Teacher of Drama
The Mountbatten School
Hampshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 13 May 2024
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint a well-qualified and enthusiastic Teacher of Drama with the ability to deliver high quality teaching and learning across Key Stages 3 and 4.
The School is committed to the importance of the Expressive Arts curriculum for all students. The Drama Department is well-resourced and housed in specialist accommodation with professional lighting and sound equipment. Option take up is good, with four groups at Key Stage 4.
The Department aims to develop our students’ interest and understanding of both performance and design. Experience of delivering theatre design and/or a vocational qualification is desirable. The successful candidate will also be willing to contribute fully to the curricular and extra-curricular work of the ambitious and high-profile Expressive Arts Faculty.
The Mountbatten School provides a rounded education which develops happy students who are ready to face the world with confidence. Academic standards are extremely high: our Progress 8 measure places us in the top schools in Hampshire. We are proud of our students and their desire to achieve.
If you have a natural passion and enthusiasm for Drama and a determination to help all students reach their full potential, then we would like to hear from you.
For further details and to apply, please visit www.mountbatten.school/jobs, alternatively email human.resources@mountbatten.school or telephone 01794 510227
Closing date: Noon on Monday 13th May 2024
Interviews: Thursday 16th May 2024
Please note CVs will not be accepted and we reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive applications that meet the criteria. We, therefore, strongly advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
The Mountbatten School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and all staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. All our recruitment and selection practices reflect this and successful applicants are subject to Disclosure and Barring Checks along with other relevant employment checks.
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About The Mountbatten School
The school is situated in Romsey, a very pleasant abbey town in the southern Test Valley. Opened in 1969 and built on land formerly in the ownership of Earl Mountbatten's Broadlands Estate, the school enjoyed the patronage of Lord Louis until his assassination. We are honoured that his great granddaughter, The Lady Alexandra Knatchbull, is our current patron.
The school is one of the largest and most successful co-educational comprehensives in Hampshire. Our intake is 300, and there are currently 1466 students on roll.
The school serves a predominantly rural catchment area extending from the boundary of Southampton to the boundary of Wiltshire. We are the larger of two secondary schools in the town. The school is very popular and heavily oversubscribed.
The school is a Single Academy Trust. Andrew Portas, the school’s Headmaster, has been in post since September 2022 and was formerly the Senior Deputy appointed in September 2010. The school is organised into eight faculties with approximately 80 FTE teaching staff, and the pastoral structure is based on five year groups.
The school is fortunate to have extensive grounds as it was built on land that was formerly part of Lord Mountbatten’s Broadlands Estate. Since the school became an academy on 1 April 2011, there has been an extensive refurbishment programme over many years. As a result, all departments are very well-resourced and accommodated.
The school is high achieving and GCSE outcomes are very good. Ofsted carried out an ungraded inspection of the school in January 2024; the school remained ‘good’ with many aspects of the school’s work being recognised as ‘first class’. There is a very strong international ethos and tangible links with schools in Africa, Asia and Europe. The school has a very strong focus on staff development. Career development is pursued in leadership, pedagogy and pastoral opportunities.
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