Teacher of Art/DT

Do you want to work in school where teachers teach and students learn?
Can you work effectively as part of a team and build strong relationships?
Will you work hard to ensure every child reaches their potential because you believe in effort based ability?

Dixons McMillan Academy opened in September 2014 with a cohort of 112 Year 7 students on the Dixons Trinity site, we are currently sharing facilities and some staff. The Academy is a four-form entry coeducational 11-19 school serving the whole of Bradford. We will build to our full capacity of 720 students from Years 7 to 13 over the next 4 years. The school is already heavily oversubscribed and we have strong support from our parents. It is an exciting time to join Dixons McMillan as we will move into our permanent place of work in 2015. As a Dixons school, we have very high expectations of staff, but we will value them highly. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to work with a talented team in building an outstanding academy from its infancy

We offer:

• inspirational students who are fully supportive of our ethos of high expectation and no excuses
• a truly values drive culture based on a belief that everyone can and will succeed
• an opportunity to develop and grow as a classroom practitioner through our personalised ‘Coaching for Excellence’ CPD programme
• the chance to join a supportive, professional and talented staff who always put student learning and experience first
• career development opportunities as a growing school
• the opportunity to design a curriculum for our Sixth Form which is planned to open in September 2016

We are looking for a colleague who is:

• a highly talented teacher with passion for their subject
• aligned to the academy’s values and mission
• focused on building strong professional relationships
• committed to contributing to our joyful school culture
• prepared to make a contribution to our co-curricular provision
• open to advice, coaching and development in order to develop their practice and progress their career

The academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will need to undertake a DBS enhanced clearance for the academy.

More information about this vacancy and a downloadable application form can be found on our website: http://www.dixonsma.com/index.php/vacancies

We will be holding a recruitment evening for this post. All potential applicants are encouraged to attend the evening, which will provide an opportunity to learn more about our successful approach.

Recruitment evening: 26th February 2015

Closing date for applications: 3rd March 2015