TEACHER OF ART AND DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

Salary: MPS/UPS. 

Contract: Permanent. Full Time

ECT’s welcome to apply

Start date: September 2026

Place of work:   St Peters School, Huntingdon           

Teaching is the most rewarding job in the world. We have the opportunity to change students’ lives for the better and you could make a positive impact at St Peter’s School.

We are looking to employ an enthusiastic and inspiring Teacher of Art & Design Technology within the Creative Enterprise Faculty to join our experienced team in motivating and supporting our students to ensure outstanding attainment. For the right candidate, we are able to offer the opportunity to teach lessons across the age and ability range from highly aspirational sixth form students getting ready for University to students just starting their secondary school careers. This role would be suitable for an experienced practitioner or an ECT, we offer an enhanced in-house ECT programme and the support of experienced mentors.

We offer a wide range of Art & DT subjects within the faculty including Art, Photography & Product Design at GCSE and up to A level and Hospitality & Catering and Graphics at GCSE. We are keen to develop and refine our curriculum in line with staff skills and experience.

The department has a range of traditional and more innovative technology that the students use to develop their products. We have had great success with progression from 6^th form subjects onto Art foundation, University places and apprenticeships and we see this as a key strength to develop in the future.

We work closely with the other departments in the trust, sharing resources and supporting each other with any training requirements. St Peter’s prides itself in the professional development available to staff, we have had a number of staff complete a wide range of courses including: NPQ’s, enhancement courses and training with exam board providers as well as in house training.

We are a supportive, hardworking and friendly team of staff with a desire to raise student achievement beyond expectation. We have extensive resources that support teaching and learning and are constantly reflecting on our curriculum to make further improvements. Teamwork is key to everything we do; we work collaboratively together to improve our teaching and the experience every child has in Art and Design Technology. We are seeking someone who will show their enthusiasm and be able to demonstrate their commitment by contributing to the innovation of pedagogy in our flourishing team.

We are a forward thinking and rapidly improving, “good” school that is creating a legacy of learning for our community. Our students Learn, Aspire and Exceed as they work with our highly skilled teaching and associate staff supporting and guiding them.

St Peter’s is part of The Cam Academy Trust which offers students and staff fantastic potential to collaborate, share and develop a wide range of teaching and learning across the schools in the trust. As a family of schools, we support, share and challenge each other to improve the future lives of all our young people.

We are based in Huntingdon, just 12 miles north of Cambridge with its own mainline station connecting with London in less than an hour.

For further details on our school please visit our website Home - St Peter's School.