Teacher of Dance (Maternity Cover)
Forest Hill School
Lewisham, London
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS -UPS (inner London)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 15 June 2018
Job overview
At Forest Hill School, we challenge stereotypes about under-achieving boys. Are you up for the challenge? We are seeking to appoint a well-qualified, innovative and enthusiastic full-time teacher of Dance. This post covers a maternity leave until May 2019; however, we also will have a permanent vacancy for a part-time member of staff when the maternity contract is completed. The successful candidate will have a passion for the performing arts, demonstrate excellent skills in the classroom and have high expectations with regards to raising standards and student attainment. As a Performing Arts school, Drama and Dance play a key role in the broad and balanced curriculum that we believe enables students to develop their creativity, confidence and self-esteem. The post is open to newly qualified or experienced teachers. The successful candidate will be required to teach Dance at KS3 and 4.
Forest Hill is a dynamic community school that offers innovative teaching across a broad curriculum, including a Performing Arts focus, which is underpinned by the highest standards of pastoral care. As a teacher at Forest Hill you will be part of a team of specialists who are determined to make a difference. We take pride in working together as one fully supportive team and are committed to laying the foundations for the future by helping all our staff develop their capabilities.
Our ideal candidate is:
An innovative and enthusiastic Dance teacher
An outstanding teacher who combines a range of innovative teaching strategies and excellent relationships with young people
A team player who collaborates well with others and has the shared vision to lead and improve standards of teaching and learning
Someone who looks for ways to improve themselves and the school and is not afraid of taking responsibility beyond their classroom
We will offer:
The opportunity to work in an established and experienced Performing Arts school which challenges the stereotypes of underachieving boys in the Arts
A personalised CPD programme that offers a range of opportunities to broaden your pedagogical experience and which seeks to support you in developing yourself for future leadership roles
Modern, state of the art facilities, including the technology and resources to support the excellent teaching of Dance
Please visit our website at www.foresthillschool.co.uk to make a direct online application, which must be returned to vacancies@foresthillschool.co.uk. Closing date for applications is 12 noon Friday 15th June 2018, with interviews scheduled for Tuesday 19th June 2018. Please note only short-listed candidates will be notified and our interview process includes lesson observation.
Forest Hill School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our commitment is underpinned by robust processes and procedures that seek to maximise opportunity, minimise risk and continuously promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.
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About Forest Hill School
Forest Hill’s ethos is aptly summarised in our motto Aspiring to Excellence Together. We are a community in which mutual support and a spirit of relentless ambition drive a desire to ensure that we constantly strive to surpass previous achievements. All community members are encouraged and expected to contribute to this culture thus ensuring that the creativity and evolution of our student offer is maintained. We are a performing arts’ school, but creativity does not simply apply to our performing arts’ subjects; it also applies to the academic curriculum in which we promote engagement, enquiry and ingenuity. We want our students to emerge from Forest Hill School as engaged citizens and leaders of the future, fully equipped to confidently enter a competitive world.
We communicate and reinforce the vision and ethos of the school community through our Core Values (https://foresthill.lewisham.sch.uk/motto-and-values/), which were developed in consultation with all stakeholders:
• Hard Work
• Ambition
• Respect
• Kindness
All aspects of life at Forest Hill is underpinned by these values, and we promote them as the prerequisites of academic excellence and success. The values also encapsulate a sense of pride in belonging to Forest Hill, something which is shared by all students and staff.
Headteacher
Mike Sullivan
Ofsted report
Pupils study a broad and interesting curriculum. The school has carefully considered the important knowledge that they want pupils to study. In the sixth form, a wide range of A-level choices is supplemented by several different vocational qualifications. Within subjects, the chosen topics of study have been put together in a logical way. This helps pupils to build on their prior knowledge so they learn more and remember more over time. This means that, from the start, pupils are well prepared for the rigour of GCSEs and for sixth-form studies. Leaders also make sure that content is relevant and interesting for pupils.
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