Role : Lead Art Teacher Location: St Matthias Academy, Bristol and Bath Start Date : ASAP Hours : 32.5 hours per week Salary: MPS 1 - UPS 3. Salary £32,916 - £51,048 Are you an enthusiastic and proactive individual with a passion for creating a safe and well-maintained environment for students and staff? St Matthias Academy is looking for a Lead Art Teacher to join our team. About Us : St Matthias Academy is a special school that serves students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties. We are dedicated to providing a supportive and engaging learning environment where every student can thrive. This role is a key part of our commitment to ensuring our students are taught to the best standards alongside the national curriculum. At St Matthias Academy, we have three school sites, Fishponds, Brentry and Bath. You will be expected to travel between sites at times. The Role: We’re looking for a reliable and hardworking Lead Art Teacher to join our friendly school team! What you’ll be doing: You will teach effective lessons and be responsible for this to the Head through the team leader. Ensure that lessons are well prepared, all work marked regularly, and homework set according to agreed policy. Maintain records of pupil attainment, and to be aware of standards achieved, so enabling assessments to be provided whenever necessary. Produce effective reports on pupil progress and targets for improvement. Ensure high standards of behaviour from students. Work as a member of a team, seeking to implement its aims and objectives, extending knowledge and understanding of the curriculum, recognising the need for change, and Contributing where necessary to the writing/development of new material and schemes of work. Attend all team meetings (subject and pastoral). Discuss with the Team Leader and colleagues those aspects of pupils’ performance which are a cause for concern, and to seek advice, guidance or support where appropriate. Promote the general progress and personal and social well-being of any assigned group of pupils through the school’s tutorial and PSE programme. You will participate in performance management – identifying areas for development and accessing appropriate training and professional development. Provide work for classes (whenever possible) when absent. Communicate and consult with the parents of pupils through attendance at Parents’ Evenings. Have regard to the school Health and Safety policy. promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons across the subjects. To implement and deliver the D&T and Art curriculum, adapting practice according to age and educational need; Set stretching and realistic targets for pupils that encourage collective and individual aspirations; Monitor and assess pupil work and prepare feedback; Assess, monitor and report pupil attainment; Design collective and individual interventions where appropriate; Support and follow the programme of pupil development for a tutor group; Prepare pupils for exams and external assessment; Participate in enrichment and extracurricular activities; Direct teaching assistants and trainee teachers in the classroom; and Liaise with parents, carers and other academic stakeholders about progress and pupil engagement. What we offer: A supportive and welcoming school environment. Training and development opportunities. Employee Assistance Programme Cycle to work scheme