Teacher of Art & Design - Ferndown Upper School

 Teacher of Art & Design

To start September 2025 - 1.0fte Permanent Position

For September 2025, we are seeking to appoint a Teacher of Art & Design who can deliver high-quality learning opportunities for our students in this curriculum area.  As Teacher of Art & Design you will potentially engage in teaching and learning across three endorsements; fine art, photography and textiles. We are seeking a versatile teacher for this role who has excellent subject knowledge, a broad skill base and with a passion for promoting the value of creative education as a potential career pathway. The capacity to teach some Design Technology is an advantage.

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

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 Cash 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 on 01202 871243.

CLOSING DATE: Sunday 23^rd February 2025

Ferndown Upper School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  The successful candidate will be required to have an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

Ferndown Upper School values the diversity of our workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

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.

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. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.