About Us:
Newham College London, now merged with NewVIc Sixth Form College, is the largest post-16 education provider in Newham. With campuses in East Ham, Stratford, Plaistow, and the London City Institute of Technology (LCIoT) in Canning Town, we serve over 11,000 students across a range of pathways – including 16–18 study, adult education, apprenticeships, and higher education.
With over 800 staff, four main campuses, and an annual turnover of £60 million, Newham College is one of the borough’s largest employers and plays a key role in driving local economic and community development.
The Role:
The candidate appointed will join an innovated and dynamic team involved in the delivery through a range a of 16-18 full-time study programmes within the faculty of Creative Industries. This includes the provision in Art and Design within the college. They will prepare and deliver teaching for a range of topics, provide advice and support students, acting as a Personal Tutor, participate in Internal Quality Assurance activities as well as related teacher administration duties
Key responsibilities:
Design, plan and implement effective and inclusive teaching and supporting learning activities.
To provide high quality teaching, learning, assessment and internal moderation across a range of courses.
Teach across a range of modules/units or within a subject area using appropriate teaching, learning support and assessment methods and technologies.
Assess the work and progress of students and provide them with constructive feedback
Contribute to the delivery, tracking and monitoring of key skill performance amongst cohorts of students in Art and Design.
Seek ways of improving performance by reflecting on teaching design and delivery and obtaining and analysing feedback.
Contribute to outreach and/or widening participation activities within the school.
Tutorship of students, giving appropriate support to enable students to achieve their academic, personal and vocational targets.
Interviewing and giving guidance to potential students.
Assisting students in their progression to either Higher Education or employment.
Contribute to the development and continual improvement of courses, coordinating effectively with both staff and student.
Our Ideal candidate should have the following qualifications, skills and experience.
Degree in Art and Design with strong knowledge of the curriculum (Level 3+ specialism).
Experience teaching learners aged 16+ with diverse abilities in line with Ofsted standards.
GCSE/Level 2 Maths and English.
Skilled in lesson planning, assessment, feedback, communication, safeguarding, and meeting targets.
Experience working with parents, families, and external partners.
Knowledge of Fashion and Textiles (desirable).
Recognised teaching qualification (PGCE, PCET, or Level 5 Diploma in Education) (desirable).
Internal Verifier qualification and relevant CPD completed within the last two years (desirable).
Safeguarding of Children and Vulnerable Adults
In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education All employment offers are subject employment checks. These include (some of which are dependent on the role and the individual): Enhanced DBS including Children’s Barred List check, DfE teaching/management Barred List check, on-line searches, overseas criminal record check, evidence of identity and Right to Work in the UK, satisfactory references, confirmation of medical fitness, evidence of relevant qualifications and a check of previous employment history.
The College is committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all learners and expects its staff to share this commitment. You will be required to become familiar with the College's policies and comply with the requirements to safeguard and protect the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults. All staff are asked to complete mandatory training in relation to KCSIE and other key areas, and to read the relevant policies.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The College has a strong commitment to working towards the implementation of equality of opportunity in both service delivery and employment. The College’s mission and strategic objectives directly support this aim. All employees are required to actively support the development, dissemination and implementation of this aim and related policies and programmes.
Recruitment Process
The email account you use to apply will be used for all recruitment communication. Please ensure that you use an email account that you regularly monitor.
All application forms must be fully completed, including a full record of education and employment history. Incomplete applications will not be considered for shortlisting.
The salary for this position is inclusive of London weighting. Please note that we advertise our salaries on a range to indicate the trajectory of progression that can be made. Appointments are usually made at the start of the salary range.
We regret that we are unable to respond to every application. Therefore, if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has not been successful.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early, should we receive sufficient applications. **Please note that we do not accept CVs**
Closing Date : 10th July 2026
Interview Date: TBC