Teacher of Art - Potential HOY TLR

About The Role
Teacher of Art
Potential Head of Year TLR for the right candidate!
Reporting to: Director of Art
Start Date: September 2025
Location: Ark Victoria Academy, Talbot Way, Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 0HJ
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time
Salary: Ark Main Pay Scale/Upper Pay Scale (GBP32,251 - GBP51,051 per annum)
pending 2025/26 pay scale increase
Potential TLR: 2C GBP8,278 per annum
Closing Date: 8th May 2025 at 11am

Ark Victoria Academy is seeking an energetic and passionate Teacher of Art to join our Expressive Arts department Secondary Phase.

The right candidate will be instrumental in our mission to provide every student a great education and real choices in life, regardless of their background. A passionate practitioner, you will deliver high-quality, rigorous lessons that drive achievement and inspire a love of learning that extends beyond the classroom.

You will be a fantastic motivator and will inspire students to achieve and exceed grades. You will plan and teach well-structured, differentiated lessons that are aligned to the agreed curriculum and cultivate every student's intellectual curiosity. You will be aligned to Ark's high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff and have demonstrable evidence of improving outcomes. Our values mean a great deal to us and underpin all that we do, and so it is important that you champion Ark Victoria's pledge of being Ambitious, Resilient and Kind as well as living by the Ark ethos and six pillars that enable us to achieve our mission.

If you are ready to add further value to our Expressive Arts Department and to work alongside a brilliant school leadership team, then you will find this job extremely rewarding.

Benefits

Why work for our school?
We value our staff and provide a comprehensive programme of coaching and professional development for all our staff. We use our values and our virtue pathways to shape the way we work and learn together. Hear what our teachers have to say about working at Ark Victoria Academy:

• We take CPD seriously, which is why we offer twice the number of training days as standard
• Our school's 'Wellbeing Wednesdays' are a great hit - get in touch to find out more
• Our staff can take advantage of our on-site fitness suite
• Access to Ark Rewards scheme offering up to GBP1,000 a year in savings from over 3,000 major retailers
• Interest-free loans of up to GBP5,000 available for season tickets or a bicycles
• Gym discounts offering up to 40% off your local gym

Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark here .

About Us

About Ark Victoria Academy

Ark Victoria Academy provides pupils with an excellent education through an ambitious curriculum, personal development and character programme, and an extensive student experience and extra-curricular offer. Although we are a large school, we are able to retain a family feel, to nurture our pupils through their schooling and ensure that they flourish and leave us with the skills and qualifications necessary to continue their journey of life-long learning in a university or career of their choice.

Our school values and virtue pathways are crucial to our culture and ethos, they are also part of the way we work and learn together and have been instrumental to us on our school improvement journey. Our values of Ambition, Resilience and Kindness permeate our curriculum, our culture, school and our learning community.

It is for these reasons that Ark Victoria Academy was judged to be significantly improved in all areas from the 2019 'Good' inspection, by Ofsted, in October 2024: 'This is a school which lives out its values in full for the benefit of children in Nursery to the pupils in Year 11 pupils thrive at all stages of Ark Victoria Academy as the school knows its pupils very well, they are very well supported to engage with the school's ambitious curriculum' . The full report (September 2024) can be found here:

We prioritise staff development with a strong emphasis on securing expert subject knowledge from our teachers, strong teaching and leadership and a focus on excellence for our pupils and staff. Our website can provide more information about Ark Victoria Academy.