Graduate Teaching Assistant - Photographer in Residence

Welcome

Marlborough College seeks to appoint a talented Photographer to join its flourishing and successful Art & Photography Department. The suitable candidate will be an outstanding practitioner with the vision to be creative, the passion to motivate, and the subject‑knowledge to challenge and inspire.

Founded in 1843, Marlborough College offers pupils between the ages of 13 and 18 a contemporary education within a warm, inclusive and spiritual environment. Situated at the western end of the Wiltshire market town of Marlborough, the College occupies 200 acres of beautiful and significant landscape. The Marlborough Mound, a Neolithic Monument dating back to 2,400 BC, lies at the heart of an historic campus, which blends stunning architecture with inspirational facilities.

The College is an Anglican Foundation, incorporated by Royal Charter, and a registered educational charity. The community comprises of just over 1,000 pupils (almost all of whom are full boarders), 140 teaching staff, and over 400 non‑teaching staff. There are 16 boarding houses, substantial teaching and ancillary buildings, and extensive grounds and playing fields. The life of the College is a full one, extending across the full seven‑day week.

Each member of the teaching staff is required to play an active part in the co‑curricular life of the College and to serve as a boarding house tutor.

The purpose‑built Art School, which opened in September 2005, accommodates seven working studios: a central atrium adjoined by Sixth‑Form workstations, two painting studios, two further studios also containing etching facilities, with a third housing an Albion and a Columbian press for relief printing. The remaining studio holds a significant portion of the Department’s still‑life resources. The building also contains an excellent reference library, large lecture room with projection facilities, a purpose‑designed darkroom, photographic studio, a preparation room and store room.

The ceramics and drawing studios are located in an adjacent building. Also adjacent is the Mount House Gallery, where exhibitions by external artists and our pupils’ work are displayed. The Art School seeks to provide a lively, stimulating and supportive environment, where pupils are tutored and encouraged to investigate and research ideas within a structured programme of teaching. Art is taught by a team of five full‑time teachers, who are each practising Artists.

Great emphasis is placed upon team‑work, communication and humour! Each Art member has his/her own area of professional responsibility and expertise. The primary disciplines within our curriculum are painting, printmaking, drawing, ceramics, photography, textiles and sculpture, but this does not pre‑empt further development. The Head of Department is responsible for co‑ordinating the best teaching strategies and for formulating a philosophy that gives direction and purpose to the Department above and beyond its significant examination commitments.

The Art School employs four technicians (one full‑time, three part‑time) and appoints an Artist‑in‑Residence annually. The Department is open seven days per week during term‑time. Teachers run co‑curricular option classes and provide support for our pupils’ development through weekly studies and prep sessions. Afternoon sessions during weekends in the Art School are staffed on a rota basis. All pupils in their first year (Shell), study Art once per week.

Second year pupils (Remove) have the opportunity to opt into the two‑year GCSE Fine Art course. In the Sixth Form, pupils have the opportunity to study the A‑level Fine Art or Photography course. Photography A‑level has grown in pupil popularity in recent years. Each year, our pupils regularly gain places on Art Foundation, architecture, and other specialist degree courses. Our pupils are encouraged to explore the varying relationships between art mediums.

Inspiration is further gained by tuition in both contemporary and traditional art practices. Whilst it is essential that the requirements of the examination criteria are firmly met, high value is placed on developing…