Director of Performing Arts
Selby High School
Brayton, Selby
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS + TLR 2:2
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2022
- Apply by:
- 4 February 2022
Job overview
Are you a music teacher looking for the next step in your career? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen to become the Director of Performing Arts at Selby High School, taking strategic leadership of music, drama and dance. If you have already made an impact as a music teacher, and you are able to demonstrate a commitment to the extra-curricular life of a school, then come and join us at Selby High to take our Performing Arts team on the next stage of its journey.
We’re looking for a creative and inspirational leader who will have:
● excellent understanding of curriculum development across music, drama and dance, and a proven track record of gaining excellent results;
● the skills, energy and commitment to create a vibrant culture of music, dance and drama within the school, overseeing regular performing arts events, a rich programme of enrichment activities and leading on the annual whole-school production.
We can offer the successful candidate the opportunity to work in a caring school where students achieve and make sustained progress as a result of our ‘can do’ ethos and where your contribution to the Performing Arts team and the school as a whole, will be valued. Working in a friendly, aspirational school community, we invite you to join us in our commitment to inspire every student with the skills, resilience, and confidence they need to achieve their potential. As a leader within the school, we have an extensive CPD programme to support you in your career, including access to the full suite of NPQs. We also provide all our staff with a laptop computer.
Selby is located in picturesque North Yorkshire and benefits from good commuter links with York and Leeds.
Selby High School is an equal opportunities employer. We have a robust child protection policy and are committed to safeguarding the welfare of our children and young people.
Full details and an application pack are available from the school website: www.selbyhigh.co.uk. Visits can be organised by contacting the SLT PA, Caroline Airth on 01757 244833 or admin@selbyhigh.co.uk.
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About Selby High School
On behalf of the students, governors and staff at Selby High School, we are pleased to invite you to consider the post we have on offer. As a hugely popular school, we understand the need to provide excellent provision for all the young people in our care. Our ‘can do’ ethos is supported by pursuing high academic achievements and standards and promoting self-discipline, independence and good behaviour. We hope that you will be impressed with the teaching and learning environment that has been created at Selby High School.
Our goal is success for everyone through encouragement, teamwork, friendship, trust, mutual respect and an enjoyment of learning. We aim to create an environment where we all understand that, by supporting each other and working together, we achieve more.
We are a learning community which embraces opportunities for all our learners by securing high quality learning and teaching. We aim for all our students to achieve their full potential both as students at Selby High School and as considerate global citizens of the future. We always aim to be the best we can be; nothing less will do.
We are looking for a determined professional who is enthusiastic, hardworking, conscientious and energetic. We are seeking a specialist who wants to work with our young people to ensure that, regardless of the potential barriers of gender, ethnicity and economic circumstance, they achieve to the best of their ability. In return we offer a coherent induction programme and continual professional development. Your continued professional development is important to us and we will provide you with extended opportunities for contributing towards wider school developments.
Selby High School is an extraordinary place to work. Please take a little time to look at our twitter feed https://twitter.com/SelbyHigh to see some of the opportunities offered by the school, if you have a little longer to spend, our news pages at http://www.selbyhigh.n-yorks.sch.uk/News/ give a real insight into the character of our school.
If you like what you see, would like to join our learning community, feel that you can contribute to the sustained development of Selby High School and help create an exceptional school, transforming the prospects for our students and the community at large, then please complete the application process. We welcome your interest and look forward to hearing from you!
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