Teacher of Art and Photography (1 Year Maternity Cover)

Are you an ambitious and passionate teacher looking for a new role within Art and Photography.

Oasis Academy Lord’s Hill is looking to recruit an inspiring teacher to join our well qualified, and talented Creative team.   

This is a fixed term post for one year maternity cover.  Ideal start date would be 1 November 2026 or January 2027.

Oasis Academy Lord’s Hill is an improving school with improving outcomes over time, and is part of the highly successful Oasis Community Learning multi-academy trust. The Academy has state of the art facilities. The successful candidate will share the ambition of community transformation, delivered by exceptional education at the heart of the community. 

A commitment to the Oasis ethos, allied to a relentless drive to improving outcomes for young people is essential.  

This is an exciting opportunity to join a wonderful school in a great community, as part of a multi-academy trust, providing significant professional development opportunities.  

Job/Person Summary

The successful candidate will be required to teach Art & Photography to all abilities across KS3 and KS4 to an excellent standard and be willing to enrich the curriculum with their own knowledge and experience.  There will also be a requirement to teach a Year 7 3D class.

This role offers excellent opportunities for the right candidate to develop their role working in collaboration with the other academies in Southampton. You must be able to use a range of teaching strategies to inspire and motivate our students and demonstrate a commitment to sharing best practice with colleagues in the department. We are looking for a passionate teacher who shares our desire for the highest academic standards for young people.

A willingness to support the Academy ethos and extra-curricular activities within the Academy is essential.

Teacher Benefits:

• An exceptional CPD offer including fortnightly personalised Incremental Coaching, weekly Academy-wide and department-based CPD and termly Trust-based CPD.

• A pre-planned, fully resourced, Trust-wide curriculum with the autonomy to adapt for your students - no planning lessons from scratch!  

• A centralised Culture for Learning policy which allows the teacher to teach and students to learn. You will be fully supported too by a superb Pastoral and SEND team.

• A streamlined, personalised feedback & assessment policy, created to minimise staff workload and maximise student progression.

• The opportunity to run a weekly extra-curricular club of your choosing, and to share your hidden talents with students!

• Access to an iPad for all staff / students enabling the use of Formative and other online self-marking assessment resources.

• The opportunity to further your career within the Trust and region. There are also a range of National Lead Practitioner roles within the Trust which you may also have the opportunity to apply for.

• Access to Eye Care vouchers and a national Cycle to Work scheme.

• Access to Health Shield Cash Plan which can include 24/7 access to a GP, assistance with the cost and access to dental treatment, eye-care, physiotherapy, and chiropody.

• Support to balance your work/life/caring responsibilities via our Time Off Work Policy, Menopause Policy, Flexible Working and Sabbatical Policy 

• Trust wide recognition of the challenges to mental health, facing both staff and students, and the support of our National Mental Health Team which is staffed by professionally qualified Mental Health Nurses.

• Confidential Counselling services for you and those that live with you, should times get tough.

Oasis Academy Lord’s Hill is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and should have the ability to speak fluent English for this role.