Teacher of Music and Drama
The Birkenhead Park School
Wirral
- £30,000 - £46,525 per year
- Expiring soon
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 5 June 2024
Job overview
About the role
You will teach across the key stages and have knowledge of the GCSE Drama curriculum, working with external partners, such as LIPA, where necessary to extend the curriculum.
You will also develop a program of performance events and extra-curricular activities, demonstrating your sound subject knowledge and ability to work within an established team.
The school is driven by values of positivity, ambition, resilience, and thoughtfulness and building our students’ character is a fundamental priority in securing their future success. The Drama provision will play a critical role in embedding these values and developing our young people
The main priority of the school is to secure the highest quality learning through the provision of high quality teaching in the classroom. Subject to the relevant legislation and regulations, all teachers are required to perform general professional duties as reasonably assigned by the Headteacher from time to time and in a manner consistent with the school’s policies. This is a key post in an ambitious and well supported department.
About you
We are looking for a passionate individual with a desire to transform lives, helping our students to make connections, embrace diversity, find their voice, and be extraordinary.
You must be an enthusiastic and adaptable individual with high professional standards and excellent communication skills.
The successful candidate will have QTS, with a first or second class degree in a relevant area. It is essential that you are able to develop genuine, empathetic relationships with young people, with the ability to communicate effectively in a variety of situations.
You will have the ability to work in line with the vision of the School and Trust, showing energy, resilience, and enthusiasm whilst working under pressure.
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About The Birkenhead Park School
The Birkenhead Park School is a co-educational secondary school for children aged 11-16 and has over 700 students on roll. It is an exciting time to join us as we are on an ambitious journey of transformation and are looking for staff who are motivated to make a real make a difference to the community we serve.
The school is very proud of its caring commitment and innovative approach to educating the community of young people in the area, with award-winning programmes designed to help students in Year 7 – 11 thrive in a high school environment and open pathways to their future.
As part of the BePART Educational Trust established by nationally leading sixth form, Birkenhead Sixth Form College, the school encourages students to raise aspirations and unlock their true potential through adopting the school values which are intrinsic to everything we do, across all staff and students – Positivity, Ambition, Resilience and Thoughtfulness. Our values shape every interaction with have and are core to our success in nurturing both academic and personal success for every student.
We have recently been awarded a Silver Award by the Teacher Development Trust Network. This follows being awarded a Runner-Up prize in Educate North Awards’ Innovative and Creative Literacy accolade, acknowledging the school-wide Literacy Programme that has proven to have a significant effect in raising students’ reading ages and all-round academic ability.
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