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Subject Leader of Drama

Subject Leader of Drama

Brigshaw High School

Leeds

Salary:
MPS / UPS + TLR2B
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2021
Apply by:
17 May 2021

Job overview

Job Title:           Subject Leader: Drama 

Responsible For:

• To provide professional leadership and management of a subject area in order to ensure the highest standards of learning and teaching. 

• To manage and develop the curriculum in accordance with the school's policy and in collaboration with senior leaders. 

• To ensure good and outstanding levels of engagement and progress of students. 


Strategic Direction and Planning

• Contribute to and implement school policies and strategic planning as required by the Headteacher

• Assist in the preparation, monitoring and reviewing of annual department plans and production of detailed costings, as appropriate, to inform whole school planning 


Learning and Teaching

• Promote excellence in learning and teaching to ensure all pupils develop their potential 

• Exemplify the skills of learning and teaching typified by lead professionals and assist in ensuring that good practice is shared 

• Develop, review and modify Schemes of Work and ensure that they are used to enable the maintenance and development of high standards of learning and teaching 

• Assist in the monitoring of pupils' work and classroom practice to ensure high standards are maintained 

• Keep up with developments in the subject area and in education in general to ensure best practice is adopted 

• Assist in ensuring that the delivery and development of the curriculum is effective in meeting the needs of all pupils 

• Support a programme of trips, visits and activities to enrich learning and teaching 

• Undertake an appropriate programme of teaching in accordance with the duties outlined in Teachers’ Standards 

• Act as form tutor, as required, carrying out the duties expected 


Leadership and Management of staff

• Contribute to the leadership and management of teaching staff and support staff associated with a subject area 

• Participate in the recruitment process, and induction, support and monitoring of new staff and initial teacher training students 

• Assist in the development, motivation and appraisal of members of staff to ensure clear expectations of their roles and high performance standards are achieved and maintained. 

• Respond to day to day operational requirements of the subject such as deployment of staff, appropriate examination entry and timetables 

• Identify the training needs of self and others within the subject, ensuring that they are appropriately met, and that all staff are active in their own personal and continuous professional development. 


Pupil Progress

Within the subject area 

• Ensuring that individual pupil progress is regularly assessed, recorded and reported to inform future teaching 

• Monitoring and evaluating of assessment data to identify trends in pupil performance and issues for development 

• Monitoring of pupil standards and achievement against annual targets particularly for target groups 

• Defining and implementing intervention strategies to address issues 

Resources

• Contribute to the management of the school’s financial and physical resources 

• Contribute to the management of learning spaces and ensure that all learning and office areas are properly cared for and used creatively and appropriately 


Leading  a subject

• Actively promote the subject within the school community to encourage pupils' interest 

• Assist in the organisation of Department events as required 

• Contribute to the positive promotion and marketing of the school in the local community as required 

• Contribute to the establishment of external links as required 


Other duties

• Establish and maintain communication with parents and carers

• Promote and participate in extra-curricular and Immersion day activities

• Ensure Health & Safety issues are properly understood and procedures adhered to (including risk assessments) 

• Ensure that all safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to 

• Attend open evenings as appropriate 

• Undertake other appropriate duties as directed by the Headteacher

• Develop extra-curricular activities which develop levels of student participation and leadership

• Contribute to the values and co-operative ethos of the school.


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About Brigshaw High School

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+44 113 287 8900

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Brigshaw High School is a very successful and inclusive 11-19 comprehensive school of over 1320 students serving communities across outer east of Leeds. The school has outstanding teaching accommodation, sporting facilities and strong learning and community partnerships.

On 1st September 2016 Brigshaw converted to an Academy status as part of the Brigshaw Learning Partnership, a multi-academy trust consisting of ourselves and five other primary schools.

Headteacher

Mr Duncan Roberts

Snapshot

Brigshaw is a thriving, popular school, occupying a large, attractive campus between Kippax and Allerton Bywater. Pupils come to us from these two “villages”, as well as from Great and Little Preston, Swillington, Micklefield, Methley, Woodlesford, Garforth and the outer Leeds suburbs. About 25% attract Pupil Premium funding. There are currently 1320 pupils on roll, including 160 in the Sixth Form. Our planned admission limit is 240 per year and we are once again fully subscribed in Year 7 for 2019. On September 1st 2016 we converted to Academy status alongside five of our partner primary schools as part of The Brigshaw Learning Partnership. Having worked together for several years as a very successful Trust, this conversion has been a natural progression. Our new status is helping attract additional school improvement resources and we are actively seeking further challenge and scrutiny for ourselves to help us raise achievement.

Ofsted

Our most recent Ofsted Report (June 2019) judged us as a good school.  Ofsted noted:

“There’s something really special here” HMI Ofsted

● Highly effective leadership… all highly ambitious for staff and pupils

● Resolutely committed and determined to embed a ‘culture of excellence’ across the school.

● Pupils are “proud… of their school and … appreciate the recent changes”.

● Pupils’ attitudes to learning are strong… they actively participate in and support their peers with their learning.

● Governors and trustees know the school well… they are realistic and reflective…they are extremely effective in their roles.

● Parents and carers are supportive.

● Sixth-form leadership is a strength of the school and, consequently, the sixth form is good.

However, we are not complacent. We believe that pupils can make faster progress. There is still more we can do to further raise attainment. Current priorities in our School Improvement Plan are centred on raising achievement at all levels and ensuring all students are stretched; developing improved outcomes through our Vertical Tutoring and House System; and developing and consolidating partnerships. Under-pinning these objectives is an over-arching commitment to personalising learning and encouraging student leadership and parent/carer engagement at all levels of our work.

View Brigshaw High School’s latest Ofsted report

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