Teacher of Drama & Head of Year (Sixth Form)
Hampstead School
Camden
- £44,592 - £64,806 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS 1 - UPS3 & TLR2C of £7847
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 2 September 2024
- Apply by:
- 15 April 2024
Job overview
A fantastic opportunity for a dynamic colleague to join our vibrant and successful school.
Hampstead School is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, staff engagement forums, in-school facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds. We welcome applications from colleagues who are looking to work part time and will always consider job shares or other flexible arrangements.
The Performing Arts Faculty is a vibrant and creative team who strive to provide ambitious and exciting opportunities for the students though our curriculum and extra-curricular programme. Faculty members constantly strive to raise student achievement and offer students every opportunity to develop confidence, resilience and independence.
We need you to be:
- A highly-reflective teacher who wants to develop and improve their practice
- Committed to having strong relationships with staff and students
- Passionate about teaching Drama
- An outstanding teacher who is able to inspire young people, develop their communication skills and improve the outcomes for our students.
What we offer:
- Drama is extremely successful at Hampstead School, with students achieving strongly over consecutive years
- a collaborative department that is experienced, innovative and supportive
- As a people-centred organisation we offer an outstanding employee support package
- Hampstead School has an amazing record of professional development leading to rapid career progression at all levels
The Head of Year plays a crucial role in creating a culture in which the students in their year group recognise the importance of ambition, critical thought, effort and kindness. In setting the tone for a cohort, and co-ordinating targeted interventions, the Head of Year has the ability to have an impact at a whole-school and individual level. In the Sixth Form, the Head of Year plays a vital role in supporting students to maximise their potential so that they can progress to ambitious destinations.
The Head of Year’s work with tutors is pivotal in our attempts to know and understand each of the young people we work with, and their work with Heads of Faculty and Subject Leaders is key to ensuring students make outstanding academic progress. Their interaction with parents and carers strengthens the home-school relationship and communication with external agencies helps build the team around our most vulnerable children.
This role would be suitable for a candidate who would like to gain pastoral experience and to extend their impact on students at KS5
Closing date: Monday 15th April 2024 @ 9.00am
Interview date: W/c 22nd April 2024
Please visit our website for more information about Hampstead School.
Hampstead School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check. Checks will be made with previous employers and online searches will be done as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
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About Hampstead School
Hampstead School is Camden’s largest maintained comprehensive School, educating 1330 students (including 300 in our stand-alone Sixth Form). The school is oversubscribed with a waiting list in all years, admitting 7 forms of entry from over 70 primary schools. Founded in 1961 as a mixed comprehensive school, Hampstead School has remained firmly committed to inclusive and nurturing education; quality of relationships based on respect and responsibility underpin all our endeavours. This is combined with a laser-like focus on the highest expectations of achievement and a belief that every student can and will achieve means that Hampstead School’s reputation for creativity and inspiration is firmly rooted in rigour. This continues to be epitomised in our motto “Learning Together Achieving Together”.
Reflecting our part of North West London, Hampstead School’s intake is predominantly from the local areas of Kilburn, West Hampstead, Cricklewood and Willesden. Our learners represent the diversity of our communities with over 70 languages spoken by our 50%+ bilingual students.
The school has been almost completely rebuilt over the past 5 years with our modern inspiring facilities offering a vibrant and brilliantly equipped place to work and study.
Ofsted noted that “Staff really like working at the school. They feel valued and very well supported". This is an exciting, dynamic place to work, and its vitality greatly benefits the pupils. Our equally diverse staff is well supported and encouraged to achieve their career aspirations. They have a passion for learning and commitment to delivering outstanding education to our students. Consequently, we are proud of our terrific record of staff development, second-to-none, whereby posts arise because of the excellent career progression that teachers at Hampstead School experience.
Our package includes
· Our own school Teaching & Learning Professional Development
· Professional on site coaching
· Further bespoke CPD through Camden Learning
· Thorough New Qualified Teacher (NQT) programme and strong track record of working with Teach First, Teaching Leaders and Future Leaders
· Support for your well-being through our well-being team, and 24/7 Access to a personal employee assistance helpline
· Access to counsellors, occupational health and mental health practitioners on-site
· Free eye care vouchers and annual onsite free flu jab
· Salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work
· Season ticket loan
· Family friendly absence policies such as paid time-off for primary school plays, child-care emergencies and house moves.
· Guarantees to work-life balance such as no expectation of excess presenteeism or to open e-mails out-of-school hours.
Hampstead School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhance DBS check.
Hampstead School is close to Cricklewood Thameslink Station and close to the triple transport hub of West Hamsptead stations (Tube; London Overground; Thameslink). A number of buses stop close to the school including the C11 at the dedicated Hampstead School bus stop.
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