Teacher of Drama
Westbourne Academy, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5JN7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
01 September 2026
Closing date
19 May 2026 at 9am
Date listed
12 May 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Art and design, Drama, English
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) M1 - UPS 3
Teacher of Drama job summary
We are recruiting at Westbourne Academy
Teacher of Drama (Maternity Cover)
- Required: 01 September 2026
- MPS 1 - UPS3
- Part time (0.6FTE), Full time also available teaching English/Art
- Maternity Cover, fixed term - 12 months
Applications from ECTs are welcomed
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspirational Teacher of Drama who can ensure pupils receive an excellent education through the delivery of high-quality teaching. The ideal candidate will be an ambitious professional with the ability to teach Drama to KS4. Although this position is part time (0.6FTE), full time hours are available if you are willing to also teach English or Art.
You will be joining a dynamic and exciting team, creating a culture of outstanding success amongst our students.
The successful candidate will have a commitment for continued professional development and will be a dynamic and forward-thinking individual, with a real drive to enhance students’ experience of humanities in the classroom. We are seeking an ambitious professional with the ability to teach across the key stages, and join an academy which is dynamic and inspiring, creating a culture of outstanding success amongst our students. As a key member of the team, you will be a dedicated professional capable of supporting and leading classroom and extra-curricular programmes.
We welcome applications from ambitious individuals, who have the drive, passion and vision to lead the department forward, applications from ECTs are welcomed. The appointed candidate will work collaboratively with colleagues and will be supported by our teaching and learning team and a strong SLT.
If you have what it takes, you can join an experienced, innovative team with incredible potential - and look forward to a future that could take you anywhere within the Trust’s Twenty-Two schools.
About Academy Transformation Trust
Our ATT2030 Vision means we meet our young people where they are at and refuse to leave them there. Our pupils will leave us capable, competent and confident and take their place in the community of educated people. Our staff will be cared for, developed and they do will be capable, competent and confident. We would love to hear from those who want to join us in that mission.
What’s in it for you?
Access to continuous personal development programs. A bespoke platform supporting colleague welfare and benefits, including pension scheme, employee assistance program (EAP), recognition and reward scheme, cycle to work scheme and discounts on many major high street brands.
For Further information and to apply online, please see our application pack.
Westbourne Academy is part of the Academy Transformation Trust family, whose ambition is that every person who passes through our schools and colleges becomes an educated person - able to take a rightful place in the community of educated people and to join what Robert Maynard Hutchins called “the Great Conversation.” An ATT education stresses history, the scientific mode of thinking, the disciplined use of language, a wide-ranging knowledge of the arts and religion, and the continuity of human enterprise. We aspire for everyone, regardless of their starting point, to leave us capable, competent, and confident.
Westbourne Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2025. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.
Closing date: 09:00am, Tuesday 19 May 2026
Interview date: To be confirmed
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Westbourne Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2024. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Westbourne Academy
- School type
- Academies, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1038 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Westbourne Academy website
Westbourne Academy is a calm and happy school. We are an inclusive academy. We support all students, regardless of their starting point, to achieve their potential and develop the skills necessary for employment and life.
Westbourne Academy is not just a school it is a microcosm of the world with students and staff from all around the globe. Between them, they speak 32 languages and their differing perspectives on learning and life makes this a unique academy. We also have the pleasure of 30% of our students speaking English as an additional language and value the cultural diversity they bring.
We try not to take ourselves too seriously but know that preparing young people for the adult world is an important undertaking. Since opening as an academy on 1 February 2013, attitudes, aspirations and expectations have been transformed. We believe that our circumstances are quite unique and, therefore, that we can make a massive difference to the students we serve.
Currently we have around 1000+ students. Many of our students do not have the easiest backgrounds and we are determined to ensure that we remove as many barriers to learning as possible. Around 30% of our students come from a disadvantaged background. We are delighted that Ipswich has been deemed an opportunity area for the Department for Education and look forward to taking an active part in this initiative to tackle disadvantage.
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