Teacher of Art - Gillingham School

TEACHER OF ART

FULL OR PART-TIME 

Required from September 2025, Gillingham School in Dorset are looking for a dynamic full or part time teacher of Art to teach across the age and ability range KS3-A’ level.  Art is taught by an enthusiastic, experienced and effective team who embrace new challenges to build upon the department’s success and popularity with pupils across all of the age groups. Within the department, we teach the specialisms of Fine Art and Photography in excellent and well-resourced facilities. For this post applications are welcomed from all specialisms. 

Gillingham is an ambitious and happy school which offers excellent resources and outstanding facilities and a special, particular ethos both amongst pupils and staff. Closing date for applications is Wednesday 14 May.  Please apply on line via the school web site (https://www.gillingham-dorset.co.uk).  

Please apply on line via the school web site (https://www.gillingham-dorset.co.uk). 

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines. 

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

The school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

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