Creative Arts Teacher

Post Title: Creative Arts

(GCSE Art + one other subject to be agreed depending on experience)

Post Location: Horizons Academy Bexley

Position Status: Permanent

Contractual Hours: 32.5 hours per week

Contractual Weeks: 52 weeks

Salary: Qualified (MPS) + SEN 1

Closing Date: Thursday 14th November 2024

Interview Date: Friday 22nd November 2024

Summary

Based in the London borough of Bexley, our academy specialises in alternative provision supporting up to 117 pupils for whom traditional teaching methods have not worked. Students join us following permanent exclusion from a mainstream school or due to medical needs, or social, emotional and mental health needs, that prevent them from attending a mainstream setting. Our mission is to provide our pupils with creative, nurturing and inspiring opportunities which reengage them in learning. By providing a safe and engaging environment, we endeavour to remove barriers and promote the opportunity for students to excel and reach their full potential. We aim to provide a broad and ambitious curriculum, catered to the needs of each individual, delivering the knowledge and skills that our pupils need to succeed in education and beyond. The fundamental principles of our curriculum are:

• Giving students real-world experiences.
• Creating a pathway to post 16 education, employment or training.
• Delivering outstanding learning and teaching.
• Offering rigorous and high–quality critique and feedback of students’ work.
• Developing dynamic leadership – including staff and student leadership.
• Maintaining a culture of respect.

We are seeking an experienced and creative Art Teacher to bring innovative and exciting Creative Arts learning opportunities to life, for vulnerable pupils with complex and challenging needs. Although you may have a specific Art specialism, the role would suit someone who is eager to continue to develop their own skill set alongside that of our children, e.g. in photography, music technology, design, animation etc.

You will have experience supporting pupils develop social skills through group work, see behaviour as a form of communication, and be able to differentiate learning to a wide range of abilities and needs (including ASC and SEMH), so that pupils can work towards suitable accreditations.

Horizons Academy Bexley

Horizons Academy is an alternative provision school which provides education for pupils who have been permanently excluded and live in London Borough of Bexley as well as offering places to out of borough children where their home school wishes to commission a place. Horizons places strong emphasis on early intervention and also offers short term placements through the Refocus Programme for pupils who are at risk of exclusion and presenting challenges in their home school.

For further information about the school, please visit: www.horizonsbexley.org.uk

London South East Academies Trust

London South East Academies Trust currently comprises of eight schools, providing high quality education for 5-19-year olds across the boroughs of Bromley, Bexley and Surrey.

https://lseat.co.uk/about-us/london-south-east-academies-trust

Your Opportunity

Further details about this vacancy are available to download from the downloads section below. Alternatively, if you wish to discuss the post further please contact the Headteacher, Rebecca Williams on 020 8312 2746.

Your Application

To apply for this vacancy please complete the application form, available to download from the downloads section below, paying particular attention to Section 4 of the form, to indicate how you satisfy the criteria set out in the Person Specification. Once you have completed this, the form should be submitted via email to rebecca.williams@horizons.lseat.org.uk. Alternatively, paper applications should be sent to Office Manager, c/o Horizons Academy, Lensbury Way, Abbey Wood, London, SE2 9TA.

The closing date for your application is as stated above. We reserve the right to close the advert sooner. References will be requested for those shortlisted only and prior to interview. Only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The school therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the person specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks.

The school is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery.

• Horizons Academy Bexley
• Lensbury Way, Abbey Wood
• London
• SE2 9TA
• United Kingdom

Horizons provides high quality support to pupils in Key Stages 1–4 who have been permanently excluded (or are at risk of exclusion) from mainstream school.

We focus on early intervention, offering a range of services from short term respite to longer term education for students in KS4. Our expert team works intensively with post-16 pupils to secure destinations whilst providing ongoing support. This helps ensure that all pupils can maintain their educational placements, training programmes and/or employment.

Our aim in Key Stages 1–3 is to re-integrate pupils back into a mainstream or specialist school via our ‘Refocus programme’. We work closely with external agencies and our partner schools to identify the needs of the child and develop the child’s own ability to learn, so that they feel confident about being in the classroom.

We have created an environment and developed a curriculum which supports our pupils to become well rounded citizens and able to productively contribute to the community. We want all our young people to feel confident about their future and in their own ability to live a successful, meaningful life.