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  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    28 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    13 February 2025

Job details

Job role

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Subject

Drama

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

MPS/UPS - Part-time, 2 or 3 days per week

Teacher of Drama job summary

The Drama department, as part of the Performing Arts faculty, comprises of 1 full and 1 part-time teacher, including a Curriculum Leader. Our teachers are all passionate and skilled within our own areas of expertise. We work collaboratively to support each other both with the demands of our work and our wellbeing.

Drama is a valued subject in the school and is a popular KS 4 Option. We are also running a KS5 course in A Level Drama and Theatre (Eduqas) commencing in 2025. The successful candidate will be able to teach to KS4 across a wide range of abilities and be an inspirational practitioner.

At KS3, in Years 7 and 8, students receive one hour of drama a week. Students develop their knowledge, understanding and practical skills in line with the National Curriculum and enjoy a diverse and engaging curriculum full of drama exploration, practical opportunities, and skills development. The successful candidate will be confident in delivering at this level in all areas. At KS4, our students currently follow the Eduqas GCSE Drama specification.

The successful candidate will have a passion about learning, be an excellent teacher, and have great subject knowledge with both theory and practical aspects of drama.

The drama department consists of 2 specialist drama spaces resourced with lighting sound and a 'black box' environment. We also have a fully equipped dance studio with the use of barre and mirrors.

Extra-curricular drama is well attended at AVA. We offer a weekly drama club to all key stages focusing on skill development, devising and characterisation work. In addition to this, we present a full-scale winter production as well as our annual musical at the end of the school year. Moreover, we are now offering Arts Awards which enables our students to participate in extra performance opportunities. The successful candidate will be invested in contributing to the continuing growth of extra-curricular drama at AVA and be able to lead and support on this.

The successful candidate will value developing key employability and life skills such as analysing evidence, considering impact, critical thinking, research, reciprocation and value developing literacy.

Like the Academy results, the most recent GCSE results say students making good progress: P8 was the highest it has been in the Academy's history and the gaps between the progress of SEN and Pupil Premium students continues to narrow. Aylesbury Vale Academy has outperformed all other local non-selective schools.

Our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children will be reflected throughout the recruitment process and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and an online screening check.

Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children will be reflected throughout the recruitment process and the successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and an online screening check.

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About The Aylesbury Vale Academy

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 19
Education phase
Through
School size
1816 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 19
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Thank you for expressing your interest in the post of Teacher of IT. This is a school where we aim to go beyond the expected to ensure that students' life chances are enhanced.

We are proud of our non-selective, fully inclusive status and believe that children and young people, regardless of their background, ability or circumstances can thrive and succeed here. That is why we place respect, aspiration and resilience at the heart of everything we do.

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