Teacher of Art

This role is a full-time, permanent position.

Start Date: September 2024

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate, dedicated and innovative Teacher of Art to join our Creative Arts Faculty at Thomas Knyvett College. Thomas Knyvett College is on an exciting, rapid school improvement journey and we’d like you to be a part of it. We are looking for a teacher with the passion to work with students who need them most and who can make a real difference in the lives of young people, especially for those who are disadvantaged. We are looking for someone who has the ability to create a nurturing learning environment and who puts students first.

A Recruitment and Retention Allowance may be available for experienced staff, who are seeking opportunities to develop their leadership.

Teaching and learning is at the heart of everything we do at Thomas Knyvett College. We prioritise planning time for teachers by offering all staff PPA time above the 10% national average. Thomas Knyvett College is a place where you really do have the space to teach. We encourage colleagues to try new things, take risks and have fun in the classroom. Our teachers are encouraged to be themselves whilst reflecting on the latest developments in pedagogy and how they can be applied. Central to our ethos are the positive relationships and personalised approach which we take with all our students.

As a Thomas Knyvett College teacher, you will be fully supported both within the faculty and by the senior leadership team. Our family of staff and students make this a rewarding place to work.

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

Benefits

Within The Howard Partnership Trust (THPT) there are career development opportunities available across a large number of partnership schools. In addition, THPT is also able to offer:

· an opportunity to be part of a dynamic and developing organisation

· Electronic Vehicle salary benefit

· an excellent benefit package including Cycle to Work, Sainsbury’s Loyalty Discount and access to discount schemes

· a fantastic Local Government Pension Scheme, including generous employer contributions

· rewards and benefits scheme that includes Loyalty and Service Awards

· full access to the Employee Assistance Programme.

Values and Behaviours

The Howard Partnership Trust is a values-based organisation which seeks to recruit individuals who can demonstrate our values.

Our values will be assessed through the selection process. We therefore ask all applicants, when providing their supporting statement, to incorporate not only how they meet the essential criteria for the role but to also how they demonstrate our values.

Our THPT values are:

· Integrity - displaying honesty and having strong moral principles

· Partnership - working together and taking collective ownership to achieve the same goals

· Advocacy - working hard on behalf of others to maximise their success

· Resilience - finding success again after something difficult or negative has happened

· Compassion - displaying empathy towards and a desire to help others

· Aspiration - aiming high to achieve success

Safeguarding and Further Information

The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.