Head of Drama/Drama Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Tring School, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 5JD

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  February 2026

• Closing date

  24 October 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  7 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Drama
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34,398.00 - £52,490.00 Annually (FTE)

Head of Drama/Drama Teacher (Maternity Cover) job summary

Head of Drama/Drama Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Contract: Maternity Cover- Full Time
Salary: MPS/UPS + fringe (£34398 - £52490) plus TLR for Subject Lead
Start Date: February 2026
Responsible To: Assistant Headteacher

We are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic and inspirational teacher to provide Maternity Cover as part of our successful and student centred team. If you are looking to develop and stretch your teaching of Drama while working in an established and supportive department with students who are willing to push themselves and create exciting work, then this is the post for you.

We require an innovative teacher to join our hard working and supportive Drama department. The department has a tradition of excellent exam results, creative and popular productions and a high uptake at GCSE and A level, with many students going on to study Drama at university and Drama School. The Drama department is an exciting place to work and the students are well motivated and ready to learn.

Please get in touch to find out more; we warmly welcome visits.

The successful applicant will be:

• Qualified to deliver Drama across Key Stages 3 - 5

• A well qualified individual with a degree in a Drama based subject.

• An excellent communicator who is able to meet deadlines.

• A reflective practitioner who is willing to take an active role in the extracurricular life of the department and the wider life of the school.

See Job Description/Person Specification for further details.

Tring School can offer the successful candidate:

• an opportunity to work with strong, experienced, supportive colleagues in the Drama team.

• exciting and well resourced schemes of work , collaborative google drives with shared resources to support planning.

• great opportunities to support theatre trips and visiting workshops.

• Flexibility to use PPA to work from home.

• significant opportunities for professional development both in this school and further afield and a comprehensive ECT support programme.

• the chance to work with exceptionally committed colleagues who have high expectations of students.

• an environment where excitement, innovation and inspiration are the norm.

• an opportunity to work in a brand new ‘State of the Art’ school, free parking and an on site Sports Centre offering staff reduced membership.

• An active WellBeing team supporting staff throughout the year with various treats/initiatives. Well Being Mental Health Lead.

Tring School is very popular and over-subscribed, serving the town of Tring and the surrounding villages. It is a mixed Church of England comprehensive school with over 1600 students on roll including 400 in the Sixth Form. Academic attainment is well above average and improving year on year. The school strives to support and encourage individual growth within a caring community. We have a talented team of staff who are ambitious to become outstanding in all areas of our work.

We are proud to be joined by two local Primary schools in our closely formed MAT, The Ridgeway Learning Partnership, where we create a seamless educational journey from ages 3-19.

If you are interested in the prospect of working in a supportive environment where you can have real impact, and where exciting things are happening, then we welcome an application from you. .

Closing date: 9am Friday 24 October 2025

Interview date: W/C 3 November 2025

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.Safer recruitment Policy , Child protection Policy, KCSIE 2024. To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Tring School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1584 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Tring School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tring-school

Tring School is popular and over-subscribed, serving the town of Tring and the surrounding villages. It is a mixed Church of England all-ability school, 1500 on roll, over 300 Post-16. Academic attainment is well above average and improving year on year. The school strives to support and encourage individual growth within a caring community. We have a talented team of staff who are ambitious to become outstanding in all areas of our work. Ofsted Inspection November 2017 stated: ‘Pupils are highly motivated to learn.' ‘Teaching is good overall with outstanding features.’

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