Head of Art (Remote / Online / Part-time)

Head of Art (Remote / Online / Part-time) 0.4 - 0.8 contract with either a January 2025 or Feb half-term start.

Do you have the drive to ensure all students can access the highest quality education in an environment suitable for them, regardless of their personal circumstances?

Are you enthusiastic about the potential of the best Edtech to stimulate engagement and progress in all students?

Can you make complex topics come alive in a virtual classroom?

MVA is an award-winning DFE-accredited online independent school for students aged 11 - 18. Founded in December 2020, we have become the fastest-growing independent school in the UK and have won multiple awards including the National Business Award for Best Business in the UK with under 50 Staff in 2022.

Following our recent Ofsted accreditation visit we received feedback highlighting our schools effectiveness and recognising that at Minerva’s Virtual Academy, well-being is at the heart of everything. Parents, pupils and staff feel valued, cared for and supported. The headteacher leads by example and ensures that caring relationships underpin pupils’ academic and pastoral development. You can read the full report here

Explore our website (https://www.minervavirtual.com/) to learn all about us, including our Four Pillars, Teachers, recent news and pupil/parent testimonials. You can also see an introductory videohere.

Due to our rapid growth, we have a part-time employment opportunity for an experienced Head of Art to teach throughout the school, and refine content on our virtual learning platform. Applications are sought from teachers with proven specialism in particular secondary key stages as well as those equally confident throughout the secondary range. For the right candidate, this role could include wider leadership of creativity within the school, including leading Music and the creative aspects of our enrichment programme.

We are looking for teachers with these essential skills and traits:  

• Qualified teacher status.
• Experience teaching the secondary age range.
• Experience teaching groups of students, preferably online
• A strong desire to ensure all students succeed, and an understanding of strategies to support those with SEND and mental health difficulties in the virtual classroom.
• Knowledge and experience of a range of teaching approaches and techniques, including those focused on maximising the potential of the online environment.
• Strong diagnostic ability and a passion to guide students in their learning.
• A strong understanding of the assessment requirements, and of the principles of assessment for learning.
• The ability to engage students from varied backgrounds.
• A belief in the value of learning from home, and of flipped learning.
• Enthusiasm for and competence in making the most of technology in education.
• Experience in collating and creating resources for online learning.

We would especially like to hear from anyone with these additional highly desirable skills: 

• Experience teaching OCR IGCSE
• Experience teaching using the Cambridge Lower Secondary curriculum
• Proven experience in the innovative use of technology to stimulate engagement and facilitate best outcomes in online teaching and learning.
• Experience creating highly engaging learning content for online delivery.

While the Head of subject and teaching is the focus of this opportunity, suitably qualified and experienced applicants are invited to express interest in the Mentor role, addressing this in their personal statement if relevant.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for full details of each role. 

Applications for this role must be submitted through TES and we ask candidates to indicate details of their minimum and maximum availability for the role in their personal statement. This role comes with a high degree of flexibility and potential for development to full-time, in time. The exact allocation of hours, and lesson times for this part-time role will be discussed during the interview process.

As this is a remote role, you will be required to have a suitable home-working set-up which should include a laptop and visualiser to model your craft and skills.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

MVA is an affordable, accessible online independent school that delivers world-class education with a true sense of community. It is the perfect school for modern times - combining smart technology and engaging online resources with one-to-one support, active group learning and exciting multi-disciplinary projects.

We offer students the flexibility to learn from the comfort of their home, and anywhere in the world, while ensuring they develop the social skills required to live fulfilling lives and succeed in the workplaces of the future. We champion self-sufficiency, collaboration, problem-solving, creative and critical thinking, leadership, and mindfulness.

Our motto - Together We Thrive - is translated into the day-to-day experience of students & staff at the school through our Ways of Being, devised by students for the whole community. We endeavour always to be:

• Ambitious
• Aware
• Considerate
• Kind
• Mindful
• Reflective
• Responsible

MVA is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy online searches will also be carried out as part of due diligence checks ahead of any interviews.

MVA values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

If you have any questions relating to this opportunity please direct these to recruitment@minervavirtual.com. Please do not email CVs directly to this address as they will not be considered an application for the role, you must submit your interest via the online application only.