Director of Learning for Creative and Expressive Arts - Ferndown Upper School

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About The Role
Director of Learning for Creative and Expressive Arts
To start September 2024 - Permanent Position
To be paid on Leadership Scale (SCP to be determined by experience of candidate)
Opportunity for the right candidate to sit on SLT or to receive the development to then sit upon SLT
For September 2024, we are seeking to appoint a Director of Learning for Creative and Expressive Arts who can deliver high-quality learning opportunities for our students in this curriculum area. As Director of Learning you will lead a range of departments to ensure the highest possible outcomes for our students. We are seeking a Fine Art specialist who will oversee the teaching and learning of the full range of creative and expressive arts subjects - Art, Photography, Textiles, Design & Technology, Food & Nutrition, Drama and Music.
Our team achieves excellent attainment and progress and a large proportion of students choose to continue the subject at A Level and beyond. The courses we are currently delivering include;
AQA GCSE Art & Design- Fine Art, Textiles and Photography
AQA A Level Art & Design- Fine Art, Textiles and Photography
Edexcel Level 4 Btec Foundation Diploma in Art, Design and Media Studies
AQA GCSE Design & Technology
AQA A Level Design & Technology- Product Design
OCR GCSE Food and Nutrition
AQA GCSE Drama
AQA A Level Theatre Studies
Eduqas GCSE Music
Edexcel A Level Music
This is a great opportunity for an ambitious teacher to join our excellent and successful Creative Arts Team.
Ferndown Upper School is a very special place to work because we have well behaved students, who allow their teachers to teach. We also focus on work life balance to ensure that staff spend their time on the activities that actually make a difference and we have a friendly and supportive staff body.
What Ferndown Can Offer You:
Great students who behave - you can make a difference to their learning.
The opportunity to work with outstanding colleagues.
Tight, robust behaviour systems.
Centralised detentions, including homework detentions (you do not need to organise/run/chase), helping to underpin our excellent behaviour, so you are free to teach.
Ongoing 'no-stakes' feedback, helping you to continuously develop.
We believe that trusting our staff with autonomy helps to develop a strong staff culture.
Centralised, shared units of work and resources.
Excellent, ongoing CPD, career development and promotion opportunities.
A well-kept site and a very pleasant location in beautiful Dorset.
A tax efficient Childcare or Car Lease Scheme through salary sacrifice.
Private Healthcare Plan including 24/7 access to a GP by phone, gym discounts and cashback for optical, dental and other appointment expenses for employees and their children.
Access to the staff benefits and discounts portal through Dorset Council.
To apply, please click on 'Apply Now' on the Dorset Jobs website. If you require any further information, please contact Andrea Baxter.
CLOSING DATE: Midnight Sunday 19 th May 2024
Interviews to be held w/c 20 th May 2024
Further Information
Ferndown Upper School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
Ferndown Upper School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.
The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.
The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.
This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ's guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Keeping Children Safe in Education
Ferndown Upper School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
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