Teacher of Art

CAPTION: Job details

• Posting date: 28 March 2025
• Hours: Full time
• Closing date: 04 April 2025
• Location: Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 1DE
• Company: Teaching Vacancies
• Job type: Permanent
• Job reference: 8c56bb83-6eae-4b0f-942d-efb96afa20a7

Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

ESSENTIAL

• Qualified Teacher Status
• Graduate in subject you teach or a related discipline
• Successful completion of secondary school experience at KS3 and KS4.
• Experienced at teaching KS3 and 4
• Ability to lead students in achieving and exceeding their potential.
• A good understanding of current curriculum developments.
• Evidence of keeping up to date with National Curriculum developments and subject specific CPD.
• Knowledge of current and forthcoming educational issues.
• Strong interpersonal skills to support student needs.
• Good communication skills.
• Proven teaching skills.
• Good record keeping/monitoring of work.
• Creative thinker with a solutions-based approach to problems.
• Good knowledge and understanding of the subject syllabus up to GCSE.
• Ability to use evidence informed teaching and learning strategies to support student learning.
• Acknowledgement and engagement with the school mission statement.
• Able to work as a team member who seeks positive and mutually supportive relationships.
• Able to motivate other people.
• Commitment to ongoing developments and improvements.
• Contributions to the wider life of the school through taking part in enrichment activities.

DESIRABLE

• Any additional qualifications relevant to the post.
• Any further experience working with young people in and out of school (e.g. youth work, summer schools, overseas work).
• Experience as a pastoral tutor
• Experience at teaching students through to external examinations
• Experienced at teaching KS5
• Involvement in courses covering generic issues e.g. assessment, SEND.
• Confident in the use of IT and standard computer packages and how these can be used to support student learning.
• Good knowledge and understanding of subject syllabus up to A level.
• Willingness to support extra-curricular activities.

What the school offers its staff

At St. Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College we aim to deliver world class education. We are a rapidly expanding Roman Catholic school with 930 students aged 11-18 years. Our workload charter sets the tone for what we stand for as a Trust and sets out our commitment in relation to staff workload and wellbeing. This supports our overall mission of creating: Better Schools, Better Communities and Better Futures in Christ.

Commitment to safeguarding

Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust safeguards and protects its students and staff by being committed to respond in accordance with South Tyneside Child Protection Procedures. Enhanced DBS checks are mandatory for all school staff.

• Qualified Teacher Status
• Graduate in subject you teach or a related discipline
• Successful completion of secondary school experience at KS3 and KS4.
• Experienced at teaching KS3 and 4
• Ability to lead students in achieving and exceeding their potential.
• A good understanding of current curriculum developments.
• Evidence of keeping up to date with National Curriculum developments and subject specific CPD.
• Knowledge of current and forthcoming educational issues.
• Strong interpersonal skills to support student needs.
• Good communication skills.
• Proven teaching skills.
• Good record keeping/monitoring of work.
• Creative thinker with a solutions-based approach to problems.
• Good knowledge and understanding of the subject syllabus up to GCSE.
• Ability to use evidence informed teaching and learning strategies to support student learning.
• Acknowledgement and engagement with the school mission statement.
• Able to work as a team member who seeks positive and mutually supportive relationships.
• Able to motivate other people.
• Commitment to ongoing developments and improvements.
• Contributions to the wider life of the school through taking part in enrichment activities.
DESIRABLE
• Any additional qualifications relevant to the post.
• Any further experience working with young people in and out of school (e.g. youth work, summer schools, overseas work).
• Experience as a pastoral tutor
• Experience at teaching students through to external examinations
• Experienced at teaching KS5
• Involvement in courses covering generic issues e.g. assessment, SEND.
• Confident in the use of IT and standard computer packages and how these can be used to support student learning.
• Good knowledge and understanding of subject syllabus up to A level.
• Willingness to support extra-curricular activities.
  
  At St. Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College we aim to deliver world class education. We are a rapidly expanding Roman Catholic school with 930 students aged 11-18 years. Our workload charter sets the tone for what we stand for as a Trust and sets out our commitment in relation to staff workload and wellbeing. This supports our overall mission of creating: Better Schools, Better Communities and Better Futures in Christ.
Commitment to safeguarding Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust safeguards and protects its students and staff by being committed to respond in accordance with South Tyneside Child Protection Procedures. Enhanced DBS checks are mandatory for all school staff.