Head of Design Technology and Arts

1 month ago

Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom Arnold Hill Spencer Academy Full time
Head of Design Technology and Arts

Full Time, Permanent

Main Scale/Upper Pay Scale plus TLR1b (£11,410)

To start September 2024

Arnold Hill Spencer Academy is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly motivated and committed Head of Design Technology and Arts. The successful candidate will be a highly effective and passionate Design Technology or Arts specialist, with a proven track record of leading strong pupil engagement and progress in these subject areas.

As the Head of Faculty, you will be accountable for all aspects of the delivery of the subjects, and provide guidance to other teachers. You will be joining a popular and flourishing faculty, with a focus on innovation and sharing good practice. We aim to inspire our students and monitor progress thoroughly to ensure every student achieves their potential.

Arnold Hill Spencer Academy is a special place to learn and work. Our students are impressive young people, whose behaviour and achievements are something to be proud of. Our aim is for all members of the community to "Be inspired and achieve together" and to provide opportunities for this on a daily basis. Student attainment and progress is above national average at GCSE and well above average at A Level. We are currently full to capacity in most year groups with waiting lists for students hoping to join. We teach our students the value of respect, how to act responsibly and support them to become mature, independent young people. We very much believe in the potential of every student, enabling them to thrive in our caring environment.

Spencer Academies Trust is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2200 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.

We currently have 17 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and one primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.

Mission

Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

Vision

Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.

We Believe:

All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development. Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a 'family' and are open to a true sense of partnership. We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more. Applicants would be expected to share the Trust's high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff. We offer a comprehensive range of employee benefits, please visit:

If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact Ashley Brown on

The Spencer Academies Trust Safer recruitment policy requires applications for this post must be submitted through our recruitment portal. CV's cannot be accepted. We are also required to request references prior to interview.

Closing date for applications 11:55pm on Wednesday 8th May 2024

Interviews will take place on w/c 13th May 2024

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.

How to Apply

Applications are submitted through our Every Candidate Portal. If you are a new user to our portal, you can click on 'Register' to complete your candidate profile. If you already have a candidate profile with us, click on 'Sign In'. Both of these routes allow you to feed your candidate information into any of our vacancies and view the status of your application.

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Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer

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