Head of Creative Arts
St Mary's College
Kingston upon Hull
- New
- Salary:
- MPR / UPS + TLR 1.2
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 27 September 2024
Job overview
Head of Creative Arts
Full Time - Permanent
Start date: 1st January 2025
MPS / UPS + TLR 1.2
St Mary’s College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
St Mary’s College is a thriving school and sixth form. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspiring leader, ideally whose specialism is Design and Technology, to work within our Faculty of Creative Arts.
Candidates should be committed to achieving high standards, model excellence in terms of classroom practice and be able to motivate and lead a team. The successful candidate will join a talented Creative Arts Faculty which consists of Art and Design, Design and Technology, Photography, Media and Film.
The Creative Arts faculty offers a range of subjects at all key stages.
St Mary’s College remains ranked in the top non-selective state schools in the country for student progress. We are consistently rated in the top 10% of providers nationally (the top possible band of the ALPS performance system which evaluates post 16 provision) across a range of indicators including for ‘Quality & Breadth’. We are the number one ranked local state funded provider for Post-16. At Post-16 our ‘value added’ and ‘points per entry’ across a range of qualifications are all well above national averages. We are also proud of results achievements:
- 99.54% A Level pass rate across all qualifications
- 60.4% of all A Level entries in 2024 achieved A*-B
- 72.6% of all Applied/Tech qualifications in 2024 achieved A*-B
In our most recent OFSTED inspection (October 2023), St Mary’s College was judged as OUTSTANDING in all areas, with the inspectors stating: ‘St Mary’s College is a highly ambitious school,’ with this ambition evident, ‘in all areas of the curriculum’.
St Mary’s College was awarded the World Class Schools Quality Mark in 2017 which was redesignated in 2023 in perpetuity.
St Mary’s College and St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Academy Trust are immensely proud of all our achievements.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join, and lead, a dedicated team of staff who are committed to providing the best possible education for our students.
If you have any queries, please contact Becky Johnston via email – rjohnston@smchull.org.
Please return your completed application form to HR@smchull.org
St Cuthbert’s RC Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer
Closing date: Friday 27th September 2024 at 9am
Shortlisting: w/c Monday 30th September 2024
Interviews: w/c 7th October 2024
About St Mary's College
St Mary's College is a Catholic Secondary School and Sixth Form situated in the city of Hull.
St Mary's College continues to go from strength to strength, offering our students and the community we serve, top quality educational provision, outstanding facilities and a commitment to the highest of standards.
The school was judged to be 'Outstanding' by Ofsted in 2010 and continues to hold this judgement to date.
In 2023 we were awarded World Class School status for the third time showing we have moved beyond 'outstanding' and have continued to improve student progress, aspiration and achievement to such an extent that our standards rival the best schools internationally. We now hold this status in perpetuity.
Headteacher
Mrs Maria Stead
Values and vision
The school’s mission statement is educate students spiritually, morally, physically and academically to make them well-rounded human beings. St Mary’s College believes every student has the right to a full and exciting education. The school curriculum is rooted in the faith, practice and moral teaching of the Roman Catholic Church.
St Mary’s College's sporting achievements have set it apart from other schools and its facilities have helped many pupils get involved with sports. Various extracurricular activities are also offered to pupils, from Budding Entrepreneur club to Backstage club. St Mary’s status as an International School has helped it foster a cultural and community feel. From the Green Generation project with Slovenia to an ICT project with Kenya and Nigeria, international schemes help to teach pupils about other cultures.
Ofsted report
In our most recent OFSTED inspection (October 2023), St Mary’s College was judged as OUTSTANDING in all areas, with the inspectors stating: ‘St Mary’s College is a highly ambitious school,’ with this ambition evident, ‘in all areas of the curriculum’.
Please visit our website for the most up to date information
St Mary's College | Secondary School and Sixth Form (smchull.org)
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