Subject Lead Drama (TLR £3527) from September 2026
Gosford Hill School, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 2NT16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
15 March 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Drama
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS + TLR £3527
Additional allowances
MPS/UPS + TLR £3527
Subject Lead Drama (TLR £3527) from September 2026 job summary
Required for September 2025
Required for September 2026
Are you an ambitious and reflective teacher who wants to make a difference to the life chances of our young people by leading our incredibly successful and well established Drama team? The subject is also very popular at both GCSE and A Level and there are many other opportunities offered to students, including the annual Creative Arts Trip and the annual School Musical Production. The school is on the DFE Schools Rebuilding Programme, which means that the successful applicant can be part of shaping the future of Drama, with state of the art facilities, in our new school building which will open in 2028. You will need to be able to teach Drama to students in all Key Stages 3-5.
Our staff are our greatest asset and we are a strong team; a team who work hard to help each student flourish both academically and personally. We are looking for talented individuals who want to make a difference to the lives and outcomes of our young people.
The closing date for receipt of applications is Midnight on Sunday 15th March 2026 however, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we receive applications that meet the criteria. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Interview dates to be confirmed.
If you would like to have a confidential conversation with Nicola Cooke - PA to Headteacher, about the role, prior to application, then please email jobapplications@gosfordhillschool.org or telephone 01865 374971.
Gosford Hill School is situated in Kidlington, on the north western edge of Oxford near to the new Oxford Parkway Station (a 50 minute journey from London). We are also fortunate to be at the gateway to the rural Cotswolds. Our school is part of the River Learning Trust.
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Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.
This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.
The River Learning Trust and Gosford Hill School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
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Further information about the job
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
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View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Gosford Hill School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 848 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Gosford Hill School website
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