Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
Buckinghamshire
Salary:
Main Pay Scale (MPS) + TLR 2b (£32, £45,352.00 Annually actual)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
January 2026 start date is preferred to help facilitate an effective handover/ May 2026
Apply by:
29 September 2025
Job overview
A January 2026 start date would be ideal in order to facilitate a smooth and effective handover process, however the school is also open for a May 2026 start date.
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the Art Department at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School following the decision by the current post holder to retire after 18 years' dedicated service to the school.
The Head of Art will be responsible for the teaching and learning of Art throughout the school, ensuring that every student is positively encouraged to fulfil their potential.
The Art Department at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
The Art department comprises the Head of Art, part-time teacher of Art (0.2), and part-time Art Technician (0.8).
The Art department has two classrooms, an office and a store room, situated in the Theatre block with the Design & Technology, Music and Drama departments. There is also a kiln room in the Theatre block.
The school has an ambitious plan to colocate all Performing and Creative Arts subjects in the same building by constructing a mezzanine level in the neighbouring Old Gym. Students perform very well in their Art GCSE and A Level examinations.
In future years, we would love to see more students opting to study Art at Key Stages 4 and 5 and interviewees will be asked about their strategies for achieving this at interview. The architecture of the school provides a wonderful canvas and work from students of all ages is on display on walls and in display cabinets around the site.
Please see Job Description and School Information Pack further information.
Closing date: 12pm, Monday 29 September 2025.
Please note that applications will be reviewed as received and should a suitable candidate be identified, we may close the vacancy early. Therefore, early application is encouraged.
Sir William Borlase's Grammar and the Marlow Education Trust has a responsibility for and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and for ensuring that they are protected from harm, therefore it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
* All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
* All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
The post is subject to an enhanced DBS including the children's barred list check and qualifications check.
As part of Sir William Borlase's Grammar School and the Marlow Education Trust's pre-recruitment due diligence checks, online searches may be conducted for shortlisted candidates.
We welcome applicants from a diverse range of cultures and all sections of our community.
About Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
West Street, Marlow
Buckinghamshire
SL7 2BR
United Kingdom
About Sir William Borlase's Grammar School:
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school in the attractive Thames-side town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Founded in 1624 and still based on the original site, we are proud of our heritage as we approach our 400th birthday and excited to be inspiring and empowering the aspirations of our students today. Borlase is forward-looking; in 2019 we were awarded World Class School status from High Performance Learning for our innovative practice and received a government grant of over £2million to develop further our excellent facilities. We have a motivated staff of subject specialists who enjoy sharing their expertise with committed and engaged students. As a Teaching School, we have a particular strength in developing our teachers through a research-engaged professional development programme.
Headteacher
Ed Goodall.
Vision and Values
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School is committed to being an inspirational learning environment for students and staff, empowering young people to fulfil their aspirations and ambitions; supporting them in developing the confidence to shape their own futures and in so doing, the future of the world around them.
Our values today are captured in the school motto, adopted by those early scholars back in 1624. Te Digna Sequere - Follow things Worthy - is a principle that underpins the distinctive ethos of the school. It reminds us all that we should have a clear moral purpose behind the choices we make; that we should value all individuals within a supportive community and that we have the potential to use our different talents to make a positive difference at Borlase and beyond.
The Borlase Curriculum provides a breadth and depth of academic learning and cultural experience to excite and extend all our students. It is rich in knowledge and in opportunities to develop creativity, instilling a life-long enthusiasm for learning. Our curriculum is delivered by passionate, specialist teachers who encourage aspiration, intellectual curiosity and the exploration of their subject disciplines inside and beyond the classroom, as independent thinkers and learners. It includes a broad range of super and extra-curricular opportunities which ignite and extend students' interests, enthusiasm and skills across a wide range of endeavours including those linked to academic subjects, to sports, the arts, engineering, AI, public speaking, creative writing, entrepreneurism and so much more.
Ofsted
"This is an outstanding school. The headteacher and senior leadership team have the very highest of expectations and have developed an inspirational learning culture which is embraced by both staff and students. Teaching and achievement are of the very highest quality and students take responsibility for their own learning."
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