Teacher of Drama and English
Alcester Grammar School
Warwickshire
- £31,650 - £49,084 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS / UPS 1.0 FTE
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 1 April 2025
Job overview
Teacher of Drama and English (1.0 FTE)
Salary: MPS / UPS
Required From: September 2025
About the Role
We seek a passionate and skilled teacher to join our Drama and English departments at Alcester Grammar School (AGS). This is an excellent opportunity to work in a high-achieving academic environment with experienced colleagues and motivated students.
Required Qualifications and Experience
- QTS and a good honours degree in a related subject
- Ability to teach Drama and English across KS3-KS5
- Experience in leading extra-curricular activities
- Capability to lead others in the curriculum area
Key Skills and Attributes
- Commitment to student development and individual learning needs
- Ability to create an engaging and inclusive learning environment
- Strong teamwork and collaboration skills
- Well-organised, adaptable, and passionate about Drama and English
- A reflective and innovative approach to teaching
Drama at AGS
Drama is a thriving subject at AGS with high engagement at GCSE and A Level. Students in Years 7-9 receive weekly Drama lessons focusing on creative skills, collaboration, and performance techniques. At GCSE and A Level, we follow the Edexcel Pearson specification.
Our facilities include a theatre with tiered seating for 200, a full lighting rig, and a sound system, as well as a dance studio. The extra-curricular life of the department is strong, with productions such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Bugsy Malone. AGS is ideally located near world-class theatres in Stratford-upon-Avon, Birmingham, and Oxford.
English at AGS
We deliver a robust and enriching English curriculum and aim to give all members of the department the opportunity to teach across KS3-KS5, following AQA for GCSE English Language and Literature, and offering AQA English Language and Edexcel English Literature at A Level. Our department fosters a love of language, literature, and critical thinking. Extra-curricular activities include public speaking, creative writing clubs, and university workshops and tasters.
What We Offer
- High-quality CPD and professional development opportunities
- A two-week half-term break in October
- Enthusiastic students and a supportive staff culture
- Teachers' Pension Scheme membership
- Free on-site parking, gym, and multi-faith prayer room
- Affordable housing in South Warwickshire
To learn more, visit our website. We encourage visits to our school. Contact r.thorpe@alcestergs.com for more information.
AGS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Pre-employment vetting, including an Enhanced DBS check, is required. We embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from all backgrounds.
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About Alcester Grammar School
About Alcester Grammar School
Rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted in December 2022, AGS is truly a special and unique institution that offers a rich, ambitious curriculum and a broad all-round education, supported by outstanding pastoral care. When you visit, you will be impressed by a warm and purposeful atmosphere, underpinned by the dedication and talent of the staff and the positive attitude and enthusiasm of the students. As well as our focus on academic achievement, we are committed to enhancing enjoyment and interest in learning in the broadest sense, with a real focus on developing individual talents. Staff give freely of their time, and we offer a comprehensive extra and super-curricular programme, as well as numerous opportunities for trips and visits, both in the UK and abroad.
Our buildings and facilities are extensive and vary from the traditional to the most modern. But wherever you go, you will see us working together to provide a challenging and engaging learning environment so that each student has the opportunity to achieve their potential. Excellent relationships are nurtured so that students are helped as they navigate the challenges of adolescence and mature into young adults. This is a school which students and staff want to come to each day. Thanks to our high standards of behaviour, teachers are free to teach and students who want to learn are able to do so.
As well as academic excellence, we encourage the development of independent, life-long learners; kindness, creativity, risk-taking, personal and physical development, individuality and a spirit of enquiry can be seen in all areas of school life. We regard learning as an active process. Students are expected to contribute, question, challenge and be challenged. Mistakes are seen as key to learning; effort and resilience are valued. At Alcester Grammar School we are serious about providing able students with the very best education we can. Aspirations are high, and it is cool to work hard and succeed. Above all, we work in partnership with parents to turn out “decent human beings” - future citizens who will be able to make a significant contribution to a tolerant, inclusive, democratic and liberal society.
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