Job Description

Take Centre Stage with Tradewind Recruitment - Drama and Music Teachers Wanted Across Manchester!

Are you a qualified Drama or Music Teacher who knows the difference between classroom teaching and simply putting on a show? Tradewind Recruitment Manchester is looking for experienced secondary specialists to inspire students across KS3 and GCSE in schools throughout Greater Manchester.

We are looking for proper qualified teachers with QTS or QTLS - not just performers, actors or musicians looking for a few hours on stage. Drama and Music are practical subjects, and schools need teachers with the right qualifications, classroom experience and safeguarding requirements in place.

So, if you can direct a performance, compose confidence, bring a script to life or turn a reluctant singer into a star, we'd love to hear from you.

Why Supply Teaching with Tradewind Deserves an Encore

  • Daily Supply Means No Planning or Marking - For daily supply, simply arrive, deliver the lesson, inspire the class, leave the classroom tidy and head home when the curtain falls. No planning, no marking and no second act after work.
  • Long-Term Roles Available Too - Looking for a longer production? Our long-term placements allow you to become part of a school's teaching team. As with any long-term teaching role, you'll be expected to plan, prepare resources and mark students' work.
  • Competitive Pay - Your teaching talents deserve more than a standing ovation. We offer competitive rates that recognise your experience and expertise.
  • Flexible Working - Whether you want a full timetable or a few days each week, we'll help you find a role that hits the right note.
  • Take Centre Stage Across Greater Manchester - With opportunities across the region, you could be:
  • Direct drama in Droylsden
  • Create choreography in Chorlton
  • Make music in Mossley
  • Perform productions in Prestwich
  • Stage shows in Stockport
  • Conduct concerts in Cheetham Hill
  • Bring Broadway to Bolton

Whether you're directing drama, teaching performance skills, exploring texts or developing the next generation of musicians, we'll help you find your perfect role close to home.

  • An Inhouse Payroll Team You Can Trust - No umbrella companies. No offshore funny business. Just a legal, efficient payroll service managed by our own inhouse payroll team, ensuring you're paid accurately and on time.
  • Free Professional Development - Access thousands of CPD courses through The National College covering:
  • Behaviour management
  • SEND
  • Subject curriculum development
  • Teaching and learning from EYFS through to A Level

Helping you continue to develop your craft both inside and outside the classroom.

  • Easy Online Timesheets - Quick, simple and easier than learning your lines before opening night.

We're Looking For

  • Qualified Teacher Status (QTS or QTLS) - essential.
  • Experience teaching Drama and/or Music within a secondary school setting.
  • Ability to confidently teach practical lessons across KS3 and GCSE.
  • Strong classroom management skills and subject knowledge.
  • Good references supporting your Drama or Music teaching specialism.
  • Enhanced DBS Disclosure (or willingness to obtain one).
  • Overseas Police Checks where applicable.
  • Legal right to work in the UK.

Whether your passion is Shakespeare, stagecraft, songwriting, composition, performance or developing young creative talent, Tradewind can help you find your next teaching opportunity.

Don't just wait in the wings. Take centre stage with Tradewind Recruitment Manchester and find a role where your teaching talents get the recognition they deserve.

Call Tradewind Recruitment Manchester today on 0161 674 0138 or email Manchester@twrecruitment.com.

Because great Drama and Music teachers don't just put on a show - they inspire the next generation of performers.