Head of Performing Arts Faculty & Subject Leader Drama
Hampstead School
Camden
- £51,729 - £68,370 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS3 - UPS 3 & TLR 1B (Inner London Pay Range)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 13 May 2024
Job overview
A fantastic opportunity for a dynamic colleague to join our vibrant and successful school.
What we offer:
- The Performing Arts Faculty is a successful and innovative faculty. Students at Hampstead really value their PE, Music, Drama and Dance lessons. At KS3 students have Drama and Music once a week and PE (including Dance) twice a week. At KS4 we offer Drama GCSE, CMNAT Sport and Music GCSE. At KS5 we offer BTEC Music, CMNAT Sport and Drama and Theatre Studies A level.
- Large numbers of students pick Drama as an option at KS4. The results in Drama are strong, including a pass rate at GCSE that is significantly higher than national average each year.
- As a people-centred organisation we offer an outstanding employee support package
- Hampstead School has an amazing record of professional development leading to rapid career progression at all levels.
We need you to be:
- Committed to leading colleagues to make an impact on student progress
- Committed to inspiring and motivating our students through the highest expectations
- A team player with excellent subject knowledge
- A strong communicator wanting the best for each student
- Enthusiastic , innovative and optimistic in your approach
As Head of Faculty for Performing Arts at Hampstead School, you must plan, deliver and lead the staff in your faculty to teach a curriculum which is both inspiring and engaging and includes creative ideas, lively and enriching activities. As part of your role you would lead the Performing Arts Faculty alongside the Drama Department. Praised by Ofsted, one of the strengths of Drama at Hampstead is the diverse and ambitious curriculum. Students study Drama once a week at KS3, and we offer Drama GCSE and BTEC Performing Arts at KS4 and Drama and Theatre Studies at A Level. The department offers an excellent range of extra-curricular activities, including at least one production a year.
Salary: MPS/UPS + TLR 1B (Inner London Pay Range)
Closing Date: 13th May 2024 @ 9AM
Interview Date: 16th May 2024
Hampstead School is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, staff engagement forums, in-school facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds. We welcome applications from those keen to explore part time, job share or flexible working arrangements.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check. Checks will be made with previous employers and online searches will be done as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
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About Hampstead School
Hampstead School is Camden’s largest maintained comprehensive School, educating 1330 students (including 300 in our stand-alone Sixth Form). The school is oversubscribed with a waiting list in all years, admitting 7 forms of entry from over 70 primary schools. Founded in 1961 as a mixed comprehensive school, Hampstead School has remained firmly committed to inclusive and nurturing education; quality of relationships based on respect and responsibility underpin all our endeavours. This is combined with a laser-like focus on the highest expectations of achievement and a belief that every student can and will achieve means that Hampstead School’s reputation for creativity and inspiration is firmly rooted in rigour. This continues to be epitomised in our motto “Learning Together Achieving Together”.
Reflecting our part of North West London, Hampstead School’s intake is predominantly from the local areas of Kilburn, West Hampstead, Cricklewood and Willesden. Our learners represent the diversity of our communities with over 70 languages spoken by our 50%+ bilingual students.
The school has been almost completely rebuilt over the past 5 years with our modern inspiring facilities offering a vibrant and brilliantly equipped place to work and study.
Ofsted noted that “Staff really like working at the school. They feel valued and very well supported". This is an exciting, dynamic place to work, and its vitality greatly benefits the pupils. Our equally diverse staff is well supported and encouraged to achieve their career aspirations. They have a passion for learning and commitment to delivering outstanding education to our students. Consequently, we are proud of our terrific record of staff development, second-to-none, whereby posts arise because of the excellent career progression that teachers at Hampstead School experience.
Our package includes
· Our own school Teaching & Learning Professional Development
· Professional on site coaching
· Further bespoke CPD through Camden Learning
· Thorough New Qualified Teacher (NQT) programme and strong track record of working with Teach First, Teaching Leaders and Future Leaders
· Support for your well-being through our well-being team, and 24/7 Access to a personal employee assistance helpline
· Access to counsellors, occupational health and mental health practitioners on-site
· Free eye care vouchers and annual onsite free flu jab
· Salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work
· Season ticket loan
· Family friendly absence policies such as paid time-off for primary school plays, child-care emergencies and house moves.
· Guarantees to work-life balance such as no expectation of excess presenteeism or to open e-mails out-of-school hours.
Hampstead School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhance DBS check.
Hampstead School is close to Cricklewood Thameslink Station and close to the triple transport hub of West Hamsptead stations (Tube; London Overground; Thameslink). A number of buses stop close to the school including the C11 at the dedicated Hampstead School bus stop.
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