Teacher of Performing Arts and Music (KS3 minimum)

Woodkirk Academy, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF3 1JQ

19 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  24 February 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  31 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Music, Performing Arts
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (Actual)

Teacher of Performing Arts and Music (KS3 minimum) job summary

To succeed in this role you will have:

A degree, with a teaching qualification

Proven ability to teach outstanding lessons across the 11-18 age range, with first class classroom management skills

The ability to work in collaboration with other members of staff to further the department

Exceptional personal organisation and time management skills

A firm understanding of key national and educational policies and issues

The ability to inspire high achievement in young people from all backgrounds

A clear commitment to improving your own and others’ performance through effective continuous professional development.

This post is suited to a Newly Qualified or experienced Teacher. For Newly Qualified Teachers, the school is able to offer excellent support and mentoring for new entrants to the profession.

If you are shortlisted for interview you will be required to teach a lesson to a KS3 mixed ability class. The curriculum intent identifies that Woodkirk Academy students are confident to be creative, innovative, thoughtful, skillful, and informed performers. How could you empower this? Your lesson should be a stand-alone lesson in one or more art forms. It will take place in the drama studio.

Applicants are welcome to visit the Academy prior to application. Please contact HR at humanresources@leodis.org.uk to arrange a convenient time and date.

Woodkirk Academy is a high performing, successful, well established, fully comprehensive, co-educational 11-18 maintained Academy. We have a proud record in academic, intellectual, social and sporting, musical, dramatic and community developments. Our latest Ofsted report noted a ‘passion and commitment to continuous improvement’ and that ‘leadership at all levels is focused on the progress of pupils.

Woodkirk enjoys an excellent reputation as an employer and our ethos and working practices are well regarded. We take pride in looking after staff and supporting everyone in their roles in order to deliver excellent education to our students.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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 Woodkirk Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1799 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Woodkirk Academy website (opens in new tab)
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Woodkirk Academy is a high performing, successful, well established, fully comprehensive, co-educational 11-18 maintained Academy and a founding member of Leodis Academies Trust. We have a proud record in academic, intellectual, social and sporting, musical, dramatic and community developments. Our latest Ofsted report noted a ‘passion and commitment to continuous improvement’ and that ‘leadership at all levels is focused on the progress of pupils.’

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