Director of Art
Harrow School
Harrow
- New
- Salary:
- Harrow has its own salary scale and many other benefits.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 27 January 2025
Job overview
The School seeks to appoint a full-time Director of Art from September 2025. This post comes with a generous package: Rent-free accommodation provided on the Hill; Access to a generous education fund for any children you may have; Health cover provided free of charge for you and at a reduced rate for any members of your immediate family that you may wish to add.
Harrow School is situated in Harrow on the Hill in north-west London. The School is located on a 324-acre estate which encompasses much of Harrow on the Hill and is one of the best-known schools in the world. Around 837 boys study at Harrow and live in the School’s 12 boarding houses. Employees particularly value the School’s beautiful green estate, positive working environment and good relationships with colleagues.
The Art department is a centre of excellence at Harrow. All boys study the subject in their first year and some 40-50 boys typically continue to GCSE (Edexcel Fine Art). Around 20 boys normally take the A level Fine Art course (Edexcel) and around 20 opt for the Edexcel A level Photography course. We also offer the A-level qualification in History of Art. The department has an exemplary track record of results in these public examinations.
There are currently five full-time teachers, two part-time teachers and three full-time art technicians in the Art department. There is also a part-time dedicated A Level Photography technician.
The successful applicant will have overall responsibility for the teaching and administration of Art at Harrow, within and outside the timetable; teach at all levels throughout the School; lead the department in maintaining the highest academic standards and developing best practice in the teaching of Art; lead and develop the super-curricular provision of the department, which includes Electives, lectures and all other academic extension; lead the department’s university preparation for boys applying for Art and other similar courses; have oversight of the department’s work with the Admissions department; attend Chapel regularly and Speech Room (assembly) once a week; be a tutor in a boarding House, supporting the House Master in the pastoral care of a group of boys in that House; contribute to co-curricular activities, which are an important part of boarding school life and teach PSHEE to tutees.
The successful applicant for this role will demonstrate the following:
Strong subject knowledge; Enthusiasm for the subject; High expectations of pupils; Strong inter-personal and communication skills; A creative mind; Impressive academic qualifications, including a good degree; Resonance with Harrow School’s ethos; and have an understanding of a full-boarding environment.
Support and training to achieve Qualified Teacher Status can be offered if required. We occasionally appoint Masters with outstanding qualities and a good degree who do not have a formal teaching qualification
Please visit the School’s website at https://www.harrowschool.org.uk/contact/work-at-harrow or click on the 'Apply on School website' button for more detailed information about the role, and to complete an online application form
Closing date: 9am, Monday 27 January 2025
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with any past employer and the DBS.
Attached documents
About Harrow School
Harrow School is situated in Harrow on the Hill in north-west London. The School is located on a 324-acre estate which encompasses much of Harrow on the Hill and is one of the best-known schools in the world. Around 837 boys study at Harrow and live in the School’s 12 boarding houses. Employees particularly value the School’s beautiful green estate, the positive working environment, and good relationships with their colleagues.
Harrow School is an independent boarding secondary school for boys aged 13-18. It was established, by royal charter, in 1572 during the reign of Elizabeth I. It is operated as a Royal Charter Corporation, which is a charitable trust whose trustees are the school’s governors. The school licenses the Harrow name to a number of schools in Asia.
Head Master
Alastair Land
Values and vision
Harrow School believes that the success of students should not be measured purely by grades, but by their influence on the wider world.
The school believes that all organisations need strong and clearly expressed values to create identity, focus, unity and drive, and in order to answer the questions: “what do we belong to?”, “what’s important to us?”, "why do our collective efforts matter?”, and “what holds us together?”.
Harrow’s values of courage, honour, humility and fellowship aim to help the school to make decisions from day-to-day that mean members of its community behave and perform better. These four Values link closely to Harrow School’s Christian foundation, and the principles of “Godliness and good learning” established by its founder, John Lyon.
ISI report
“Pupils are high achievers in all areas of their academic lives. Their success owes much to the strong and supportive boarding community to which they all belong and which gives the encouragement to work hard and aim high, and the confidence to set themselves ambitious goals.”
“Pupils invariably work hard and utilise their strong motivation and desire to succeed, and this is one of the main drivers in their success. The strong progress they make, and their all-round excellent achievement is enabled by many innovative approaches and initiatives introduced by school leaders.”
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