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Director of Performing Arts

Director of Performing Arts

Harris Academy Wimbledon

Merton

  • Expired
Salary:
Leadership scale: 2 - 6 Pension Scheme (TPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Benefits
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September
Apply by:
31 January 2023

Job overview

We are looking for a hardworking, ambitious and dynamic Director of Performing Arts to lead our successful faculty.

About Us

Harris Academy Wimbledon opened in September 2018. We are a brand new, co-educational 11-18 school for the High Path area. We currently have 900 students in year 7-11 and will open a 6th form in September 2023.

Harris Academy Wimbledon promotes high levels of academic achievement across the curriculum, encourages participation in extra-curricular opportunities and empowers students to make decisions wisely. The curriculum is rich, diverse and personalised ensuring every student achieves his or her true potential. Academic success goes hand-in hand with a rich variety of enrichment and extra-curricular activities; these help foster a spirit of aspiration, resilience and joy in learning.

Professional learning is at the heart of academy the academy, supporting all staff in their development. The academy has a growth mindset approach where industry and commitment are seen as cultural virtues. Development of resilience, self esteem, managing risks/consequences and the ability to work effectively together all form a key part of the pastoral provision.

Main Areas of Responsibility

The purpose of your role will be:

  • To be accountable for student progress and development in Performing Arts in every year group as the academy grows, including meeting student achievement targets which are agreed by the Principal and Governing Body.
  • To achieve high standards for teaching and learning across the subject area through continuously, developing and enhancing the quality of provision.
  • To ensure the provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students in the subject area in accordance with the Academy aims and policies, as determined by the Principal and Governing Body.
  • To ensure that all school policies and procedures are implemented and applied consistently by all staff in the subject area.
  • To effectively and efficiently manage and deploy teaching/support staff, financial and physical resources across the subject area(s).

Qualifications & Experience

Knowledge and Experience

  • Graduate (with a good degree).
  • Qualified Teacher.
  • Minimum of four years teaching experience.
  • Proven success in raising achievement across at least two key stages.
  • Evidence of leading, supporting and managing others, both individuals and teams, ensuring high quality performance.
  • High level of ICT skills and experience of how new technologies can be used to raise achievement.
  • Recent experience of involvement in innovative curriculum development.
  • Experience of presenting to a wide audience
  • Understanding of how whole Academy strategies can be used across the curriculum to raise standards.

Skills and Abilities

  • To be an outstanding teacher.
  • The ability to make sound judgements on standards of teaching and learning observed, giving quality feedback.
  • Proven ability to identify and implement strategies to raise standards of Teaching and Learning.
  • Ability to lead and manage own work effectively and take responsibility for own professional development.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • Ability to enhance performance by motivating and developing staff, helping them acquire the skills to improve.

Personal Qualities

  • A passion for education and making a difference.
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
  • The ability to motivate others to high expectations.
  • Energy, enthusiasm and a good sense of humour.
  • Emotional maturity and resilience dealing with challenging situations.
  • Awareness of and commitment to equal opportunities and valuing diversity.

Next Steps

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please send us an email, or call to arrange a conversation.

Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. This will be helpful for you when completing your application, and throughout the recruitment process.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may interview and offer to a candidate before the closing date. Please note that we only accept applications submitted before the closing date via our careers website.

Rewards & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan including access to a virtual GP, electric car scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays) for staff who work across the full year, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.

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About Harris Academy Wimbledon

Harris Academy Wimbledon is a co-educational secondary school opening in September 2018. It will be run by the same experienced leaders as Harris Academy Morden. We will offer education with drive and ambition within a culture that creates independence and resilience.

There will be events and activities with other Harris academies, but our first 120 children will be uniquely advantaged as the only year group in the school. They will benefit from the highly-focused attention of our teachers and it will be the best and easiest possible transition between primary and secondary school.

Our curriculum will be well-rounded, with teaching that inspires the best in students whether they are struggling, need to be stretched or are somewhere in the middle. We want our students to be well-educated and well-rounded individuals, ready to take on the world once they leave the academy. We will cater to a wide range of interests with our extra-curricular clubs and will encourage every student to find at least one activity they can excel in. 

Ready for us to move into by September 2020, our brand new building will be at the heart of the regeneration of the High Path area in London SW19. As a purpose-built space, it will be modern and welcoming with specialist facilities for all curriculum areas. We will have spaces that we’ll share with the community during holiday periods, evenings and weekends. 

For the first two years, we will be located in a redeveloped adult education centre on Whatley Avenue, London SW20. This will provide us with our own building, classrooms and access to sports fields at the nearby Joseph Hood Recreation Ground. 

There will be 120 places in 2018 and 180 in 2019. Like all secondary schools, children with education, health and care plans will be offered the first places. Looked-after and previously looked-after children will have next priority. 

Working for Harris Federation

The Harris Federation is a not-for-profit charity. Led and run by teachers, we established our first school over 25 years ago.

There are now more than 40 happy and highly successful primary and secondary academies in our federation. All of these are in and around London. With each school that has joined us, the expectations we set ourselves have increased.

Every Harris academy so far inspected by Ofsted is rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’, with three quarters of our inspected secondary academies judged ‘outstanding’. Our primary schools are newer, but almost half are ‘outstanding’, with the rest ‘good’.

To find out more about working for Harris Federation, please see our Careers Prospectus via the link below.

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