Second in Charge of Drama/ Production Arts
Ricards Lodge High School, London, SW19 7HB10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
19 October 2026 at 9am
Date listed
9 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Drama
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday - Friday 8.30am - 3.30pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Inner London Teacher Pay Scale + TLR 2.1
Additional allowances
TLR 2.1
What skills and experience we're looking for
You are an ambitious, visionary, and passionate Drama teacher with leadership capacity or clear aspirational potential to step into middle leadership as Second in Department. As a dynamic classroom practitioner, you have a proven track record or strong capability in teaching across Key Stages 3, 4, and 5, including either GCSE Drama, A Level Drama, and Level 2 BTEC Performing Arts across Acting and Production Arts streams. Whether your core strength lies in performance or in technical theatre and production skills, you bring creative flair, exceptional subject knowledge, and high expectations to every classroom.
Motivated by educational excellence and inclusive
practice, you possess a genuine passion for driving
extracurricular life, school productions, and cultural
enrichment.
Crucially, you share our school’s commitment to
trauma-informed education, approaching student
development with empathy, consistency, and a clear
understanding of how to build safety, resilience, and
confidence through the arts. You are ready to help
shape departmental strategy, inspire colleagues, and
ensure Performing Arts remains an outstanding
cornerstone of our school community.
What the school offers its staff
As a valued member of staff we want to ensure that you have access to all the benefits available to you.
Benefits include the following:
- Well being weeks and social events
- A laptop for all teaching staff
- Car parking on site
- Social staff area and work area for staff
- Access to Merton’s Employee Assistance Programme including new wellbeing app with instant access to free support for up to six weeks
- Collaborative approach to teaching and learning
- Merton Employee VDU users – possible to claim a fee towards glasses/eye test
- Annual season ticket travel loans are available
Further information about the job
TLR 2.1 – Second in Charge of Drama/Production Arts
CURRICULUM AREA
Job Purpose: To support the HOD in providing leadership and strategic direction and to develop and support the Drama team to ensure excellent outcomes for staff and students.
Teaching and Learning
● maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the curriculum area including all statutory requirements to provide a curriculum that is appropriate to the needs of all students
● to support the Head of Department in developing a strategic vision for the department
● completion, monitoring and evaluating SoW to ensure that the curriculum is appropriately adapted to meet the needs of all students
● promotion of all national/local strategies and priorities within the curriculum area
● provision of an enhancement curriculum (trips/visits/intervention sessions)
● to formulate, communicate and monitor the progress of the curriculum improvement plan to ensure it makes a significant contribution to the SIP
Student Outcomes
● to analyse and monitor the performance of students within the department to ensure that all students are reaching their potential and developing a range of intervention strategies as appropriate accountable to the Headteacher and Governing Body for the development and implementation of student performance across the department to make a measurable contribution to whole school targets as appropriate
● to ensure the well-being and personal development of all students
Leadership
● to foster a shared vision in the curriculum team which reflects the whole school vision
● to work with the Head of Department to lead, manage and support the team of teachers who deliver Drama at all key stages and provide support and motivation across the Department
● delegation of roles within the department
● leading on the training of all staff in the department to develop and enhance their teaching practice (including coaching and mentoring)
● completion and monitoring of appraisal
● organising department meetings to ensure the efficient and effective running of the department
● to review and report on the standards of teaching and learning in the department in line with the school self evaluation policy
● to ensure all school policies are consistently implemented
Resources
● to be responsible for generating an ambience and environment in the department and the immediate area that is conducive to learning
● complete risk and other assessments as required
● to deploy staff efficiently and effectively in the department
Extra curricular
● lead, design, and organise a vibrant program of
extra-curricular Drama/Production clubs,
educational theatre trips, and large-scale
school productions
Liaison
● representing the department at relevant meetings
● liaising with relevant staff in respect of individual student need (including referrals)
● to prepare and provide regular progress checks to the SLT, Governors, parents as appropriate
● to contribute to the development of whole
school policy
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Ricards Lodge High School
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1534 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- hr@ricardslodge.org
Ricards Lodge High School is an outstanding, successful and vibrant multi-cultural comprehensive school for girls with a co-educational 6th form, RR6.
Arranging a visit to Ricards Lodge High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@ricardslodge.org.
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