Animate Arts Company
Job Summary
Job Description
Maths + Creativity = ? is an exciting new programme of work by Animate Arts Company & St Alphege Infant School, funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Teachers Development Fund.
Over the course of two academic years (2025-2027), we will be working with Maths Lead teachers and Art Lead Teachers in six Kent primary schools to inspire and develop ideas, skills and understanding in how to teach areas of the maths National Curriculum in non-traditional, anti-rote ways – using two complementary art forms, Visual Arts and Dance.
Through the two-year programme, we will be seeking to explore and test the following enquiry: What positive impact can we make on pupils’ engagement, enjoyment and attainment when we apply an arts-based approach to the delivery of the Maths curriculum in primary schools?
Animate Arts is seeking 1 x visual artist and 1 x dancer to join our artist team in delivering this programme. Each creative practitioner will be partnered with a primary school for an academic year, working in partnership with teaching staff in maths lessons. The artists/dancers will work with the teachers in and out of the classroom to explore, devise and deliver creative teaching, and develop skills in dance or visual art. There will also be opportunities to develop arts-in-education pedagogy (for teachers and artists alike) through peer support, CPD, coaching and project learning days within the programme.
Job Overview
Job Title: Creative Practitioner in Visual Art or Dance (1 of each sought)
Location: Various locations in Kent, UK
Fixed Fee: £5,500 which breaks down as follows:
- £350 – Creativity Counts Day (1 day)
- £950 – Charting Maths (2.5 days)
- £1750 (+ materials budget) – Maths + Dance/Art = ? (5 days delivery)
- £1500 – Peer Network (6 x 1.5 hr sessions + checkins)
- £1000 – Towards admin and prep throughout programme
The artist will be responsible for their own taxes, travel and personal expenses and insurances.
Contract: Fixed term
Contract: September 2025 – 2026
Job Requirements
We are particularly seeking individuals who are/have:
- A strong visual arts or contemporary dance practice
- A track record and experience of working in education, specifically primary school settings
- Experience in delivering CPD training and/or working directly with teachers, teaching staff and SLT in schools
- A curiosity/interest in working cross-curricular, specifically in Maths.
- Willing to explore own CPD via coaching sessions and enquiry-based practice
- Lived experience and/or deeper understanding of pupils’ barriers to learning & the value that creative arts can bring to children’s education.
- A passion to engage young people and individuals through creative projects and arts in education
- Excited to work, learn & collaborate with other artists; building and investing in an artist team & network
- Good at working with a wide range of people from young people to evaluators to fellow artists
- An inclusive and anti-racist practice
- Good organisational skills
Job Overview
- Job Title: Creative Practitioners – Visual Art & Dance
- Salary: Under £10K
- Hours:
Part time - Artform: Visual arts
- Role: Creative
- Contract: Contract
- Closing date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025
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Location:
South East
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