Art and Design Teacher | Academy | Manchester

CORE PURPOSE

We require an ambitious, creatively versatile Art and Design Teacher to deliver high-quality visual arts, textiles, and photography instruction across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. The role involves delivering a challenging, technique-first academic curriculum that builds technical proficiency, conceptual depth, and confident portfolio development in all pupil cohorts.

KEY TASKS & DAILY OPERATIONS

• Curriculum Design & Instruction: Plan, resource, and execute highly structured, evidence-based Art and Design lessons that challenge pupils across diverse media (including drawing, painting, printmaking, and 3D manipulation).

• Studio Workshop Leadership: Maintain a highly disciplined, safe, and inspiring studio environment, ensuring pupils master foundational artistic methodologies, tool safety, and material properties.

• Examination Preparation: Guide Key Stage 4 classes systematically through the demands of terminal GCSE Art and Design specifications, implementing precise portfolio tracking and exam-board assessment criteria.

• Progress Diagnostics: Run regular formative portfolio reviews and summative assessment routines, utilising pupil tracking data to diagnose skill gaps and design sharp, targeted intervention sessions.

• Pastoral Responsibilities: Undertake full form tutor duties, managing morning registration, tracking pupil attendance, and delivering the school's structured personal and social development programmes.

ENVIRONMENT & STRUCTURE

• Academy Framework: Operating within a forward-thinking multi-academy trust, our academy benefits from centralised operational support, collaborative network planning, and robust professional development pathways designed to accelerate teacher growth.

• Behaviour Systems: The campus implements highly consistent, school-wide behaviour routines that maintain a quiet, respectful, and orderly atmosphere, ensuring creative studios remain entirely calm, predictable, and focused on scholarly production.

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

• Qualifications: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or an equivalent recognised teaching credential, paired with a strong honours degree in Fine Art, Textile Design, Photography, or a closely allied visual arts discipline.

• Pedagogical Capability: A proven track record or clear capacity to deliver strong progress metrics and high-quality portfolio submissions in terminal public examinations through explicit instruction.

• Routine Implementation: The ability to execute school behaviour policies with absolute consistency, maintaining a positive, highly focused, and strictly disciplined studio culture.

REGIONAL CONTEXT

• Northern Cultural & Creative Capital: Based in Manchester, the school operates within a rapidly expanding global city celebrated as a primary European center for digital media, contemporary art galleries, textile history, and creative infrastructure.

• Connectivity: The location offers premier Greater Manchester transport infrastructure, providing exceptional local commuting choices via the extensive Metrolink tram network, key motorway rings (M60, M62), and comprehensive rail connections running smoothly through Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria stations.

APPLICATION INTAKE

Please submit your current CV to begin the application process.