Subject Leader of Art

Job Information

Hodge Hill College

Bromford Road

Birmingham

B36 8HB

Telephone number: 0121 783 7807

Email address: recruitment@hodgehill.bham.sch.uk

Required September 2023

Hodge Hill College is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our large

and successful Creative Faculty as a Subject Lead for Art.

As a forward-looking school with a vision to become an outstanding, vibrant learning community, we are committed to offering our students a dynamic and innovative educational experience.

Our Creative Faculty is highly regarded by Pearsons Edexcel examination board, and our pupils work was recently chosen by the board for standardisation.

We offer a range of subjects including Art, 3D Design, and Photography, with a 100% GCSE success rate across all subjects.

Our Photography pass rate has been in the top 1% in the UK in the last 7 years, while our 3D and Art pass rate has been in the top 5% in the UK for 7 years.

The successful candidate will be welcomed into a large team of Art Specialists, including a dedicated technician for the department. You will have the opportunity to work within a well-equipped and dedicated faculty, which includes six art classrooms, three photography classrooms with access to high-quality printing, and two photography studios.

At Hodge Hill College, we are committed to high standards and have ambitious plans for improving our facilities. You will be joining us at an exciting time of significant change and high academic achievement.

If you are a highly motivated and talented individual with a passion for Art, we encourage you to apply for this role. You will be given the opportunity to work within a highly successful and motivated team, committed to achieving excellence and delivering outstanding educational outcomes for our students.

How to apply

For further information and an application form, please email: recruitment@hodgehill.bham.sch.uk

Safeguarding This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: Teaching enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. References All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. Short-listed candidates An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. Rehabilitation of offenders This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means 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. Further information Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.