Head of Performing Arts
Netherthorpe School
Chesterfield, Derbyshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- TLR 2.1
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Ideally September 2023, later start date considered
- Apply by:
- 9 June 2023
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint an innovative, enthusiastic and inspiring Leader of Performing Arts who is passionate about their subject and committed to engaging learners, developing and securing high standards of achievement so that the life chances of all students are enhanced.
Working closely with colleagues in the department and across the academy, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to lead curriculum planning, teaching and learning at KS3, KS4, and KS5 embedding challenge for all and ensuring all students make exceptional progress.
We are focussed on the development of the Arts at Netherthorpe and the enrichment opportunities this offers beyond the curriculum including School Musicals, Choirs and Bands.
There will also be the opportunity to grow as a leader through a dedicated CPD package, that will equip the post holder for further future progression.
About the department
The Performing Arts department is an established and well experienced team currently made of two full time members of staff with Drama and Music specialisms.
At Key Stage 3, we have mapped out a curriculum which allows our students to be enthused about the subject and develop the skills and knowledge required to be successful in key stage 4 and beyond.
At Key Stage 4, the department currently offer both GCSE Drama and Music.
At Key Stage 5, the school offers both Advanced GCE in Drama and Music.
About us
Netherthorpe is a popular, oversubscribed secondary school with 1,100 students offering high-quality education to our 11–18 student community. We are based in Staveley, a small town six miles northeast of Chesterfield, close to J30 of the M1 and the Peak District National Park, the Dukeries and Sherwood Forest. We are committed to raising the level of achievement of all our students, have a traditional ethos and enjoy an excellent reputation within the area.
As part of the Cavendish Learning Trust, we provide a range of benefits, including:
- Induction and development packages
- Reward and recognition scheme
- Health support
- Staff discount scheme
- Competitive pension scheme
- Cycle-to-work and car leasing
Further information
Visits are highly recommended and warmly welcomed. To arrange an appointment, please telephone 01246 472220 or the Head’s PA on 01246 479014.
If you would like to join our friendly team, please visit www.netherthorpe.academy for an application pack and application form.
Please send your application form and letter of application to vacancies@netherthorpe.derbyshire.sch.uk
Closing date: Friday 9 June 2023.
Proposed interview date: Thursday 15 June 2023.
Cavendish Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
An offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory enhanced level DBS disclosure with a children’s barred list check, two satisfactory references and successful completion of vetting procedures.
In accordance with the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search may be conducted as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
We are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce, and candidates with a disability who meet the essential job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.
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About Netherthorpe School
Netherthorpe is truly thriving at the moment and I am extremely proud of the staff and the students who work and attend here. Standards of teaching are higher than they have ever been and students are achieving remarkable results. The new buildings have provided us with facilities that are a match for any in the area, and our refurbished old buildings still lie at the heart of the school, as they have done for many decades.
This school can trace its existence back to 1572 when three local families, the Sitwell family, the De Rodes family and the Frechville family decided to set up a school to serve the local people of Staveley, with the aim of providing extra-ordinary opportunities for ordinary children. Whilst I think our children are anything but ordinary, I can identify with these sentiments and we are still trying to do exactly this 400 years later.
Whether you are visiting this website because you are considering sending your child here to be educated, because you are considering applying for a job here, or because of some other connection with us, I hope you leave with a sense of what this school is really about.
Netherthorpe is special. Our ‘Care, Guidance and Support’ is outstanding and has been recognised as such on consecutive OFSTED inspections. We aim to develop each child that comes to us in a welcoming and safe environment, so that they achieve highly and enjoy doing so. Our motto ‘Learn, Enjoy, Succeed’ is at the heart of all we do and children thrive because of the exceptionally strong relationships that exist between the staff here and the students. Our Sixth form is thriving and we attract around 90 applications from other local schools each year, as well as our own Year 11 students. Our experience in supporting students post-18 has led to many students continuing their education at Universities all over the country (including Oxford and Cambridge), whilst others have gained worthwhile employment, apprenticeships or college places after being carefully mentored and prepared for interviews by our careers team.
Student Leadership is a particularly strong feature of student life here. We encourage students to take responsibility, have a voice on school matters and get involved in the organisation of events. We have a School Council, a School Parliament, Sports Leaders, a Charity Committee, a Prefect system and Year Group committees to mention but a few. We are as keen to produce confident leaders who show initiative and are willing to get involved, as we are to produce students with high qualifications. We work hard at both.
Netherthorpe has by no means achieved all that it is capable of and our ambition is to be recognised as one of the best schools in the country - we aim to be a truly outstanding school in every aspect of our work. We constantly seek to improve our practice and we expect all staff who come to work here to do the same.
I hope you find the information you are looking for in visiting our website. Should you visit the school in the near future, I am confident that you will sense for yourself the ambition we have for every student, as well as the warmth and support we provide for them.
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