Teacher of Art

Chorlton High School : Successful, Creative, Happy

Chorlton High School is a diverse and innovative Academy, accelerating on its journey to provide a truly outstanding education. We are a mixed, multi-cultural and multi-faith community with strong, effective links to local Primary Schools, Sixth Form providers, Further Education colleges and local businesses.

Our students, aged 11-16, flourish as they are taken on an exciting learning journey underpinned by academic rigour and with a distinctive creative flair! We have a resolute focus on inspiring, nurturing and supporting all students to ensure that at every age and for every ability they have an excellent foundation for their future success.

Chorlton High School has a talented and diligent team of staff who ensure that creativity, happiness and success are central to every student’s daily experience, built on and driven by our core values, we are committed to enabling all our students to become:

SUCCESSFUL learners who go further faster and have the foundations for lifelong success.

CREATIVE learners who are imaginative risk takers and are prepared to lead the future.

HAPPY learners who are recognised and rewarded so their confidence comes  from within.

Chorlton High School is rapidly gaining recognition as a centre of educational excellence both locally and nationally. Excellent teaching and learning is at the heart of all that we do. Ambitious, imaginative and cutting-edge practice provides exemplary learning opportunities. Our awards and accolades are a testimony to this, including being a finalist for TES School of the Year, alongside only eight other schools in Great Britain.

Our Ofsted reports (2011, 2016, 2021) highlight many ‘Outstanding’ features along with the school’s resolute focus on nurturing, supporting and inspiring all of its students.

‘Pupils enjoy coming to school because it is a caring and supportive environment where they flourish.’

‘Leaders and teachers collaborate across the Prospere Learning Trust to bring about purposeful, evidence-based change.' Ofsted 2021

Prospere Learning Trust

Chorlton High School is part of the Prospere Learning Trust, which believes in working collaboratively to ensure the best outcomes and life chances for students. The Trust currently comprises of 8 schools, including 4 mainstream high schools and 4 special needs schools (both primary and secondary) with further schools anticipated across Greater Manchester. Find out more about Prospere Learning Trust in the candidate brochure.