Queen Mary's College
Location
Hampshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Maternity Cover
1-year fixed term contract
At Queen Mary’s College we understand the importance of recruiting skilled and well-qualified staff to maintain excellence in all that we do. We are committed to high-quality, innovative education and student support services and pride ourselves on our welcoming, supportive and friendly environment. We never stand still and our best keeps getting better thanks to the dedication, enthusiasm and commitment of our team.
Situated in 23 acres of leafy grounds, Queen Mary’s College is an inclusive, vibrant and high achieving sixth form college with a fantastic reputation both locally and nationally. Value added data places us in the top 10% of all A- level providers.
The department has benefited from substantial investment across all areas and is based in purpose built accommodation in the Allen Building. It is well equipped with specialist rooms and equipment including a darkroom, screen-printing facilities, printing presses, a laser cutter and a risograph printer, kilns, photographic and TV studios, a podcasting studio and teaching studios for photography, graphics, fashion, textiles, ceramics and drawing & painting and multimedia suites of computers with access to the full Adobe Creative Cloud suite. We have recently added to our resources with 8 display screens, allowing us to display and celebrate our digital and moving image work in a more professional manner. Innovation in teaching approaches is very much welcomed and supported.
The department values an approach to teaching art subjects which focuses on developing individuals’ skills and ideas as well as encouraging them to see their work in a professional context; our students benefit from having their work celebrated in exhibitions both in college and in the town as well as being entered into national exhibitions. We maintain excellent relationships with our former students and as such have built a community of alumni within the industry who are always happy to help our current students.
The art courses currently offered by the department include:
Our priorities are to maintain and extend our examination success and to maintain high levels of student satisfaction and achievement. We seek to ensure that we provide students with a high-quality experience of learning that is innovative, interesting and challenging and helps them acquire the skills and knowledge essential for their progression. This is an exciting opportunity for a teacher to join our outstanding team and be part of our friendly and supportive environment.
The and application form can be downloaded from our website or contact [email protected] . Alternatively, you can call Sally-Anne Spooner, HR Director on 01256 417524.
Closing date: Wednesday 20 March 2024
The College actively promotes equalities, diversity, inclusion and safeguarding for all.
A member of the Wessex Group of Sixth Form Colleges.
We retain the right to close the advert before the listed closing date based on application volumes.
Job tags
Salary
£30.5k - £47.13k per annum
