Baysgarth School
North Lincolnshire
£32,915 - £51,048 per year
Salary:
MPS/UPS plus TLR 2
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
05 January 2026
Apply by:
17 October 2025
Job overview
Are you passionate about Art and education? Do you have the creativity, vision, and leadership to inspire students and drive forward the success of the Art department?
Our students are truly exceptional – intelligent, articulate, funny, and welcoming. They value the support and care they receive, and they deserve nothing less than the very best. We are committed to ensuring they experience this consistently, in every aspect of school life, every single day.
We are a true comprehensive school which is built on strong family values, where everyone is seen, recognised and valued. This has led to us becoming one of the most successful and oversubscribed schools in the region. To continue to fulfill our ambitions for our students we need outstanding staff who are dedicated, passionate, dynamic, caring and inspiring. We firmly believe we have a world-class staff team, and we're excited to welcome an outstanding Lead Art Teacher who can combine artistic expertise with a commitment to high-quality teaching and learning.
This is an exciting opportunity to shape and lead the vision for Art across the school, ensuring high-quality teaching and learning that inspires creativity, innovation, and excellence in our students.
As Lead Art Teacher, you will play a key part in further developing the curriculum, building on the outstanding results, and nurturing a love of the arts in students through experiences within and outside the classroom.
In return, the successful applicant will become part of a school community built on strong family values, where staff are well-supported, well-resourced, and genuinely appreciated. This includes:
* Sensible, manageable workload policies and a recognition of the importance of work-life balance. and as such our staff community thrives with excellent staff retention.
* The chance to work in a setting where your impact on young lives is valued – not just in academic success, but in emotional and social wellbeing too.
* A welcoming school where everyone – staff and students alike – is treated with dignity and respect
* A culture where staff wellbeing is a priority, and everyone is encouraged, valued, and backed by leadership
* Outstanding resources and facilities
* Community based school who recognise the important role the school plays in the town
* Strong leadership at all levels which seeks to involve staff in decision making
* Bespoke CPD programme for every member of staff, based on individual needs and aspirations. This post would be suitable for someone considering training to teach, which can be supported.
Baysgarth School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to apply for enhanced disclosure from the DBS.
Whether you're an experienced art specialist, an aspiring leader, or someone with the creativity, passion, and drive to inspire young people through the arts, we'd love to hear from you Further details can be found on our school website. If you would like to discuss any aspect of the post or arrange a visit, please contact our Deputy Headteacher, Andrew North, at
About Baysgarth School
Baysgarth School
Barrow Road, Barton-on-Humber
North Lincolnshire
DN18 6AE
United Kingdom
Baysgarth is part of the Riverview Family of Schools which comprises of one secondary school, a primary school, an alternative provision and a teacher training provider. Find out more about us
here
Over the past decade, Baysgarth has undergone a complete transformation. In summer 2014 our results were the second worst in the Local Authority and were on a three-year downward trend. Since then we have made significant and sustained improvements; in 2015 we were named the most improved school in North Lincolnshire and in 2016 we were in the top five schools in the Humber region, in the top two schools in North Lincolnshire and among the top 10% of schools nationally In 2019 our results propelled us into the top 4% of the country for the progress we make with our students. Our aim to provide the highest quality education for local young people is always our top priority and we continue to strive to improve our offer.
This transformation has come about for a number of reasons. Firstly, we raised our expectations of what our students can achieve and insisted on high standards of behaviour and appearance. Secondly, we focused our staff on the quality of learning taking place in the classroom. We came up with our own Baysgarth Learning Model that underpins our lessons and focused on promoting collaborative learning and Kagan techniques in the classroom. Thirdly, we focused on changing the culture of the school to ensure that we promoted strong teams, encouraged creativity and risk-taking, and praised success.
As a result our classrooms have become vibrant and creative places that are enjoyable for staff and students. We have a very strong teaching staff in all departments which means that any new colleague will be well supported and have the opportunity to continue to grow and develop professionally.
Baysgarth continues to be a Good school that is 'making good progress on the journey to outstanding' according to Ofsted, who visited most recently in January 2023. Inspectors described the school to "have created an inclusive community" where "pupils are well cared for", "have access to a wide range of enrichment opportunities", "benefit from high-quality teaching", along with having access to "a range of experiences that go beyond the national curriculum…experiences that they may not otherwise have had". Leadership and governance is strong, with "a clear vision" and "high expectations". Baysgarth is consistently one of the top performing schools in the Humber region and it is our mission to recruit the most talented staff to cement our excellent reputation.
Baysgarth is ideally placed at the meeting point of four authorities – North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, Hull and East Riding. Half of our teaching staff live on the North Bank and travel across the Humber Bridge every day, all of them commenting on the speed and ease of travel with Baysgarth being within 15 minutes of all the West Hull villages and only 20 minutes from Hull city centre. With the area having lower property prices and higher average wages than surrounding areas we are an ideal spot to live and work.
We're looking for brilliant people to help us build a truly great school, so if this is you we look forward to your application Feel free to contact us if you want more information or to arrange for a visit.
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