Head of Performing Arts
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace, London, SE19 2JHThis job expired on 20 March 2019 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2019
Closing date
20 March 2019 at 12am (midnight)
Date listed
6 March 2019
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Drama
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,139 to £47,891
Additional allowances
As part of the Harris Federation, we can offer you a range of benefits, including:
Access to a diverse network of phase and subject specialist groups
Support and mentoring from some of the best leaders in education
A performance and loyalty bonus
Pension scheme (TPS) and access to our Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan, covering a range of health and wellbeing benefits
The opportunity to work with our amazing students!
Head of Performing Arts job summary
We are seeking an experienced qualified teacher to join our outstanding teaching team as Head of Performing Arts.
The Performing Arts department consists of Drama and Dance, with Music as a separate subject taught by a Lead Practitioner. Drama and Music are offered at GCSE and A-level. As Head of Department, your job purpose will be:
To be accountable for student progress and development in drama and dance across KS3, KS4 and post 16, including meeting student achievement targets for subject areas which are agreed by the Principal and the Governing Body.
To ensure high standards of teaching and learning across drama and music area, through continuously developing and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning.
To ensure the provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students in drama and dance, in accordance with the academy aims and policies, as determined by the Principal and Governing Body.
To ensure that all Academy policies and procedures are implemented and applied consistently.
To effectively and efficiently manage and deploy teaching/support staff, financial and physical resources across drama and dance.
To support the development for literacy.
To lead on organisation and delivery of high quality termly performing arts events, including a whole Academy end of year musical or drama production.
To ensure that every child has the opportunity to experience a range of musical and dramatic experiences, including organisation of peripatetic teaching
We can offer you the opportunity to advance your career within a supportive academy environment. You will be part of a Federation established in developing practitioners and nurturing excellent future leaders, with unrivalled opportunities for progression; whatever your aspirations as a teacher, middle or senior leader, our Teaching School Alliance provides a range of bespoke courses and qualifications, including our Aspiring Leaders NPQML and NPQSL programmes to help you achieve your ambitions more quickly.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
About Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1271 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- careers@harrisfederation.org.uk
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is a pioneering academy for 1,300 students aged 11-18, and celebrated its 25th anniversary last academic year. The founding academy of the Harris Federation, it has three consecutive outstanding judgments by Ofsted, most recently finding the academy to be outstanding in every aspect in 2014. It is one of the most oversubscribed comprehensive schools in the country and in the top 5% for performance. Come and see us in action: visits to Harris City Academy Crystal Palace are strongly encouraged and very welcome. Please call 0208 771 2261 or info@harriscrystalpalace.org.uk to arrange a time to come in or an informal conversation with the Principal.
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