3 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 January 2026

  • Closing date

    21 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    17 October 2025

Job details

Job role

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

Drama

Working pattern

Full time, part time: Full or part-time (0.8fte)

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£34,398 - £52,490 including Fringe Area Allowance (pro rata for part-time)

What skills and experience we're looking for

For January 2026 we are looking for:

  • a Drama specialist teacher who has the experience and ability to teach KS3 and KS4. A level teaching may be available for a suitable candidate.

  • a positive teacher who can enthuse, motivate and engage students and is committed to excellence and high student achievement.
  • a teacher with a passion for working with young people and a perseverance to make a difference to them and their future.
  • a teacher with a focus on their own professional development and a drive to work with us to become the best teacher they can be.

What the school offers its staff

Drama at Hazelwick:

• is taught within a popular, successful and innovative department across all three Key Stages

• promotes creativity in and out of the classroom

• provides a multitude of opportunities for performance

• makes a key contribution to the life of the school


Hazelwick is an outstanding school. According to our recent outstanding Ofsted reports (2022 & 2023), Hazelwick is a school:

  • which is very successful, welcoming and ambitious
  • which is kind and caring, with remarkably strong relationships between staff and pupils
  • where you can see and feel the shared values of respect and responsibility in and out of lessons
  • where there is a remarkable sense of community
  • where staff have extremely high expectations
  • where pupils behave impeccably
  • where pupils from diverse backgrounds work extremely well together to achieve very high standards
  • with confident learners who focus especially hard in lessons and use lesson time extremely well
  • where pupils ‘thrive’ and ‘flourish’
  • where pupils achieve exceptionally well in national examinations
  • which is a safe and inspiring place to learn
  • where the school motto ‘effort achieves’ pervades all aspects of school life
  • where staff at all levels speak very highly of the support and professional development they receive
  • where staff ‘love working’

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

• applications from ECTs are welcome, who would benefit from our highly-praised professional studies and support programme.

• Hazelwick School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and communicates a clear framework to employees. Safeguarding is a key aspect of every role and all staff must have read and be fully aware of the Child Protection Policy. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.



Commitment to safeguarding

Hazelwick School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and communicates a clear framework to employees. Safeguarding is a key aspect of every role and all staff must have read and be fully aware of the Child Protection Policy. All posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Hazelwick School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1890 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
School website
Hazelwick School website
Email address
recruitment@hazelwick.org.uk
Phone number
01293 584604
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Hazelwick is a high achieving, oversubscribed and Ofsted 'Outstanding' 11-18 mixed secondary school in West Sussex. we are incredibly proud of our reputation, and of our students, who are fantastic ambassadors for our school.

Our purpose is to maximise the academic achievement and wellbeing of every student at Hazelwick and our staff are essential to that.

We are committed to developing our inclusive workplace, welcoming staff rom all backgrounds and cultures, investing in training and development, and providing a work environment to promote employee well-being and feeling of community spirit - our low staff turnover rate pays tribute to this.

Hazelwick is in the excellent commuter location of Crawley, West Sussex, close to Gatwick Airport with great access and transport links via the M23 and Three Bridges railway station to London, East Croydon, Brighton and the South Coast. Many of our staff travel to Crawley from Brighton - we are the first school on the train line from Brighton to attract the Fringe Area Allowance.

Arranging a visit to Hazelwick School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@hazelwick.org.uk.

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