Ricards Lodge High School is an outstanding, successful and vibrant multi-cultural comprehensive school for girls with a co-educational Sixth Form. We have high expectations of all our students and provide a dynamic and stimulating environment in which they can learn and develop as individuals.

What you will bring to the role:

We are seeking an organised, practical, and proactive Art and Design Art Technician. You will have experience in maintaining dynamic studio spaces and be excited to harness creative materials and resources to aid teaching and learning across the department.

You are ready to step into a vital support role with a focus on studio organisation, stock control, and high-quality exhibition display.

As a key member of the Art and Design team, you will work closely with teaching staff on departmental resources, championing the visual arts and maintaining vibrant display spaces that support our vision for the school and showcase our students' creativity.

Core Responsibilities for this role:

• Providing expertise in the setting up of equipment required by your subjects
• Administration for the Head/s of department in your area
• Supervising students to take part in activities in your subject area
• Supervising students for duties during the school day
• Ensuring the Health and Safety requirements are met for the subjects under your responsibility
• Ensuring effective and efficient management, record keeping, repairs and maintenance of resources
• Organisation and effective housekeeping of all resources so that the department is tidy and well
• ordered all year round and routines are in place to support this
• Supporting in the use of subject specific IT equipment
• Supporting teachers and teaching and learning as required by the Heads of Department.
• To, within the appraisal structure of the school, engage in training activities and respond to actions
• suggested to improve performance.
• To follow all school policies and practices, for example in relation to child protection, behaviour for
• learning, health and safety and any others relating to your role in school.
• Provide flexible support across various school departments as needed.

Specific Art Technician responsibilities:

Art and Design Studios

• Maintenance and provision of stock including the provision of a range of papers and paints, sculpting materials including clay.
• Assist the staff within the department
• Responsible for the maintenance of teaching aids and resources.
• Monitoring of stock cupboards.
• Ordering media and materials
• Maintenance of materials and equipment.
• General organisation and upkeep of the studios.
• Assist in the production of events in the Arts.
• Good understanding of all Schemes of work

Display

• Trimming and mounting of work for display.
• Assist and maintain display areas within the Arts and the rest of the school.
• Work on all aspects of the summer exhibition

Printmaking

• General duties pertaining to printmaking on fabric and paper.
• Maintenance of stock and equipment.
• General organisation and storage.
• General organisation and upkeep of studios

To carry out other duties commensurate with the post, as required by the Head of Art or Headteacher.

Benefits include the following:

• Well being weeks and social events
• A laptop for all teaching staff
• Social staff area and work area for staff
• Access to Merton’s Employee Assistance Programme including new wellbeing app with instant access to free support for up to six weeks
• Collaborative approach to teaching and learning
• Merton Employee VDU users – possible to claim a fee towards glasses/eye test
• Annual season ticket travel loans are available.
• We offer a full induction and training programme.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Ricards Lodge High School welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation. 

All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.

Educating Successful Women of the Future

Early applications are encouraged.  We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of this advertisement.

Closing date: Monday 6th July 2026 at 9am

Safeguarding Statement

Ricards Lodge is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.