Art Teacher

The Sir Robert Woodard Academy, an Ofsted ‘good’ rated academy and part of the Woodard family of schools, is a dynamic and popular 11–18 academy located between Worthing and Brighton, serving the students of Lancing, Sompting and Shoreham.   

Our aim is that every student is known and nurtured and is provided with teaching and learning experiences enabling them to fulfil their potential. We believe that students succeed when the environment is caring and orderly, with teaching that fires the imagination and brings learning to life. 

We are seeking a talented, enthusiastic and creative Art Teacher, with excellent subject knowledge, to join our vibrant and successful Art department, on a permanent and full time basis from September 2025. QTS is essential. The ability to teach photography and / or textiles at Key Stage 4 and 5 would be desirable. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an excellent team, who are passionate about achieving student success and expanding the department to raise the profile of the subject - both within the school and in the wider community. Uptake at GCSE is regularly above national average and our 2024 cohort celebrated an 81% pass rate of 4 and above in GCSE Fine Art, with this year’s group predicted to achieve 92%. We also offer both Fine art and Photography A-Level at KS5. 

The Academy is purpose built with outstanding facilities, including a dark room and kiln. Our students benefit from an exciting extra-curricular programme as well as the Academy being a registered provider of the Arts Award offering Bronze and Silver to our KS3 students. The department enjoys close relationships with local art communities by running exciting and varied art workshops. We also run a KS5 Art, 3D Design and Photography trip to London’s South Bank.  

At SRWA, our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with wellbeing support, coaching, mentoring and a wide range of top-quality training and CPD programmes delivered at every level up to senior leadership. 

SRWA teaching staff benefit from the following:-

• a collaborative approach and strong collegial relationships;
• the opportunity to join and/or benefit from Action Research Groups;
• proven student progress and excellent student behaviour;
• an extensive CPD programme tailored to skills and experience;
• strong links with Brighton and Sussex Universities;
• free employee assistance programme, dedicated staff wellbeing space and 1-1 mental health booster sessions available;
• free use of the Academy’s fitness suite;
• free on site car parking and easy access to local public transport;
• cycle to work scheme;
• free flu vaccinations and subsidised eye test.

Quotes from full Ofsted inspection report October 2021: Rating of “Good” in all areas:

“The culture at this school is summed up by its motto, ‘Aspire to Achieve’. From Year 7 through to the sixth form, pupils learn to think ambitiously about their futures.”

"The school is a calm and orderly place for pupils to learn….Pupils treat each other with respect … low-level disruption is rare." 

"Pupils, parents and carers feel proud of their school…one parent told us ‘we are really impressed with the school, the ethos and the staff’.” 

A Staff Well-being survey commissioned externally in June 2024 revealed these were some of the areas considered ‘outstanding’ by our staff cohort:-

Staff morale, workload and job satisfaction

Appreciation of staff achievement/contribution

Opportunities for staff to develop. 

The successful candidate will:-

• demonstrate the skills of a good teacher

• be able to interest, encourage and engage students

• provide appropriate levels of challenge so that all students make good progress

• use methods and resources that enable all students to learn effectively

• use assessment information effectively to plan the next steps in students learning

• make effective use of their time

• secure consistently high standards of behaviour from students

• be able to demonstrate a proven track record of recent and successful class teaching in mixed ability classes of aged 11-18 students (or of successful completion of initial teacher training if applying as an ECT).

Our commitment to Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities:

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share in this commitment. All offers of employment will be conditional upon satisfactory safeguarding and vetting checks, including the receipt of two references: one of which must be from the current or most recent employer and, where the applicant has previously worked in a school, one reference must be from the last time the applicant worked with children.

Applicants for this post will be asked to certify that they are not on the DBS Barred List, Sex Offenders Register, disqualified or prohibited from work with children, or subject to sanctions imposed by a regulatory body, such as the Teacher Regulation Agency. 

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a criminal record self-declaration form and to give consent for an online search to be carried out against their name. 

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (including a Barred List check) and an offer of employment will be conditional upon a satisfactory check. Please be aware that the Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings, and any other information held by local police that’s considered relevant to the role, unless any such information is ‘protected’ under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. 

There is a six-month probation period for all new post-holders.

The Academy is committed to equality of opportunity. We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community.