Teacher of Drama and Performing Arts
Godalming College, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1RS8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
26 August 2025
Closing date
12 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
1 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Part to Full Time (min 0.6 FTE / 3 days a week)
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- Currently up to £51,014 pro rata per year including fringe allowance.
What skills and experience we're looking for
PERSON SPECIFICATION FOR POST OF TEACHER OF DRAMA & PERFORMING ARTS
The successful candidate will have the following essential experiences, skills and qualities:
Qualifications
- Be a graduate with a degree in Drama or related subject
- Have an appropriate teaching qualification; PGCE or equivalent
Experience and Skills
- Ability to teach Drama & Performing Arts at A Level and BTEC
- Up to date subject knowledge
- Understanding of how students learn and what constitutes effective teaching, learning and assessment
- Very good organisational ability
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Qualities
- Enthusiasm for subject and teaching
- Inspire learning and promote student success
- Ability to continuously reflect and evaluate
- Understanding of and affiliation to the 16-19 age group
- Be committed to continuous professional development
- Maintain high standards of behaviour, in line with the Staff Code of Conduct, and the policies and procedures of Godalming College, as well as having regard to the SFCA teaching standards
- Have high expectations of all students
- Be flexible and willing to deliver on the College Enrichment programme
Desirable
- Post 16 teaching experience
- A-Level or BTEC Business experience
What the school offers its staff
Company Benefits
Financial
- Generous Pension Scheme - Enrolment in well-funded schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free car parking and access to onsite EV chargers
- Financial wellbeing scheme with access to advisory services
- Blue Light Card, Discounted gift vouchers & discounts at many high street retailers via a bYond card
Health & Wellbeing
- Free variety of hot drinks during breaktime
- Access to the fully equipped College gym staffed by a Personal Trainer
- Free Flu jabs, access to NHS health checks on site and support from our Health and Wellbeing Manager
- Employee Assistance Programme
- In house canteen providing inexpensive and delicious hot and cold food, including a Starbucks and Costa franchise
- Weekly and termly social activities
- Cross College mentors for new staff
- Strong investment in training and development with a thorough induction programme
Commitment to safeguarding
Godalming College is committed to equality of opportunity and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Candidates must complete a College application form, may be subject to online searches and are required to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record/information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. It's a requirement for all successful candidates to apply for an enhanced DBS in addition to referencing & qualification checks. The College’s Safer Recruitment, Data Protection and Safeguarding and Child Protection policies are on our website.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hr@godalming.ac.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Godalming College
- School type
- Academy, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth_form_or_college
- School size
- 0 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Godalming College website
- Email address
- hr@godalming.ac.uk
- Phone number
- 01483411293
Godalming College is one of the best performing 16-19 colleges in the country and a great place to work and study. We are very proud of the achievements of all our students and have a strong track record of consistently high results. Value added scores are excellent and the College was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in our inspection in December 2019.
The College currently employs around 220 teaching and support staff on both a full and part time basis.
The success of Godalming College is also about community with students from all walks of life enjoying a whole range of opportunities in a welcoming and friendly environment. Students enjoy a stimulating, lively and challenging learning and social experience; they are treated as adults by specialist and dedicated teaching and support staff in facilities that have seen major investment over many years.
The campus comprises of nine newer large buildings and our older main building, which was the original grammar school, built in the 1930’s. Since the 2000s there has been a phased refurbishment and expansion of the College which included a new English and Modern Foreign Languages block, Media suite, netball and tennis courts and an 11 acre site for Rugby and Football pitches. We would invite you to take the virtual tour on our website to see for yourself the facilities of which we are so proud.
The College is within walking distance of Godalming town centre and the railway station, is easily accessible from the A3 and provides free car parking with EV charging stations for staff.
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