Teacher of Drama (Maternity Cover)

St John's Marlborough, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 4AX

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  October 2025

• Closing date

  4 July 2025 at 4pm

• Date listed

  20 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Drama
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Negotiable dependant on experience

Teacher of Drama (Maternity Cover) job summary

Teacher of Drama (Maternity Contract)

Start Date: October 2025

Salary: negotiable according to experience

St John’s Marlborough is one of the highest performing academies in the country and a key member of the highly effective Excalibur Academies Trust. The school has exceptional facilities in a state-of-the-art teaching environment.

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Drama Teacher to join our exceptionally supportive and passionate team on a maternity contract. We would welcome applications from both ECTs and experienced teachers.

Drama at St John’s is a high performing subject at all key stages. Successful applicants will have a clear focus on raising the achievements of all students. You should ideally be able to teach Drama at GCSE level or BTEC Tech Award Performing Arts at Level 2. in a vibrant and supportive environment. You will join a department which has celebrated many years of exam success and prides itself on expecting the very highest standards of achievement from its students whilst nurturing and supporting all.

The Academy grounds are situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty, boasting views of Marlborough and the surrounding Wiltshire Downs. The Academy has exceptional facilities in a state-of-the-art teaching environment, and we are a school that specializes in evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning.

Closing date for applications: 04 July 2025*

Interviews: TBC

*The school reserve the right to close the job advert should they receive sufficient suitable applicants.

If you would like to find out more about working at St John's Marlborough, please follow this link to the recruitment pages on our website www.stjohns.excalibur.org.uk/about-us/recruitment/

Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community and reserves the right to appoint prior to the closing date. The aims of the Trust's recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About St John's Marlborough

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1726 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St John's Marlborough website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-john-s-marlborough-marlborough

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