Teacher of Drama
Lister Community School
Newham
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2022
- Apply by:
- 27 May 2022
Job overview
Teacher of Drama
Main/Upper Pay Scale (Inner London)
Required from the 1st September 2022
(Early Career Teachers are encouraged to apply)
Newham Community Schools Trust (NCST) is a group of four secondary schools which are geographically close and work together in the London Borough of Newham, providing a high quality education to over 4,500 students. We pride ourselves on our community links and our commitment to giving every child access to a broad and challenging curriculum.
Our vision is to provoke passion, push progress and promote participation. With these three missions at the heart of our teaching and facilitating, we have been able to draft an enjoyable, rigorous, relevant and fully inclusive curriculum which will aid our young people to thrive in today’s fast-paced, competitive and challenging society. We believe that Drama is an important subject in its own right which allows students to learn stagecraft, acting, script work and technical aspects of theatre. It is also essential for teaching the transferable skills necessary for a successful future. The development of skills such as leadership, organisation, planning, presentation and time-keeping, as well as personal qualities including confidence, compassion and curiosity, are what makes our subject the most proficient in fostering well-rounded and enlightened students of the future. Drama is taught once per week to years 7, 8 and 9 as a core subject and two to three times per week to Drama specialist GCSE students in Years 9, 10 and 11.
We are seeking to appoint an innovative & creative Drama practitioner who is interested in playing an active contribution to the development of Drama at Lister and beyond.
Lister Community School prides itself on a comprehensive staff development programme, focussing on excellent teaching and learning. This post provides an excellent opportunity for career development.
Interested candidates are invited to visit the school or arrange a telephone call with the SLT Line Manager for the Performing Arts Faculty prior to making an application. Visits and/or telephone calls can be arranged by contacting Adele Lloyd (adele.lloyd@lister.newham.sch.uk).
Interested candidates must submit a completed application form. This, along with a detailed job description, is available via the school website https://lister.newham.sch.uk/vacancies/.
Please note that applications will be reviewed and shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview, appoint and close the advert early depending on the volume of applications we receive. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. We do not have parking facilities onsite.
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About Lister Community School
Lister Community School is situated in Plaistow, East London, approximately 10 mins walk from Plaistow and Upton Park Underground stations. We are also in close proximity to the new Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and Westfield (Stratford) shopping centre. Please note we have no parking available onsite.
We are a specialist school in Music and Science. We are a mixed comprehensive secondary school and welcome both students and staff from a diverse multicultural background. With over 1,600 students, we are a larger than average school in the London Borough of Newham. The school benefits from being located in new and purpose built accommodation on a single site with ample outdoor areas and the use of an all-weather sports pitch.
The school is led by a team of senior leaders who are enthusiastic and experienced and, alongside all staff, share a positive and united vision for the school’s future. With an improved curriculum, vertical tutoring and house systems, Lister provides a well rounded and balanced experience for students.
Resource Provision for Deaf Children: Lister Community School hosts the Resourced Provision for secondary aged Deaf children in Newham. Specialist staff support students using a variety of communication modes such as BSL, SSE and Auditory Oral. Deaf students are taught alongside their hearing peers in mainstream classes for the majority of their lessons. The Deaf Support Department is made up of a large team of Communication Support Workers and Qualified Teachers of the Deaf who work with the deaf students in mainstream classes as well as small groups and 1:1. Deaf students may also have access to Deaf Awareness sessions and pre and post teaching.
Newham Community Learning: Our school is part of Newham Community Learning, which exists in order to provide an excellent education for all young people in our community. We are the only Trust to offer all-through provision from ages 2 - 16 within a single family of schools in Newham. Across our two primary and four secondary schools, all located in the west of the borough, we educate over 5,400 local children and young people, and employ a team of close to 700 members of staff, the vast majority of whom live locally.
To view opportunities at all our schools, please see our Trust page on TES.
Train with us - we are delighted to partner with Teach First to deliver our School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) programme. Teach First is a national charity that develops and supports teachers and leaders who are determined to make a difference where it is needed the most. As a training partner, we will be working with Teach First to deliver this one year teacher training programme, which enables participants to train and develop skills in the classroom. It is ideal for people who are eager to learn on the job and make a difference in their community from day one. Our Newham Community Learning SCITT Booklet has further information; please email traintoteach@ncltrust.net to find out more.
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