Head of Drama
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
Buckinghamshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- TLR 2B (tbc on interview)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 20 May 2022
Job overview
A rarely available opportunity has arisen at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School for an inspirational Drama specialist to lead this outstanding Department. The successful candidate will demonstrate a dynamic and creative approach to teaching, a passion for Drama and Theatre. They will have the necessary skills and vision to enhance further the Performing Arts in this school recognised for its outstanding provision across the arts.
The Head of Drama works closely with the Director of Music, Head of Dance and Head of Technical Theatre; other team members include a Teacher of Drama, Dance and Music and a full time Performing Arts Technician.
The Drama department teaches Drama at KS3 GCSE and A Level including the technical units. Results are outstanding. The Head of Drama leads a wide range of extracurricular activities after school and puts on productions for juniors and seniors. Recent productions include King Charles III, Oklahoma!, Sweeney Todd, and An Enemy of the People; they take regular theatre trips as part of the inspirational learning programme for students. Drama students progress to Guildhall, RADA, Universities and training,
The Performing Arts are central to the school’s culture with the Drama, Music, Dance and Technical Theatre working collaboratively and as separate, specialist departments. Awarded specialist status for Performing Arts in 2005, the school has continued to grow and develop its thriving arts curriculum.
Every child in Key Stage 3 studies Drama, Dance and Music for an hour a week taught by specialists and all three subjects are popular GCSE and A Level choices for girls and boys. A Level 3 Btech in Production Arts and Technical Theatre is delivered by a specialist teacher and many Drama A Level students choose to follow this course to enrich their learning.
At GCSE we follow the Eduqas specification and for A Level Edexcel. Results are consistently outstanding at both GCSE and A Level. Examination practical performances are of the highest quality and shared with parents in the theatre.
The Head of Drama is also responsible for leading annual school productions for juniors and seniors and for leading/ facilitating student-led Drama clubs at lunch time. The TLR recognises this commitment.
Please do contact us with any queries or if you would like to discuss your situation with us first.
For an application form please visit www.swbgs.com and click on Vacancies.
Closing date: 9am, Friday 20 May 2022.
Early applications encouraged as they will be considered upon arrival.
Applications submitted via email should be sent to Mrs Anna Summerfield, HR Manager at asummerfield@swbgs.com
The school is fully committed to the DfE guidance on Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education and all candidates for the post will therefore be subject to vetting procedures following Buckinghamshire Council’s guidance and the Trust’s Safer Recruitment Policy.
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About Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
- Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
- West Street, Marlow
- Buckinghamshire
- SL7 2BR
- United Kingdom
About Sir William Borlase's Grammar School:
Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school in the attractive Thames-side town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Founded in 1624 and still based on the original site, we are proud of our heritage as we approach our 400th birthday and excited to be inspiring and empowering the aspirations of our students today. Borlase is forward-looking; in 2019 we were awarded World Class School status from High Performance Learning for our innovative practice and received a government grant of over £2million to develop further our excellent facilities. We have a motivated staff of subject specialists who enjoy sharing their expertise with committed and engaged students. As a Teaching School, we have a particular strength in developing our teachers through a research-engaged professional development programme.
Headteacher
Ed Goodall.
Vision and Values
Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School is committed to being an inspirational learning environment for students and staff, empowering young people to fulfil their aspirations and ambitions; supporting them in developing the confidence to shape their own futures and in so doing, the future of the world around them.
Our values today are captured in the school motto, adopted by those early scholars back in 1624. Te Digna Sequere - Follow things Worthy - is a principle that underpins the distinctive ethos of the school. It reminds us all that we should have a clear moral purpose behind the choices we make; that we should value all individuals within a supportive community and that we have the potential to use our different talents to make a positive difference at Borlase and beyond.
The Borlase Curriculum provides a breadth and depth of academic learning and cultural experience to excite and extend all our students. It is rich in knowledge and in opportunities to develop creativity, instilling a life-long enthusiasm for learning. Our curriculum is delivered by passionate, specialist teachers who encourage aspiration, intellectual curiosity and the exploration of their subject disciplines inside and beyond the classroom, as independent thinkers and learners. It includes a broad range of super and extra-curricular opportunities which ignite and extend students' interests, enthusiasm and skills across a wide range of endeavours including those linked to academic subjects, to sports, the arts, engineering, AI, public speaking, creative writing, entrepreneurism and so much more.
Ofsted
"This is an outstanding school. The headteacher and senior leadership team have the very highest of expectations and have developed an inspirational learning culture which is embraced by both staff and students. Teaching and achievement are of the very highest quality and students take responsibility for their own learning.”
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