Head of Art

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable educational institution in Birmingham is seeking a Head of Art to oversee classroom activities and ensure high educational standards. You will help develop creative teaching strategies aimed at assisting pupils with educational gaps. The ideal candidate will have QTS, experience in teaching art at KS3 and KS4, and a passion for supporting children's needs. Applications must be sent to [e-mail].

Qualifications

• Experience of teaching art at KS3 and KS4.
• Education gaps awareness and implementation of supportive strategies.
• Ability to develop and support the needs of all children.

Responsibilities

• Monitor delivery of activities across the Trust.
• Ensure high standards in classroom practice.
• Implement creative teaching strategies.

Skills

Tenacity

Positivity

Classroom management

Curriculum assessment

Education

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Job description

We are looking for a Head of Art to monitor the delivery of the activity across the Trust and to ensure high standards in classroom practice, organisation and curriculum assessment. Many of our Young People have gaps in their education and we strive to implement creative teaching strategies to reduce the impact of educational disadvantage, enabling all our Young People to access learning and make expected progress. You should be passionate about developing and supporting the needs of the whole child and committed to enabling all pupils to thrive. We are looking for a qualified teacher with tenacity, positivity and experience of teaching the subject at KS3 and KS4. You should have QTS and a track record as a consistently good practitioner.

Closing date and time: 09.00 Friday 28 November 2025

Interviews will be held on / location: Tuesday 9th December 2025

Start date: January 2026 or sooner

Completed applications should be emailed to [e-mail]. Please ensure that the application form is signed. If you have provided an email address, we will use that for correspondence, please ensure you check your junk/spam inboxes. If your application is shortlisted, we will contact you within 2 to 3 weeks of the closing date.

As part of our recruitment checks, an online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates. This search does not form part of the shortlisting process and you will have the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern that may arise from this search at the interview.