Part-time or Full time Teacher of Drama (opportunity to be Subject Leader)
Haileybury Turnford, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 0JU30 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April or September 2025
Closing date
20 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Drama
Working pattern
- Full time, part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS according to experience
Additional allowances
TLR2b
What skills and experience we're looking for
Part-time or Full time Teacher of Drama (with opportunity to be Subject Leader for an experienced candidate)
Haileybury Turnford, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
We require for April or September 2025, a well-qualified and inspiring Teacher of Drama. The successful candidate will teach Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 Drama.
There is also the opportunity for the successful candidate to be Subject Leader for Drama within the school’s Creative & Performing Arts Faculty.
Salary: MPS/UPS including London Fringe allowance (and TLR 2b for leadership responsibilities)
Haileybury Turnford was rated Good by Ofsted, in all categories, in March 2022.
The successful candidate will join our thriving Drama Department which is a popular subject within our school, with many co-curricular and trip opportunities provided to students. The successful candidate would have their own designated classroom adapted for Drama teaching for all lessons.
If you would like to make a real difference to our students in a very supportive environment, we would love to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
It is an exciting time to join us. When Ofsted visited in March 2022 they were very clear about the very high quality of education at Haileybury Turnford.
“Pupils love the fact that their school is friendly and welcoming. They say that it is a school where they can be themselves. This is because it is a very tolerant community. Pupils feel very safe. They attend regularly and promptly and take great pride in presenting and organising their work carefully.”
“Pupils know that teachers always expect them to work hard. They are grateful for this. Pupils know that they can always learn in lessons.”
“Leaders have brought improvements to many areas of the school since the previous inspection, including behaviour and the curriculum. Parents are very appreciative of the way the school has changed.”
“The school is a calm and orderly environment.” [Ofsted, March 2022]
There are excellent professional development opportunities to support your own personalised learning, and managing staff workload and wellbeing is very important for us to ensure our staff love working at Haileybury Turnford.
Haileybury Turnford is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to employments checks and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successfulapplicant will be expected to undertake a satisfactory disclosure.
We insist on the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and will never condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
Haileybury Turnford is also equally committed to being an anti-racist organisation and we encourage you to view ourBlack Lives Matter statementwhich gives clarity on our anti-racist stance.In our relentless efforts to be an anti-racist organisation, we recognise the negative impacts of under representation and lack of diversity in the education system and in all aspects of our society. Therefore, for recruitment into any post, where we have 2 or more candidates of equal merit, candidates with protected characteristics will be given advantage over candidates without such characteristics. This is sometimes referred to as a ‘tie-breaker’ and is referred to as ‘positive action’ in the Equality Act 2010.
To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fullydiverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are 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 maybe subject to the following checks:
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
Full disclosure of any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands/warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to jarvisj@haileyburyturnford.com
CVs are not accepted.
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About Haileybury Turnford
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 922 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Haileybury Turnford website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jarvisj@haileyburyturnford.com
- Phone number
- 01992308333
Haileybury Turnford, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
Haileybury Turnford is a rapidly improving school. We require an excellent teacher of the highest calibre to join our committed and talented team. We offer a supportive team, CPD and mentoring opportunities and a benefits package that includes well-being benefits and a salary extras benefit platform.
It is an exciting time to join us. When Ofsted visited in March 2022 they were very clear about the very high quality of education at Haileybury Turnford.
Our sponsor is Haileybury, the leading independent school, 7 miles north of our school (a few miles north of the M25). It has recently provided significant extra resources to make sure we keep improving quickly.
Arranging a visit to Haileybury Turnford
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jarvisj@haileyburyturnford.com.
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