19 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    1st January 2026

  • Closing date

    24 September 2025 at 1pm

  • Date listed

    5 September 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

Drama

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (Actual) MPS/UPS plus TLR2B

Head of Drama job summary

Start Date: 1st January 2026

Salary: MPS/UPS plus TLR 2B (£5,870 per annum)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Edgar Wood Academy, Rochdale

Are you an exceptional Drama teacher ready to lead and inspire?

At Edgar Wood Academy, our central purpose is to help every student realise their academic potential. We believe every young person has the capacity to succeed, and we devote ourselves to improving student achievement through an unceasing focus on learning, teaching, and student support. Our students are challenged to achieve through high expectations within a “yes you can” culture, inspiring them to aspire and equipping them with greater choices in life.

We are proud that our values of Resilience, Respect, Empathy, and Responsibility underpin all that we do. We seek colleagues who will embed these values in their teaching, leadership, and interactions with students and staff.

We are seeking a passionate and committed Head of Drama to lead our Drama provision, creating a rich and varied curriculum that builds confidence, creativity, and academic excellence.

What we are looking for:

  • A qualified teacher with experience teaching Drama in secondary education.
  • A proven track record of raising standards of student attainment and achievement within a subject area.
  • The ability to articulate departmental intent, ensure effective implementation, and evaluate its impact on students.
  • Strong knowledge of successful teaching and learning strategies that meet the needs of all learners.
  • The ability to develop effective, engaging schemes of work and assessments that ensure clear progression and prepare students for public examinations.
  • Experience in using assessment data to monitor, evaluate, and drive student progress.
  • Excellent organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills to lead, motivate, and develop staff within the department.
  • A commitment to fostering aspiration, resilience, and responsibility in all students.
  • The drive to ensure Drama plays a major part in the wider life of the school, including performances, trips, and enrichment opportunities.

In return, we offer:

  • A supportive and forward-thinking senior leadership team.
  • Opportunities for professional development and career progression within Altus Education Partnership.
  • The chance to shape, develop, and grow a subject within a developing and thriving school.
  • A collaborative culture with high expectations and a relentless focus on student success.

If you are a dynamic teacher ready to take the next step into middle leadership, or an existing subject leader seeking a new challenge within a growing school, we would love to hear from you.

Join us in creating a Drama department that inspires creativity, confidence, and academic excellence through our values of Resilience, Empathy, and Responsibility.

To apply and for further information, please follow the My New Term application process or contact us directly before the closing date

Edgar Wood Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check and provide satisfactory references.

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.
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Commitment to safeguarding

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Applying for the job

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About Edgar Wood Academy

School type
Free School, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
637 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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School website
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Thank you for your interest in Edgar Wood Academy. We are incredibly excited to have been chosen by the Department for Education to open a new school to serve the local community in Middleton and Heywood. Helping our students realise their potential lies at the heart of everything we do. Through a culture of mutual respect, strong behaviour and high standards, we aim to inspire and engage all pupils, regardless of prior attainment or social background.

By joining our school, you will be part of an exciting journey, building the school from its foundations and helping to create the ethos, values and culture of our school. We believe in strong discipline, which allows our teachers to teach and our students to learn. As a result, we will improve student achievement through high-quality teaching in a safe and caring environment. We value each individual child in our school and recognise that each has different talents and gifts, which we will nurture over the course of their school journey. We will help each student to develop, both personally and academically, so that they have the knowledge and skills to progress to an aspirational career, a fulfilling life and make a positive contribution to their local community.

The school has recently moved into a modern, state-of-the-art building, with stunning views of the local countryside, but within easy access of several motorway links. We can offer the opportunity to shape and develop a curriculum which will capture students’ interests, provoke serious thinking and develop their intellectual curiosity. The curriculum will be culturally relevant to our students and will serve to develop social attitudes and behaviours, celebrate British values and ensure that students have an inclusive approach to their local and global communities. Edgar Wood Academy have an extensive enrichment programme which will ensure that all pupils are engaged in a curriculum suffused with memorable experiences and rich opportunities for learning.

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