Teacher of Art & Design Technology - Full-time

Borden Grammar School, Sittingbourne

• Ref:KCC886-4527-386T
• Posted:03/04/2025
• Pay:MPS/UPS
• Start Date:1st September 2025
• App Close Date:06/05/2025 at 12:00
• Interviews:W/C 12th May

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Would you like to work in a “harmonious community” where “pupils are keen to learn and respectful to all”? (Ofsted). Would you like to work at a forward thinking Grammar School providing students an opportunity to improve their life chances? The candidate should be confident that Borden is a successful, exciting and supportive place to work.

The Art and Design Technology department is successful in a variety of areas. Examination performance in GCSE is strong and consistently high. Art and DT are established choices for students undertaking their options in Year 9.  At GCSE the departments offer GCSE Art and Design and Product Design.   A number of students continue to study either Art, or Photography or Three Dimensional Design at Advanced level. In recent years students from our partner schools have also supplemented the numbers of our own students studying Advanced Level courses.

The Art rooms and DT workshops are a hive of activity throughout the school day. The department is supported by a full-time technician. This is a post for a suitably enthusiastic and qualified teacher, who is committed to achieving high standards in all areas of school life, and can demonstrate the potential to contribute a great deal to the future development of Borden Grammar School.

Closing date: Midday on Tuesday 6th May with interviews taking place w/c 11th May

Interested candidates are welcome to telephone the school or to arrange a visit to the school - please ask to speak to Mrs K Murphy, HR Assistant to make arrangements.

Please note we do not accept CVs.

Borden Grammar School is committed to the safety of our students; therefore, disclosure of criminal background is required from those with substantial access to children.  You will be required to provide details on a self-disclosure form at the shortlisting stage of the process and understand that it is illegal to apply for any job that involves working with children if registered on the Children’s Barred List. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.  The post for which you are applying is exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; therefore, we will not discriminate against applicants who have previously committed offences.

An offer of employment will be dependent upon the completion of a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.

Please see our website for more information on our commitment to safeguarding: https://www.bordengrammar.kent.sch.uk

Please also note that as part of our safeguarding checks all shortlisted candidates will be subject to an on-line search carried out by the school and any findings questioned at interview.

Information about the school

Borden is a vibrant and purposeful grammar school for boys. The school is part of a thriving post-16 partnership and has female students in the Sixth Form. Borden provides a stimulating learning environment for its students and is committed to their protection and safety. We became an Academy in January 2012.

Our values of kindness, creativity, resilience, courageousness and respect are underpinned by our strong belief in the importance of effort - “striving forward together”.

Borden Grammar is committed to:

• Challenging and inspiring our students to achieve their personal aspirations. • Encouraging the pursuit of excellence in academic, sporting and cultural spheres. • Providing a caring environment that enables our students to thrive socially and academically. • Maximising the advantage, that being a boys’ grammar school can bring to our students, our parents, our local community and beyond.

The school underwent successful Ofsted Inspections in November 2016 and November 2021. The inspectors concluded that:

• All staff share the Headteacher’s ambitious vision which focuses on the achievement of every student within a highly supportive and harmonious community. • Parents, staff and students are exceptionally positive about the standards of behaviour and safety in the school. • Students arrive at their lessons hungry to learn and engage enthusiastically with classroom activities. • The relationship between teachers and students is a particularly strong feature of the school and helps to ensure that there is an exceptionally positive climate for learning.

Benefits of Working at Borden Grammar School

We care about our staff's personal and professional wellbeing and are pleased to offer the following benefits:

● Benenden Healthcare paid for by the school ● Counselling and mental wellbeing support service ● Cycle to work scheme ● Free and adequate parking for all staff ● Free flu jabs ● Free eye test ● Therapy dog ● Wellbeing charter signatories with an active wellbeing committee ● No more than one directed meeting a week and early finishes before events ● More than minimum PPA time provided to all teaching staff

Borden Grammar School is committed to the safety of our students; therefore, disclosure of criminal background is required from those with substantial access to children.

You will be required to provide details on a self-disclosure form at the shortlisting stage of the process and understand that it is illegal to apply for any job that involves working with children if registered on the Children’s Barred List. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.

The post for which you are applying is exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; therefore, we will not discriminate against applicants who have previously committed offences.

An offer of employment will be dependent upon the completion of a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.

Please see our website for more information on our commitment to safeguarding: https://www.bordengrammar.kent.sch.uk

Please also note that as part of our safeguarding checks all shortlisted candidates will be subject to an on-line search carried out by the school and any findings questioned at interview.

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Candidates should understand that when submitting their application form they are giving consent to the following: • All application forms and supporting statements are held on all candidates for six months and are shredded thereafter; • The successful candidate’s application and employment records will be kept for six years after their termination of employment; • Employees details are shared with appropriate third parties such as Teachers’ Pensions, Human Resources, etc.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mrs Kirsty Murphy, HR Assistant
• Address:Borden Grammar School, Avenue Of Remembrance, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4DB
• Telephone: 01795 424192
• Email: humanresources@bordengrammar.kent.sch.uk

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