Job title: Teacher of Art & DT
Contract type: Permanent
Start date: 1st January 2027
FTE: 1
About the role
Our teachers don’t just deliver a curriculum— they shape futures, foster inclusive learning environments and provide the vital pastoral support that helps our young people thrive.
What you’ll do:
- Create clear learning objectives and lesson structures that maintain a high pace, motivation, and challenge for all students
- Establish a safe, purposeful, and welcoming environment where students feel secure and confident
- Maintain high standards of student behaviour through positive relationships and well-focused teaching
- Mark and monitor students’ work and set targets for progress in line with the learning and teaching and assessment policies.
- Act as the primary point of contact for a tutor group, providing academic monitoring, guidance and pastoral welfare while liaising with parents and external agencies.
About you
We’re looking for a flexible teaching professional to join our DT/Art department. Experience in or a willingness to teach Food Technology is desirable, but not essential!
You will:
- Be a qualified teacher possessing QTS with proven experience teaching across a range of ages and abilities.
- Demonstrate a clear passion for Business Studies and a deep commitment to sharing this enthusiasm with young people.
- Have a detailed working knowledge of the National Curriculum requirements and the pedagogical skills to translate them into impactful, deep learning experiences.
- Be personable and approachable professional, capable of building effective relationships with both students and colleagues across the trust.
- Be proactive team member with a "can-do" approach and the agility to respond to the evolving needs of the school environment.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding and child protection legislation, implementing these policies with consistency and care.
- Be committed to continuous professional development and are eager to take an active part in whole-school and Pathway-wide CPD programs.
About us
At Worle Community School, we work hard to make our students, staff and communities PROUD to be a part of Worle. We aim to be:
- Prepared
- Respectful
- Optimistic
- Understanding
- Determined
At Worle Community School we focus on developing children and young people into well rounded individuals, who leave school not only with good grades, but also valuable life experiences and an aspirational mindset, with high expectations of, and for, themselves. At WCSA, we also look after our colleagues. We offer high quality development opportunities and a supportive, dynamic and diverse workplace, highly supported by a hands-on team in all areas, from support, to teaching, to senior leadership.
We can offer you:
- Happy, engaging students
- A supportive trust and school community
- Strong collaboration across the trust family of schools and access to a centralised team of specialists across all areas of school operations
- A commitment to high‑quality CPD, with dedicated time and budget for your development
- A values‑driven ethos where diversity, equity and inclusion are lived every day
- Recognition of continuous service (modification order) to protect employment rights and entitlements
- Teachers Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions and death‑in‑service cover
- Access to a fully funded Healthcare Scheme for all employees and their dependants
- Occupational sick pay to support you during illness or unexpected emergencies
- Family‑friendly leave packages to help maintain a healthy work–life balance
In order to apply for this role please complete an application form by 9am, 16th October. Interviews are expected to take place week beginning 19th October. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the process.
Further details and additional information about our school may be viewed on our website. If you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact us to arrange that.
Please know that depending on the number of applications received we may decide to close the advert early. If you do not hear from us by a week after the closing date then please assume that you have not been shortlisted for an interview. If you have previously applied for this role there is no requirement to apply again, all applications will be reviewed. We wish you all the best in your future and ask that you join our E-Teach Talent Pool so as to keep up to date with all of our latest current opportunities.
Join us in Providing a Great Education for Every Child
Pathway Trust is committed to equal opportunities and encourages applicants from all backgrounds and communities, as we recognise the importance and benefit this has for our pupils.
Pathway Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles across the trust have a varying level of responsibility for ensuring safeguarding practice, with some roles holding significant responsibility and involving working with children on a daily basis in regulated activity. Regardless of the level of responsibility and involvement in each role, we expect all staff, visiting professionals and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Successful candidates will be required to provide a disclosure of any unspent convictions and cautions, as well as any spent convictions or cautions that are not "protected" (i.e., filtered) under the Amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). All appointments are subject to a comprehensive pre-employment checking process. This includes an Enhanced DBS check (including a Children’s Barred List check), satisfactory references, medical fitness, Right to Work in the UK, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching/management check. In line with KCSIE guidance, we will also conduct online searches on all shortlisted candidates.
Our full Recruitment and Selection policy is available on our website.