Teacher of Art

Overview

The Priory Witham Academy is looking for a highly motivated and passionate Teacher of Art to join a school that makes a genuine difference to its students and supports its staff to achieve their individual goals. We passionately believe there is something special about our Academy – a tangible sense of community and an unwavering commitment to fulfil our motto ‘Believe Together Achieve Together’.

We are seeking to appoint a teacher of Art to work 4 days per week, starting after Easter 2026 but would also consider someone looking for full time. The successful candidate will be passionate about the subject and able to plan, prepare and deliver outstanding and engaging lessons with experience of teaching and curriculum planning across KS3, 4 and 5. The role requires vision, drive and interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with students and the dedication to enable all learners to achieve their fullest potential.

This is an exciting time to join the Academy as we look to deliver the Craft and Design T-Level with a specialism in Fashion and textiles, although there is no direct requirement to teach this. The successful candidate would also have the opportunity to teach GCSE Photography; experience teaching in this area would be beneficial but is not a requirement.

The Priory Witham Academy is an ‘all through’ (EYFS – 18) Academy in Lincoln that is central to the community it serves. Our dedicated team of staff are supportive and aspirant and in return benefit from a high trust, high accountability environment where our ‘open door’ policy values and celebrates the inputs of individuals to create our Academy vision.

The Priory Federation of Academies Trust is an established and supportive MAT. Our scale allows both flexibility and creativity in terms of career development, with permanent and secondment opportunities across our academies allowing exciting career pathways. We are determined in our mission to improve the life chances of our students and we are equally ambitious for, and committed to, the wellbeing and development of our staff.

All our staff benefit from comprehensive induction, extensive CPD opportunities, our Employee Benefits Programme and excellent support from our HR team. The Trust follows national school teachers’ pay and conditions and adheres to the national pay recommendations.

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to checks (where relevant):

• Childcare disqualification
• Disqualification under the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
• Medical checks
• Online and social media checks
• Prohibition from teaching
• Right to work
• Satisfactory references
• Suitability to work with children
• You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.