Head of Performing Arts
Court Fields School, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 8SWThis job expired on 20 May 2025
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
20 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
9 May 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: Full time, 195 days per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS to UPS
Additional allowances
plus TLR2b
What skills and experience we're looking for
Head of Performing Arts (Music & Drama)
Full time, 195 days per year
Starting September 2025
Teachers MPS to UPS plus TLR2b
We are seeking an exceptional Head of Performing Arts to lead our Music and Drama departments, fostering creativity, excellence and a love of Performing Arts among our students.
You will be joining an ambitious, committed and hardworking team of staff who offer amazing support, both in an academic and pastoral sense, and are relentless in their drive to make a genuine difference to and lasting impact on our young people, families and the wider community.
What the school offers its staff
What you can expect from us:
- Eligibility to join an excellent pension scheme.
- Option to make additional voluntary contributions to pension for local government pension scheme members which can help boost retirement benefits.
- Access to a range of continuous professional development opportunities.
- Trust wide charity events designed to encourage our people to participate in meaningful activities.
- Access to wellbeing provision which offers information and advice on a range of workplace and personal issues.
- Flexible working opportunities.
- Enhanced special leave provision, including additional time off as part of our ‘Personal Day’ entitlement which supports employees to achieve a better work/life balance.
- Free car parking.
- On-site catering facilities, all of which provide healthy and nutritious meals at low cost.
Further details about the role
Closing date: 9am Tuesday 20th May 2025
Provisional Interview date: Thursday 22nd May 2025
INTERVIEWS MAY BE CARRIED OUT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE SO EARLY APPLICATION IS ADVISED.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all who work here to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to employment checks, including an Enhanced DBS disclosure.
About Court Fields School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 798 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Court Fields School website
- Email address
- jmartin@courtfields.bep.ac
Court Fields School has nearly 800 students on roll and is an 11-16 fully comprehensive secondary school. Our 3 values of ‘Achieve, Belong and Participate’ drive all that we do.
At Court Fields School our priority is our students: their academic and pastoral outcomes. We focus on high quality teaching and learning and promote a climate of success and achievement for every student. We have a passion for and a commitment to the core purpose of education and focus relentlessly on each student’s right to the very best provision. We are committed to fostering self-confidence, enthusiasm, perseverance and integrity.
We continue to work relentlessly to support students to achieve academic success, develop their creativity and excel. We provide a positive learning environment where students encounter a wide range of experiences safely, encouraged by a team of dedicated and highly experienced professionals. Our vibrant learning community, coupled with a culture of high standards and high expectations brings out the best in every student, supports ambition and establishes secure foundations for the future.
Court Fields is an inspiring place to work. Having already made significant improvements over the last 2 years, it is an exciting time to join our team. Our staff, students, parents/carers and community are proud of the school, support its journey, and are committed to ensuring that Court Fields provides the very best for every child.
Staff at all levels have a strong visible presence within the school and both students and staff are responsive to one another. If there is a problem, we will take any action quickly and fairly. There must be no child invisible at The Castle Partnership Trust and incidents are dealt with quickly and effectively, so that children know and trust that we will take care of things and will go the extra mile with them. We are also committed to widening participation so that every child participates in learning and enrichment. All members of the school community are expected to pursue these aims.
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