 or visit our website www.bishopchalloner.org.uk/vacancies to download pack.

Closing date for letters of application is Wednesday 15th April 2015 by 10.00 a.m. (if by post, please ensure sufficient postage on envelope) or email to: t.ingram@bishopchalloner.bham.sch.uk

BISHOP CHALLONER CATHOLIC COLLEGE
Institute Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7EG
NOR 1206 including 278 in the Sixth Form

About Bishop Challoner Catholic College

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+44 121 444 4161

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Bishop Challoner Catholic College is mixed, co-educational Roman Catholic high school and sixth form for pupils aged 11-18. 

It has about 1,100 pupils and is located in the Kings Heath area of Birmingham. The school was founded in 1953, and was the first Catholic school opened in the city.

Headteacher

Dr James Coughlan 

Values and vision

Bishop Challoner Catholic College, as a Catholic School, is committed to the values of the Gospel, and it aims to reflect this with a strong sense of community and outreach. 

The school aims to deliver a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum, within which ethical, moral and religious issues are taught. It places prayer and the worship of God at the centre of school life - something which is reflected in assemblies, Holy Mass and other liturgies.

Bishop Challoner Catholic College aspires to develop the desire in each student to progress spiritually, academically, morally, culturally, physically and mentally. It aims to provide a secure and caring atmosphere based on mutual respect.

The school promotes equal opportunities for all, and encourages the development of each pupil's unique talents and gifts. It promotes a wide range of opportunities for a healthy lifestyle, in-keepeing with its specialist sports college status. It is also a specialist science college status. 

Ofsted

“Pupils make outstanding progress in a range of subjects, including English and mathematics. Disadvantaged pupils often make better progress than other pupils nationally from their different starting points, although this is not the case for all. Pupils have ambition and an aspiration to succeed.” 

“The school’s curriculum meets their needs well, contributes to their outstanding progress and develops their spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding well.”

View Bishop Challoner Catholic College’s latest Ofsted report

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