Director of Performing Arts
The Marches School
oswestry
- £25,714 - £41,604 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- plus TLR2b (currently £4,785)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1 September 2022
- Apply by:
- 22 May 2022
Job overview
With ability to teach Drama to KS3, 4 and 5
(Music and Drama)
Excellent salary with benefits – TLR 2b (Currently £4,785)
Permanent
Required for 1st September 2022
We are excited to have the opportunity to add to our dedicated Performing Arts team with Director of this strong department. We are looking for a creative professional with strong personal practice and an eye for growing talent, encouraging and inspiring a team and holding high expectations so that students achieve more than they thought they could. Here you will be working with some of our most able and ambitious at KS5 as well as lighting fires in our younger students in KS3 and 4.
We are a happy, forward thinking, creative and collegiate staff body seeking radiators not drains to join our journey as we continue to provide a strong education for the community of the market town of Oswestry in idyllic rural Shropshire.
The performing Arts Department is a dedicated, creative and enthusiastic team of 5 working together to create a dynamic curriculum at KS3, giving the students a sound base for KS4. In addition, the team’s contribution to our enrichment curriculum is extensive – including our whole school performance, a significance highlight of our school year.
We know our school is a special place, our staff wellbeing survey tells us staff love working here because of the relationships between staff, departments and students and we would love to meet you so you can see this in practice.
Applications are welcome from ECTs.
In the Performing Arts Department we have:
• Well-equipped classrooms and performance spaces with a variety of interactive facilities
• An enthusiastic and supportive department team
• Hardworking students and strong home/school partnerships
The Marches is a thriving school, dedicated to ensuring students feel fully supported in all that they do. Learning radiates well beyond the classroom, with a vast array of extra-curricular activities, trips and educational visits taking place each term. Facilities at the school are exceptional, providing students with access to state of the art ICT equipment, extensive sports facilities and fully equipped classrooms.
At The Marches School we can offer:
• An ‘Outstanding’ curriculum
• A full extra-curricular programme with opportunities for enrichment activities for all
• Excellent CPD and support at every stage in your career with opportunity for continued personal development through our Talent Pathway
• A laptop for every teacher
• Admin support
• Excellent resources and facilities
• An enthusiastic and supportive team of staff, parents and governors
• Teaching opportunities through to A Level
• A core belief in staff wellbeing and work life balance for all, evidenced in policy and practice
• Benefits including funded counselling, physiotherapy and medical support and a car purchase scheme
The Marches School is a successful, forward-thinking 11-18 Academy, with 1,440 students currently on roll. Located in the attractive border town of Oswestry, the school enjoys a semi-rural location, within walking distance of the town centre. In 2013, The Marches opened its doors to the school's first ever Sixth Formers and now delivers a broad range of A Levels to current students and those joining from other local 11-16 schools. The school boasts modern, spacious Sixth Form Facilities and excellent outcomes.
There will be an opportunity for those interested in applying, to visit the school on Monday 16th May 2022 at 9.00am. If you would like to attend on this day or if you have any other queries, please email Mrs T Whelan, Assistant Headteacher at: tracy.whelan@mar.mmat.co.uk
For further information or to apply for the post please visit our online recruitment site via the school’s website www.marchesschool.co.uk (Please note we do not accept CVs).
Closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 22nd May 2022.
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 25th May 2022.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Attached documents
About The Marches School
The Marches Academy Trust is a multi-academy sponsor based in Shropshire, which was developed from the highly successful Marches School. The Marches School is a National Leader of Education Support School and CEO, Sarah Finch, is a National Leader of Education.
As a single organisation, we believe firmly in collaboration and seek to bring schools together, respecting and learning from one another. We believe each school has their own strengths and we are committed to further developing their own individual identity, whilst sharing our core vision and values.
Headteacher
Alison Pearson
Our vision
Achievement through caring runs through every decision we make and we are proud of all we have to offer in our vibrant and happy learning community, from our transition programme into Year 7, right through to supporting students to secure university places at some of the top providers, in Year 13.
Ofsted
' Leaders, including governors, are ambitious to achieve the very best for all pupils. You are committed to achieving this through the school’s ethos of ‘achievement through caring’. You display determination in securing continuous improvement and have accurately identified improvement areas. Staff are overwhelmingly supportive of your priorities.'
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