2ic Art & Design Teacher in Ealing

William Perkin Church of England High School is a highly successful and heavily oversubscribed school which achieves exceptional outcomes for its students. It opened as a Free School in September 2013 and its progress measures at GCSE have consistently placed it in the top 5% of schools nationally. It has a flourishing sixth form with a particular specialism in STEM subjects. William Perkin works closely with Imperial College London, The Royal Society and the Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) to ensure our success as a centre of excellence for STEM. It serves the local community in North Greenford but benefits from being part of the Twyford CE Academies Trust which is the top-performing MAT in the UK. William Perkin has a strong and distinctively Christian ethos with open admissions criteria. The school is rated ‘Outstanding’ in all areas by Ofsted (May 2025) and was very successful in its most recent SIAMS inspection (January 2024).

This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative teacher and curriculum leader who is ready to take a step into middle leadership alongside continuing to be a successful classroom practitioner. The successful candidate will support the Head of Art in leading the department in terms of curriculum planning, standard of delivery across the department and progress monitoring. The successful candidate will ensure that the quality of teaching and learning in the department is consistently high and will contribute to the development of a culture of sharing good practice. Additionally, they will be responsible for the delivery of a rich wider learning offer in Art & Design.

The successful candidate will be an outstanding classroom practitioner with an ability to lead training in teaching and learning. They will be an experienced curriculum and assessment planner, will have experience of achieving outstanding student outcomes across a range of abilities and be an excellent analyst of student performance data. They will be enthused by the prospect of leading and managing others to achieve common goals.

The successful candidate will feel passionately about the need to ensure that disadvantaged pupils achieve in line with, or better than, their non-disadvantaged peers, particularly in Art & Design.

You are warmly invited to visit us - if you would like to do this, please contact the Head Teacher, Amy Newman at ANewman@williamperkin.org.uk.

We Offer:

• Exceptional professional development and career progression
• Positive working relationships at all levels
• A supportive Leadership Team
• A full-range of Trust services providing support and development

The Successful Candidate Will Have:

• A good degree and Qualified Teacher Status
• Ability to teach Art & Design to at least KS4
• Knowledge of the requirements of the National Curriculum
• An understanding of recent curriculum/learning developments
• An understanding of the strategies required to motivate and enthuse all students across the ability range as part of a whole school approach to raising achievement
• An understanding of the processes and techniques required to assess, record and report students’ learning effectively
• Ability to be reflective and driven towards self-improvement
• Energy and enthusiasm
• A commitment to the ethos of the school

The school reserves the right to research shortlisted candidates on social media platforms and the internet, and the recruitment panel may take this information into consideration during the recruitment process. The Twyford Trust 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 undergo the child protection screening appropriate to the post, including an enhanced disclosure from the DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) and references from previous employers. For more information about the DBS please see here.

The post-holder will also be expected to read and adhere to the Trust’s Child Protection Policy, and any other Safeguarding documents stated within this. The Twyford Church of England Academy Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workforce which represents our context and wider community. We are aware that those of Global Majority Heritage/United Kingdom Minority Ethnic (GMH/UKME) and disabled people are currently under-represented among our staff, and we particularly encourage applications from those with the relevant skills and experience that will increase this representation.