Curriculum Leader of Perform (Music and Drama)
Longbenton High School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE12 8ER16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
16 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
29 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Drama, Music
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year fixed term - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS + TLR
Additional allowances
TLR 2c
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a capable and enthusiastic individual to lead our Perform department on a fixed term maternity cover contract, expected to last one year.
We are looking for a strong performer, in the classroom and/or other platforms, a sense of imagination and a commitment to the role, who has a clear ambition and enthusiasm for theatre, music and performance and will be fully involved in school life.
What the school offers its staff
Our Performing Arts department comprises a small team of committed and talented teachers, including a team of peripatetic teachers, who provide instrumental, vocal and LAMDA training across a huge range of musical genres and instruments. We have a choir and various ad hoc ensembles. Our facilities include a dedicated drama studio, practice rooms and lighting facilities.
We can offer you:
The support of a vibrant and driven senior leadership team, committed to supporting staff with a mindful approach to teacher workload and promoting a healthy work/life balance.
A fantastic, modern building in a convenient location, within walking distance of several Metro stations and close to Four Lane Ends bus station.
An evidence-informed approach to CPD, offering tailored professional development opportunities for both teaching and support staff.
A collaborative, open-door culture that celebrates and shares best practices.
A strong emphasis on traditional KIDMAP values: Kindness, Integrity, Determination, Manners, Ambition, and Positivity.
Outstanding support and a dedication to developing talent, cultivating excellent leaders, and empowering them to build their own high-performing teams.
An inspiring and motivated student body, making teaching and learning truly rewarding.
Flexible working opportunities
Commitment to safeguarding
Longbenton High School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Longbenton High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 964 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Longbenton High School website
- Email address
- recruitment@longbenton.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01912189500
We are a highly aspirational, truly comprehensive 11-18 secondary school of around 1,000 students in North Tyneside. Our vision is ambitious and unapologetic: we are creating change in order to be the school of first choice in the local area. We are passionate about equality, fairness and our students achieving the very best they can. We are proud of our traditional values: kindness, integrity, determination, manners, ambition, and positivity. We are a fully inclusive school, in a wonderful modern building, that is dedicated to both supporting and challenging all members of our diverse community and to developing the potential in all our students, regardless of their starting points. Ours is a calm and orderly work environment, based upon high standards of behaviour and an ethos of trust and care. We were rated Good by OFSTED in June 2022 and are oversubscribed for Year 7 admissions.
Arranging a visit to Longbenton High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@longbenton.org.uk.
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Newcastle Upon Tyne and Tyne and Wear