Head of Creative Arts

Oasis Academy Don Valley is the perfect school for you to inspire young people and fuel your own love of creativity through innovative teaching!

As our Faculty Lead for Creative Arts, you'll be encouraged to draw upon your rich and varied experience to motivate and inspire, using effective teaching and learning styles to impart your enthusiasm to a wide range of students in a state-of-the-art facility located in the Darnell area of Sheffield - a unique place of significant and fascinating architectural and historical importance.

Your desire to take a central role in many extra-curricular activities for your learners will be supported with the belief that grades 4-9 are achievable by all students with the correct culture, curriculum, passion, and interventions.

The academy is oversubscribed, committed to developing staff and students. We work closely with families, charities, businesses, and other organizations in our local community to ensure that our students have all the support they need to flourish, becoming ready for life beyond Don Valley.

While this role requires resilience, perseverance, and a drive for innovative excellence, it also offers the opportunity to be incredibly rewarding with exciting progression as we grow as a school.

We seek staff passionate about addressing social and educational injustice, who believe every child deserves the best education, and who want to join a team dedicated to achieving this.

Joining a new team brings vibrancy, energy, and enthusiasm to provide the best educational opportunities to a diverse community that expects access to options and opportunities through excellent learning and an adapted curriculum.

Additional benefits include:

• We are a successful secondary academy delivering consistently good results.
• We have a purpose-built facility (2015) with excellent transport links.
• Our SLT is highly visible and supportive of staff, pupils, and parents/guardians.
• We live and breathe our core values in all we do and say.
• We are driven by social justice and providing opportunities for all.

You will join a supportive, passionate team where you can utilize your knowledge and build on your skills with opportunities for further training and professional development.

We are looking for staff passionate about addressing social and educational injustice, who believe every child deserves the best education, and who want to contribute to our mission.

Beyond standard responsibilities, the role of Faculty Lead involves:

• Bringing passion and belief in potential to students through innovative and aspirational teaching styles.
• Identifying and nurturing potential within all children and young people.
• Supporting social, emotional, and cultural development, ensuring inclusion and connection.
• Being determined, hardworking, and committed to our school's vision and values.
• Fostering a sense of responsibility and giving back to the community at local, national, and global levels.

• A focus on and drive for student involvement in high-quality performances to develop dramatic skills.
• Being at the forefront of pedagogical research to influence best practices.
• Evaluating and tracking student progress through assessments and performances, maintaining diligent records.
• Believing that ability and intellect can be developed and that all students can achieve career prospects.

If you wish to grow professionally, join us in developing an outstanding academy.

We welcome informal visits from prospective candidates.

Oasis Community Learning runs transformational academies across the UK, working to turn schools into community hubs through a holistic approach to education.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016), requiring fluent English language skills.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and all staff are expected to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.

Oasis Community Learning supports equal opportunities employment.

All applications will be screened by an AI program for authenticity.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if necessary.

Safeguarding Statement:

Oasis Academy Don Valley is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We encourage applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnicity, gender, transgender status, age, disability, sexual orientation, and religion.