Head of Drama
Main/Upper Pay Scale
Required for September 2020

Tradewind are recruiting! Are you looking for you next role teaching Head of Drama in Southwark? If so, Leanne.king@twrecruitment.com wants to hear from you today.

Our client is a thriving school in the heart of central London. They serve a vibrant, diverse community in Zone 2, with excellent access to all the city has to offer for students and staff alike.

They seek an enthusiastic and dynamic drama practitioner to work within their faculty team. With dedicated leadership support from a successful creative team in school, and access to cutting-edge expertise and development through the wider network, this is an exciting opportunity for a motivated professional to develop drama practice. Their location in central London makes access to theatre venues simple, and they have a strong heritage of working with a range of dramatic organisations both in school and in their professional environments. They welcome applications from suitably experienced candidates looking to develop drama provision across the age ranges in our successful Secondary and Sixth Form.

Their staff are:
* Committed, enthusiastic practitioners seeking to support excellent progress for students
* Educators who aspire to the highest standards of behaviour, academic success, and wellbeing for all in our community
* Resilient, reflective and thoughtful professionals, seeking to develop themselves with us

In return, they offer:
* An externally recognised progression route with the support of a nationally recognised network
* Dedicated Network Leads for subjects and areas, providing cutting-edge training and development opportunities
* A fully accessible, well resourced, multi-million pound building in which to practice, accessible via various transport links, including train, tube and bus services from Elephant and Castle, as well as bus links from London Bridge and Tower Bridge.
* A school community with a genuine family ethos, investing in staff wellbeing with sports and events
* Varied routes into teaching and industry-recognised professional qualifications.
* A comprehensive support and induction programme for all staff including accommodation in zone 2 available for NQTs and trainees.

All interviews will be conducted remotely, as will assessments of candidates.

Job Description: Head of Drama (Fixed Term)

The Role
To deliver high quality teaching and learning of Drama and therefore ensure students achieve excellent academic progress and results. To design engaging and challenging lessons that inspire our students to appreciate Drama.

Key responsibilities
* To plan, resource and deliver lessons and sequences of lessons to the highest standard.
* To provide a nurturing classroom and academy environment that helps students to develop as learners
* To help to maintain/establish discipline across the whole academy
* To contribute to the effective working of the academy.
* To be a self-reflective practitioner and purposefully develop your own areas for improvement
* To keep up to date records of your lesson planning, students' punctuality, attendance, attainment progress, work done and homework set, according to school and department policy.
* To keep up to date with new developments in the curriculum Teaching and Learning
* Enrich the curriculum with trips and visits to enhance the learning experience of all students
* With direction of the Head of Department and within the context of the academy's curriculum and schemes of learning, plan and prepare effective teaching modules and lessons
* Teach engaging and effective lessons that motivate, inspire and improve pupil attainment
* Use regular assessments to set targets for students, monitor student progress and respond accordingly to the results of such monitoring
* To produce/contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual and groups of pupils
* Maintain regular and productive communication with pupils, parents and carers, to report on progress, sanctions and rewards and all other communications
* Implement and adhere to the academy's behaviour management policy, ensuring the health and well-being of pupils is maintained at all times
* Participate in preparing pupils for external examinations.

Early application is encouraged as ideally hoping to interview and appoint someone as soon as possible.
If this sounds like a role you would be interested in applying for or find out about other similar teaching opportunities contact Leanne.king@twrecruitment.com, Business Manager, directly for further information.