Teacher of Drama and Dance

Are you ready for an exciting role as part of our thriving Performing Arts team, teaching drama and dance at Key Stage 3 and Performing Arts at key stage 4? This is a superb opportunity for an imaginative and aspirational teacher to join an established, successful and forward-thinking team. This is a maternity cover, which runs until December. We need a teacher from after half term, so if you're currently available the role could start before September.

We're looking for an excellent classroom teacher who wants to have a significant impact on the extra-curricular life of the school. The successful candidate must have a passion for performance and a desire to help run Performing Arts clubs as well as develop new clubs based on your skillset and the students' interests. We run a vocational course at Key Stage 4, therefore knowledge of the BTEC curriculum and assessment would be an asset.

The successful candidate will work in a supportive school where students achieve and make sustained progress as a result of our 'can do' ethos. If successful, we offer you the opportunity to work with a highly-motivated group of students and colleagues, where your contribution to the performing arts team and the school as a whole, will be valued. Working in a friendly school community, we invite you to join us in our commitment to inspire every student with the skills, resilience, independence and confidence they need to achieve their potential. As a school, we have an extensive CPD programme to support you in your career. We also provide all our staff with a laptop computer.

Excellent learning and teaching is at the heart of all that we do and is supported with a full professional development programme and outstanding induction programme.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We have a robust child protection policy and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment at the school. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service criminal records check for work with children. An online search may be undertaken for shortlisted candidates as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

An application pack is available from the school website: If you would like to discuss this further, Mr Hinchliffe will be happy to speak with you. Visits can be organised by contacting the SLT PA, Caroline Airth on or

Closing date: Noon on Friday, 7th June, 2024, although we may interview excellent applicants before this date.