Head of Drama
Greenford High School, Southall, Middlesex, UB1 2GU12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Summer or Autumn Term
Closing date
27 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
14 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Drama
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to M6 / UPS1 to UPS3 inner London
Additional allowances
TLR2b £5,644
What skills and experience we're looking for
We seek an experienced and proactive individual who is keen to guide and support both staff and students to achieve their potential. The successful candidate will lead and improve learning and teaching throughout the curriculum area, ensuring the highest achievable standards are attained through training, observations, coaching and using department meeting time, enabling staff to work positively and collectively. They will be expected to develop the content of the curriculum, creating a challenging and appropriate course, tracking student progress and analysing data to raise achievement where necessary.
What the school offers its staff
Do you want to join a dynamic, multi-cultural and friendly school where staff development is a priority and where you will be valued and appreciated?
Greenford High School is an inclusive, supportive and high achieving school looking for outstanding staff who have a passion for supporting students to succeed to join us
As part of the GHS community, you will benefit from our outstanding record of learning, development and promotion opportunities, as well as the high value we place on our staff achieving success in their career.
Over
the last decade we have consistently achieved outcomes that have placed us in
the top 5-10% of schools nationally for student progress. We aim for all students to achieve excellent
academic results and many gain places at top universities, but we are also a
truly comprehensive school which tries to get the best out of every child,
whatever their ability or circumstances.
We value our students’ personal development and always support trips,
visits, speakers and extra-curricular experiences where we can. We are known
for our exceptionally strong relationships between staff and students and for
our staff promotion opportunities across many areas of the school.
Our facilities are superb with a university campus style layout, extensive IT facilities, large, expansive playing fields and a purpose-built block for Year 7. We also have one of the largest Post-16 Centres in London with designated study and support areas.
‘Learning to Succeed’
Our motto encapsulates our vision; we are all on a continuous journey of learning, whilst trying to achieve success in everything that we do. Our aim is for students to fulfil their limitless potential – through perseverance and effort. We don’t select our students, but we do select our staff. Each highly trained staff member is here to support, guide, inspire our students so that whatever their starting point when they arrive, they leave with the world at their feet – equipped and ready to continue their learning through apprenticeships, at university and throughout their careers.
Staff benefits include:
✔ generous non-contact time;
✔ a supportive approach to approving staff leave of absences;
✔ small class sizes where possible;
✔ financial assistance for Masters and further degrees;
✔ a partnership with the Institute of Education and Teach First;
✔ an outstanding record of staff achieving promotion;
✔ the opportunity to train and mentor student teachers;
✔ free on-site car parking spaces and secure bicycle storage;
✔ free access to onsite ‘Everyone Active’ sporting facilities and fitness gym;
✔ access to the ‘Workplace Options’ staff support scheme and onsite counselling;
✔ plenty of opportunities to teach Post 16;
✔ staff social events and staff well-being sessions.
What our students say about our teaching staff:
- “…is one of my favourite teachers and makes PE even more enjoyable”
- “…helped me understand Geography really well”
- “…showed me Maths isn’t scary”
- “…has the talent to control classes and there is less noise”
Our Staff
Our school is a highly diverse community, and it is very important to us that the profile of our staff group matches that of our students. We therefore welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates from a wide range of backgrounds.
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.
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About Greenford High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 2015 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Greenford High School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@greenford.ealing.sch.uk
GHS is a large, multi-cultural, mixed gender, non-selective High School based in Southall, Ealing. We have a large Post-16 centre of over 500 students and our own "school within a school": I-Block, a "stepping stone" for Yrs. 7 & 8. Over the last decade we have consistently been in the top 5% of schools for student progress.
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