Director of Drama
Eastbourne College
East Sussex
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April or September 2021
- Apply by:
- 29 January 2021
Job overview
The College seeks to appoint an exceptional individual to lead and inspire in this pivotal role at the heart of the College’s creative and cultural provision.
The Post
The successful applicant will be an experienced leader of young people and adults and an accomplished teacher, actor, producer or director in his or her own right. S/he will have experience of teaching GCSE and A-level drama and a proven track record of creative/cultural leadership and will be able to nurture and stretch the most able whilst also making drama accessible and enjoyable for all. The successful applicant will be a motivational advocate for the creative arts and be passionate about the benefit drama can bring to the development of young people. S/he will want to foster a love of theatre in all members of the College community.
It is expected that the Director of Drama will make a contribution to the teaching of academic drama or dance. This will normally be in the region of half a full academic timetable.
Drama at Eastbourne College
The College has enjoyed a long and distinguished reputation for drama productions that involve pupils from all year groups and houses. For further details of College productions, please see the relevant pages of the school website:
http://www.eastbourne-college.co.uk/Drama
Performance Spaces
Drama facilities are excellent. College Theatre seats 284 and is at the heart of the school. It is used throughout the year for College productions and a full programme of visiting professional productions as well as numerous house concerts and revues. A new foyer and circulation space for College Theatre has been created as part of Project 150.
The Le Brocq theatre seats 120 and is used for day-to-day teaching, smaller productions and presentations. The Dell Theatre is an outdoor performance space seating 90 and is used in the summer festival week for the Lower Sixth play and other smaller scale events while the Jennifer Winn auditorium in the Birley Centre also provides a versatile space with an acoustically-designed, 160-seater auditorium with sprung floor.
College drama is supported by a full-time technician and a part-time (term time) technician / wardrobe supervisor.
Salary and Conditions
The College has its own salary scale and the successful applicant will be remunerated at a level representing their skills and qualifications. Specifics of this can be discussed with the Headmaster at interview.
The College offers generous packages of additional benefits and pay; all staff are on a salary scale above the national average and have opportunities for salary progression.
Accommodation may be available. The successful candidate will also benefit from a generous rate for the education of their own children, both at the College and at St. Andrews Prep.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory medical disclosure, an enhanced check with the DBS and any other pre-employment checks deemed necessary by the College.
The College is a non-smoking establishment and an equal opportunities employer.
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About Eastbourne College
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There are not many top independent schools in Britain where you can take a six-minute stroll and find yourself on the doorstep of a national park, an international tennis venue, a county cricket ground, two challenging golf courses, award-winning beaches, theatres, an award-winning modern art gallery, a shopping centre (with cinema) and a mainline station to London (85 minutes), London Gatwick Airport (55 minutes) and Ashford International (direct trains to Paris).
Today Eastbourne College reaches out like never before, connecting its boarding and day pupils with the raft of opportunities that abound within a few hundred metres of the school; and beyond. The College's learning environment is second to none thanks to a £33 million redevelopment (completed in 2019), an outstanding, supportive house system, and a timetable which optimises educational contact time, provides optional Saturday morning enrichment sessions, and promotes a busy calendar of competitive sport and socials.
The College has got into a tradition of stimulating academic success while developing people of good character; good people that others want to be with.
In 2021, 82 per cent of the grades awarded at A-level were A*-B. 50 per cent of the School’s top achievers were girls with six going on to study at Oxford or Cambridge university.
Pupils leaving the College achieve A-level grades that enable them to access top courses at the leading universities at home or abroad while also enjoying a diverse and successful wider school life.
Healthy learning for the long term and an extra-mile approach to pastoral care are the guiding principles that underpin an Eastbourne College education, which consistently ranks in the top 4 per cent nationally for academic value added. This means that, on average, pupils achieve one whole grade higher than predicted moving from GCSE to A-level.
The reputation of the College’s pre-medical school (spearheaded by a GP) has gained ground in recent years and all pupils benefit from a dedicated Futures Department which facilitates pathways into higher education in the UK and abroad. The College has an excellent record of entry to Oxbridge, Russell Group, USA university scholarship, and myriad specialist higher education establishments.
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