Lead KS3 Drama / English Teacher
Bolingbroke Academy
Wandsworth
- £32,960 - £40,556 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS 1 to MPS 5 + TLR 2a £2,873
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 20 May 2022
Job overview
Lead KS3 Drama / English Teacher
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated teacher to develop their career within our passionate and ever courageous community
We are a courageous, compassionate community - empowering excellence. We are a value lead organisation, being bold within every aspect of our lives at school.
We want all staff to thrive and model leadership and determination to the students and pupils within our rich and diverse community. We opened in 2012 with the vision to create a centre of excellence in the community.
We empower our teams by valuing the individual and ensuring personal development. This is delivered through weekly CPD sessions, frequent line management meetings and allowing staff to have their voice and develop their own ideas and projects. Our staff’s wellbeing is key to creating a friendly supportive community within the school. Guided by our internal wellbeing committee we have a wide range of initiatives designed to improve the motivation and lives of our staff.
The Role
• Lead on the design and delivery of the Drama curriculum at KS3 which drives ambitious outcomes for all pupils.
• To oversee the teaching of LAMDA to pupils across all key stages.
• To lead on drama enrichments and whole school drama performances
• To be an outstanding teacher of both English and Drama.
Start date: September 2022
Salary: MPS 1 (£32,960) to MPS 5 (£40,556) + TLR 2a £2,873
Closing Date: 20th May 2022 08.00am
Key Responsibilities
Teaching and learning
• Be an outstanding teacher, able to motivate and challenge learners of all abilities across Key Stages 3-5.
• Exude a passion for English and Drama which is evident in their day to day classroom practice.
• To lead on designing an engaging and challenging Drama curriculum which meets the needs of all and inspires pupils to appreciate the subject and its application.
• To contribute to the design of an engaging and challenging English curriculum which meets the needs of all and inspires pupils to appreciate the subject and its application.
• To deliver outstanding teaching and learning of English and Drama, thereby helping pupils achieve excellent academic results.
• Use data to inform teaching and learning, identify areas for intervention and provide feedback to all stakeholders in order to promote progress and outcomes.
• Have a proven track record of success and raising pupil attainment in English and Drama.
• Participate actively throughout the network, by attending relevant meetings, and, as appropriate, delivering network-wide training and initiatives
• To lead on directing plays and/or productions.
Leadership and Management
• Line and performance manage the LAMDA teacher as per the academy policy.
• Manage allocated budget effectively and stay within set budget allocation.
• Create an orderly subject environment in which the academy’s culture and ethos is upheld.
School ethos and culture
• Be committed to Bolingbroke Academy’s ethos of high expectations.
• Demonstrate high levels of ambition and optimism regarding what the Academy and its pupils can achieve.
• Provide a nurturing classroom and academy environment that helps students to develop as learners
Personal specification
• Have a passion to learn and develop your practice through regular CPD and feedback.
• The ability to question and challenge the status quo and find new and progressive solutions to existing systems.
• Have strong experience teaching and achieving great results across all key stages
• The ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of students and pupils.
About Bolingbroke Academy
Bolingbroke Academy
Although we are privileged and proud to be part of the wider Ark network with the ethos and benefits that come with it we have our own culture and values that is at the heart of all that we do.
We are a courageous, compassionate community – empowering excellence.
Training Opportunities
Our HR and Teaching and Learning teams are dedicated to offering the best development for all staff joining the academy, challenging and supporting staff to excel in their roles. In order to deliver exceptional training, we offer twice as many training days as standard. For teaching staff, we offer weekly CPD sessions which are held on a vast array of topics and run by many staff all showcasing their expertise. To develop the trainers, we ensure all sessions are reviewed retrospectively providing feedback and suggesting presentation and content improvements. We also offer weekly line management for everyone, additional coaching sessions for new and trainee staff and a more regular and developmental appraisal system.
Wellbeing and Inclusion
At Bolingbroke we value the individual and encourage difference. To achieve this, we start with inclusive recruiting practices. Starting from our job descriptions to blind recruiting, structured shortlisting and scoring we ensure that all employees applying are only measured against their skills, achievements and values. We want all our employees to have a voice, these can be heard through the wellbeing committee or diversity group. The Diversity Group promotes diversity within the curriculum, pupil’s school experience and for staff whilst the Wellbeing committee consists of representatives from all departments in the school and highlights issues concerning the staff and supporting in creating achievable and beneficial solutions. All staff are involved in co-planning meaning their input into the curriculum and teaching strategies are implemented. An employee will also have a 360 aspect to all appraisals ensuring peer review and employees to contribute to their managers appraisals. The school is dedicated to training and develop their leaders and staff on diversity and inclusion through a programme of CPD sessions and online training.
We recognise our outstanding talent through half termly staff voted awards and our annual Above and Beyond award.
Specialisms
Like all Ark academies, Bolingbroke Academy will specialise in mathematics. We also have a strong focus on music, which helps develop self-expression, self-discipline, performance and team work as well as building a strong sense of community through collective participation. Our aim is for every pupil to play an instrument confidently and to take part in regular performances.
Be part of a network
Joining our school means becoming part of a network of education experts who are all united by the same purpose - a commitment to making a difference where it matters most. You will have the opportunity to come together with your peers locally, nationally and sometimes even internationally, to share resources, learning and good practice. You'll also be supported to focus on what you do best. We are always looking for ways to take away additional pressures, to give you more freedom to concentrate on improving education outcomes for young people. We offer support beyond the classroom; from prioritising strong behaviour management strategies to giving you access to our award-winning data management platform.
Ofsted
Bolingbroke Academy was inspected by Ofsted in December 2013 and was graded as "good". Read the full report here. You can also read our short 2018 inspection report here.
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