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Teacher of Art and Photography

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Required from September 2025

We are seeking to appoint a well-qualified and enthusiastic teacher of art and photography to join an innovative, vibrant and supportive department where teachers are committed to developing learning strategies which challenge and interest all of our students.

 

The successful candidate will join a thriving art and design faculty, where just under half of students opt to study art or photography at GCSE level, and with strong take up of both courses at A-level.  Our two art teachers work in a dedicated art block, with two large art studios, a kiln, a dark room, a small studio for Sixth Form students to work independently, and a small computer suite for independent work and break out groups.

 

You will possess energy, enthusiasm and the desire to inspire a love of the visual arts. You will be responsible for delivering art and photography lessons in line with relevant curriculum requirements, ensuring high standards of teaching and learning are maintained, whilst collaborating with the wider art and design faculty to sustain and maximise student progress.

We are committed to developing our staff through first class induction and high-quality professional development.  As a result, a large proportion of JMHS staff have achieved promotion to middle and senior leadership positions.

JMHS was last inspected by OFSTED in November 2022 who confirmed our good grading and whose comments included:

• Pupils behave well. They are polite to their teachers and considerate of their peers.
• Parents rate teachers’ high expectations because they push pupils to do more. Many say teachers go ‘above and beyond’ for their children.
• Pupils can do unusual stuff at this exciting school
• School leaders have constructed a rich and engaging curriculum

JMHS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check and further pre-employment checks will be conducted in accordance with KCSIE. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to a Google search. 

For more information contact

We welcome visits from prospective applicants. If you would like to have a tour of the school, please email Dean Wyatt  dean.wyatt@jmhs.hereford.sch.uk

Full details of this post and an application form can be downloaded from https://www.eteach.com/job/art- teacher-1473736

Application forms should be emailed to vacancies@jmhs.hereford.sch.uk.

Please note that only applications submitted on John Masefield High School application forms will be considered and we do not require CVs.

Please note: We reserve the right to interview prior to the closing date so early applications are advised.

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