Performing Arts Teacher for September 2025
Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy, Swanley, Kent, BR8 8DRThis job expired on 19 May 2025
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
19 May 2025 at 8am
Date listed
8 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Drama
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £38,359- £55,755
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
SEN Allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
Parkwood Hall is currently a residential and day school for pupils aged 8-19 years with moderate to severe learning difficulties, and other diverse and complex needs. The pupils here are an inspiration to us all.
It’s an exciting time at Parkwood Hall and you would be joining at a transformational time for the academy. Under a new leadership team, Parkwood Hall has undergone radical changes to its behaviour ethos, and curriculum design and implementation.
We are currently seeking an excellent Performing Arts Teacher who is passionate about working with children and young people with Special Educational Needs to join our highly skilled team. The roles would suit energetic and committed practitioners who can engage children and young people with SEND and continually focus on, and drive, delivery of an adapted curriculum that meets the needs of our pupils in all aspects of their learning including social development, personal needs, communication, independence and life skills.
Role Summary:
Plan, implement, assess and review learning opportunities for a class group, ensuring pupils make good progress. The Teacher will deliver a high-quality curriculum that is bespoke to Parkwood Hall.
The teacher will:
- Fulfil the professional responsibilities of a teacher, as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document
Meet the expectations set out in the Teachers’ Standards
What the school offers its staff
In return, the successful candidates will join the committed and highly experienced classroom-based teams who are dedicated in providing the best education. Parkwood Hall offers an outstanding professional development package to all staff. In addition, Parkwood Hall also offers an Employee Assistance Programme, free hot drinks and snacks, and ample car parking. We are based on a beautiful site of more than 30 acres and an impressive Victorian building.
Further details about the role
Key Tasks and Activities:
- Provide Teaching and Learning in Performing Arts at a high standard.
- Lead and manage all support staff within the class groups during Performing Arts sessions so that staff feel well supported, trained, and perform their roles at the highest level.
- Monitor and improve the quality of teaching and learning within the class groups leading to improved rates of pupil progress in Performing Arts.
- Provide an outstanding personal and professional role model for all staff in line with the Teachers Standards.
- Ensure all staff within the class groups implement all school policies and procedures leading to effective safeguarding of pupils in all aspects of school life.
- To take part in self-evaluation and performance management processes that will provide the evidence to support these accountabilities as well as the data the school will require for school self-evaluation purposes.
- Be a reflective practitioner and take account of the school’s strategic vision to develop own self.
- Have the ability to analyse pupil progress data in a variety of formats.
- Ensuring that the environment is safe and secure, meeting the needs of the curriculum, staff, pupils, visitors and Health & Safety regulations.
- Ensuring effective communications within the whole school community.
- Be an active member of a range of school-based activities.
- To ensure that deadlines are met consistently.
- To ensure that you are continuously open to growth within the academy.
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.
About Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 8 to 19
- School size
- 124 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 8 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy website
- Email address
- zoe.moore@parkwoodhall.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01322 664441
Arranging a visit to Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email zoe.moore@parkwoodhall.co.uk.
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