Teacher of Drama (Maternity Cover)
Hawkley Hall High School, Wigan, Lancashire, WN3 5NYThis job expired on 24 June 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
24 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
10 June 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: Full time as specified in the STPCD
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until February 2026 - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- Teachers' Pay Scales
What skills and experience we're looking for
Hawkley Hall High School is seeking a passionate and dedicated Teacher of Drama to join our vibrant and high-achieving team on a maternity cover basis. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a school that values creativity, innovation, and excellence in education.
We are a heavily oversubscribed, mixed comprehensive school with a strong reputation for academic success and a commitment to the arts. Our Drama department is well-resourced, featuring a professional-standard studio with advanced lighting and sound equipment, and offers a rich programme of extracurricular activities including school productions, theatre clubs, and drama festivals.
What We’re Looking For:
We are looking for an enthusiastic and talented Drama teacher who:
- Holds Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
- Has the ability to teach Drama up to Key Stage 4
- Possesses excellent subject knowledge and classroom management skills
- Is committed to delivering high-quality teaching and learning
- Is eager to contribute to the wider life of the school through enrichment activities
What the school offers its staff
Why Join Hawkley Hall?
- A supportive and collaborative working environment
- Outstanding facilities for Drama and Performing Arts
- A strong culture of professional development and CPD
- Opportunities to be involved in a wide range of creative and performance-based activities
- A school community that values respect, kindness, and integrity
Further information about the job
How to Apply:
Please submit:
- A completed application form
- A supporting statement (maximum two sides of A4) outlining your interest in the role and how your experience meets the person specification
Applications can be submitted electronically to jobs@hhhs.net or posted to:
Mr P McKendrick, Headteacher
Hawkley Hall High School, Carr Lane, Wigan
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit, please contact Charlotte Harrison, PA to the Headteacher on 01942 204640 or email c.harrison@hhhs.net.
Commitment to safeguarding
At Hawkley Hall High school, your child’s safety and wellbeing is very important to us. Our students regularly receive guidance and support in school about how to keep themselves safe but we recognise that sometimes, as parents and carers, you may also wish to seek advice or support regarding an issue which is affecting your child. This section of our school website will signpost you to resources and information that you may find helpful on a range of issues that affect our young people.
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About Hawkley Hall High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1164 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hawkley Hall High School website
- Email address
- c.harrison@hhhs.net
- Phone number
- 01942 204640
Hawkley Hall is a high performing, heavily oversubscribed, mixed comprehensive secondary school based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The school was graded as good in all areas by Ofsted in November 2024.
We see successful education as a partnership between parents, students, and ourselves. Links with parents are of paramount importance, with regular and frequent contact via parents’ evenings, reports, newsletters, and the school planner contributing to a continuing dialogue about the curriculum we provide for our children.
The school is situated in the southwest of Wigan, close to the M6 motorway, in an area of substantial private development. A wild fowl nature reserve borders the school grounds providing an open attractive outlook to the site. We provide bespoke facilities for students across all of our 9 faculty areas. We strategically invest in our ICT and site.
Staff development is also at the heart of our school. All staff engage in regular professional learning in faculty and beyond. Staff in leadership roles are supported internally and are encouraged to engage in additional training through the national programme of NPQs. Indeed, a number of our colleagues who have been Lead Practitioners have gone on to further senior roles in the school.
Arranging a visit to Hawkley Hall High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email c.harrison@hhhs.net.
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