Head of Expressive Arts, including Teacher of Drama
Chulmleigh College
Devon
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS + TLR2b - £5,644
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 24 February 2025
Job overview
Would you like to join a high performing, ambitious secondary school well known for exemplary behaviour and conduct? Chulmleigh College is a school where teachers focus upon high quality teaching and high standards. The College has enjoyed some of the best results in the region over the last 10 years and is heavily oversubscribed. In 2024 our Progress 8 Figure of +0.81 places us in the top 5% of schools nationally.
We are seeking to appoint an ambitious and highly qualified teacher with the vision and leadership skills to lead the development of the curriculum across Art, Textiles Drama and Music. Outcomes at GCSE are consistently high, with Progress 8 scores above 1.0. The successful applicant will be able to maintain the high standards already set. The role will be available from September 2025. Further information is contained within the Candidate Pack available on the website.
The Head of Expressive Arts will manage all aspects of the Expressive Arts, ensuring continued growth and strong exam outcomes, within these subjects. The role also includes supporting school concerts and fostering the development of clubs, and extra-curricular activities that support the broader artistic and creative community within the school. The successful candidate will teach Drama in KS3 and KS4. Chulmleigh College have participated in the Shakespeare in Schools festival for a number of years and we wish for this to continue.
This is an ideal opportunity for the successful candidate to advance their career in a middle leadership role, with the potential to shape the future of Expressive Arts at our school.
The Head of Expressive Arts will lead by example, setting high standards for themselves and members of the Department to deliver the best opportunities and outcomes for our passionate and creative pupils.
To apply, please complete a full application form available on the website.
Applications to be emailed to personnel@chulmleigh.devon.sch.uk by 10 am on Monday, 24th February 2025.
As employers, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and in that regard, we have appropriate policies and procedures. All staff undertake a criminal record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and interviews will include questions about safeguarding children.
In line with Government guidance, we may carry out online searches against shortlisted applicants’ names as part of our due diligence checks.
Closing date: 10am on Monday 24th February 2025
Interview Date: Tuesday, 4th March 2025
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About Chulmleigh College
Chulmleigh College is a successful and ambitious rural secondary school with a strong reputation for high standards. The progress of our pupils is consistently amongst the best in the region.. In 2024 our provisional Progress 8 Figure of +0.81 places us in the top 5% of schools nationally.
The College was totally rebuilt a few years ago, with the completed buildings opening in 2017. Numbers have grown substantially in recent years, from 500 to the current roll of 750, and most year groups are oversubscribed; due to both our excellent reputation and the College’s successful transport service, which brings in approximately 25% of our pupils from outside the school catchment area.
We aim to create ambition and inspiration and want our young people to achieve all that they can in a safe, caring and well-disciplined environment. We commit ourselves to providing a learning experience which ensures high challenge, inspires, and provides both the range of qualifications and the start in life which will last forever. We aim for our young people to have the foundation and independence they need to make the progress they are capable of, building resilience for their future lives.
As a school we value courtesy, hard work and respect, and set high standards of behaviour; promoting self-discipline, resilience, responsibility and working together as a community.
We offer a broad and rich curriculum, enhanced by excellent extra-curricular activities; our outdoor education in the form of Ten Tors and Duke of Edinburgh is particularly strong. As well as having high academic achievement, we also have a proud record in sport, music, drama and art.
Our pupils read an astonishing amount of literature and develop themselves by making the most of the array of opportunities available. This is all possible because teaching and support staff create the best opportunities for our pupils. We are very proud of our team, who work hard to make our school a happy place where we learn together in a formal, warm environment. We are also proud of the excellent relationships we have with our pupils, families and friends within the community.
Chulmleigh is a Saxon hilltop market town in North Devon, near the Mid Devon border. It lies near the banks of the Little River Dart, and is surrounded by rolling hills, woods and farmland. With Exmoor and the North Devon coast to its north, and Dartmoor and the city of Exeter to its south, Chulmleigh is in a beautiful part of the county and is easily accessible from all other areas.
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