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  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    16 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    6 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

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Subjects

Drama, English

Working pattern

Part time, full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (FTE) Pay Award pending

Teacher of Drama with English job summary

The Performing Arts faculty at John Mason School is collaborative, supportive and aspirational. We offer a rich curriculum and are committed to celebrating diversity, ensuring all students can thrive in an environment that is challenging and inclusive. At John Mason drama is valued as an opportunity for young people to be creative, to express themselves and to be inspired about their future. We are proud to deliver it as a discreet subject at Key Stage 3 and it is a popular subject at John Mason with uptake at both Key Stages 4 and 5. As well as creative an inspirational lessons we offer a wide range of extra-curricular clubs, activities and performances, where the music and drama teams work together to great effect.

Applications are invited from reflective, motivated and inspiring practitioners who can teach across all abilities at Key Stages 3 and 4. The successful candidate will be passionate about promoting the teaching and learning of drama and have the capacity to deliver great teaching, ensuring that students achieve their full potential.

If you believe in supporting all students to thrive and want to work as part of a collaborative, supportive and aspirational team, we encourage you to apply.

The successful candidate will be:

passionate about their subject; able to inspire and motivate students and staff.

committed to ensuring all students reach their potential.

able to work effectively as part of the team.

a role model for our students and staff.

committed to professional development

In return we will offer you:

a comprehensive programme of professional development

the satisfaction of being part of a friendly, supportive and reflective team

well-resourced schemes of learning that will reduce workload

students who have a desire to achieve and respect the school’s expectations.

excellent care and support for all staff.

Commitment to safeguarding

Abingdon Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check. The Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, di-versity and inclusion and welcomes applications from less well-represented groups in the school and Trust. Posts in regulated activity are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and all shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose information about their previous criminal convic-tions. All staff are expected to promote fundamental British values.

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About John Mason School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1043 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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John Mason School is part of the Abingdon Learning Trust and is fully committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of all its students and staff.

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