Art Technician (Curriculum Support) - Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Location: Amersham
Overview
We are seeking to recruit an excellent Art Technician to provide curriculum support to the Art team at this 11 - 18 grammar school for boys with a co-educational Sixth Form.
This role is for 20 hours per week, term time - the exact days/times of working can be discussed, although our preference is for them to be worked across the full week. Please note that we are also advertising for a Curriculum Support Technician (17.5 hours fixed term contract) and we are open to applications from candidates wishing to do both roles.
Term time only: Yes
Salary Details: £11,907 - £13,162 pa pro rata for 20 hrs/week
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Part-time
Closing date: 28/11/2025
Interviews to be held: Early December
About us
Dr Challoner's has 1387 students, of which 470 are in the Sixth Form. We are regarded as one of the leading grammar schools in the country, with a strong focus on character education, and in 2024 Ofsted confirmed their 2019 judgement of Outstanding. As lead school for the Astra Teaching School Hub (Buckinghamshire) we provide an exciting range of professional development opportunities.
Website: https://www.challoners.com/
About the role
The successful candidate will primarily provide practical and technical support to the Art Department teaching staff, ensuring a safe, organised, and effective learning environment for students.
They will be key in the preparation and maintenance of resources, materials, and equipment across all art disciplines taught at the school.
They will also provide administrative support to the department.
About you
Good administrative and IT skills are necessary, with experience working in an administrative role.
Practical knowledge of a range of art techniques, and an understanding of relevant health and safety practices, would be desirable but not essential.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.
Please see our webpage https://www.challoners.com/Vacancies/Support-Staff-Vacancies/ for our application form and recruitment monitoring form.
Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01494 787500
Email: [email protected]
Dr Challoner's Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe In Education guidance, we will carry out online searches to research information on shortlisted candidates, to determine suitability to work with children and keep them safe. This is not part of the shortlisting process; if there are any findings of concern, you will be given the opportunity to address them at interview.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
