Curriculum Leader - Performing Arts
Benfield School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 4NU42 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
2 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subjects
- Drama, Music
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main/Upper Pay Range £31,650 - £49,084 per annum
Additional allowances
TLR 2b - Current value £5,646 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
We're seeking to looking to appoint a Curriculum Leader for Performing Arts to join our department from September 2025.
Our facilities includes a drama studio that can support with showcasing the work of our pupils, and we also have school shows that take place at key points throughout the year. One of our most successful productions was 'We Will Rock You' the musical, and we're looking for a leader to share our ambition to involve our pupils and community in our productions. The role is pivotal in our development as a school, and will be central to the continuing improvements that Benfield has shown.
We are looking for someone who can inspire and influence and who:
- Has experience of line managing and motivating a team.
- Recent experience of working with young people in a secondary school.
- Can contribute to the design, delivery and evaluation of our engaging curriculum.
- Has experience of implementing strategies that raise learner and department attainment, and also continually evaluate their effectiveness.
What the school offers its staff
In return we offer:
- Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across the trust.
- A team of hardworking, dedicated and friendly staff where everyone is valued.
- The benefit of working in a highly collaborative multi academy trust.
- Membership of Teachers Scheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
- Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Irelands leading wellbeing provider.
Flexible working opportunities
Further details about the role
Benfield School is a fully inclusive 11-16 school it has a distinct ethos with strong sense of support and loyalty. Excellent relationships between students and staff and a purposeful learning environment is evident in lessons and around the modernised site. With this foundation, students have a strong platform to be confident, happy and are able to achieve their aspiration.
Our school is one of seven primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East. We have a national research school, which aims to build and strengthen networks of schools throughout the region and help them access effective education research and implement it in everyday practice.
If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying job description and person specification and click 'apply now' to complete an online application form no later than midnight on Sunday 2nd February 2025.
NEAT Academy Trust are committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.
Commitment to safeguarding
As this vacancy involves working with children and young people, you must declare relevant criminal convictions when you apply for the job. A criminal record will not automatically stop you from getting the job but we will consider the nature of the offence when assessing how suitable you are for the job and discuss this with you at interview. If this job is in regulated activity we will also check if you are barred from working with children. If you are barred from working with children it is an offence for you to apply for a job.
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About Benfield School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 969 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Benfield School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- benfieldrecruitment@neatat.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0191 265 6091
Our school is one of six primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East. We have a national research school, which aims to build and strengthen networks of schools throughout the region and help them access effective education research and implement it in everyday practice.
Benfield School is a fully inclusive 11-18 school it has a distinct ethos with strong sense of support and loyalty. Excellent relationships between students and staff and a purposeful learning environment is evident in lessons and around the modernised site. With this foundation, students have a strong platform to be confident, happy and are able to achieve their aspiration.
Arranging a visit to Benfield School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email benfieldrecruitment@neatat.org.uk.
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