Teacher of Performing Arts (Music/Drama/Dance)
John Hanson Community School, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 3PBThis job expired on 29 November 2023
Start date details
September 2024, or earlier for suitable candidate
Closing date
29 November 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
13 November 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subjects
- Dance, Drama, Music
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main/UPR
What skills and experience we're looking for
If you are an outstanding Performing Arts teacher, or determined to become one, we would very much like to hear from you. You will be able to teach Music, Drama and Dance, but be a specialist in one of these disciplines. You will join an excellent team, strongly committed to reflecting on its teaching techniques and sharing excellent resources.
The Performing Arts Faculty is bursting with opportunities, including exciting extracurricular activities, regular showcase performances and a bi-annual production. We work closely with the Hampshire Music Service and are developing an exciting portfolio of trips.
We are committed to investing in the continuous professional development and training of our staff, and to their wellbeing.
The successful candidate must have good organization and communication skills and embrace school life. They need to be a good team player and able to support the Subject Leader in implementing relevant curriculum and assessment change.
What the school offers its staff
OFSTED has judged John Hanson Community School to be Good across all four key judgements, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management.
You will be joining a school that achieves good student outcomes and is focused on continually exploring and reviewing the most effective teaching and learning strategies. We enjoy a long-established reputation for looking after our students and taking an interest in young people as we prepare them for a successful future through a broad education.
If you are an ECT, we have a successful ECT induction program providing full support. ECTs will be paid from the 1st July if available for an early start date.
We welcome informal conversations with the Headteacher, and encourage you to come and visit our school and meet our staff and students. In all circumstances, please contact Karen Page (Business Manager) for further details and an application form, 01264 352546 or email adminoffice@jhanson.hants.sch.uk
John Hanson Community School and Hampshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
The closing date for this vacancy is the midday on Wednesday 29th November, and interviews will take place on 6th December.
Further information about the job
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.
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About John Hanson Community School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 993 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- John Hanson Community School website
- Email address
- adminoffice@jhanson.hants.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01264 352546
Vision and Values
At JHCS, our vision is to inspire and empower our students, within a culture of care and belonging, to embrace opportunities to learn, succeed and become the best versions of themselves. This is underpinned by our strapline: Inspire. Care. Succeed.
Inspire: Students who leave John Hanson Community school will:
Be motivated to reach their academic and personal potential
Be proud of their achievements
Find their passion for knowledge
Care: All members of the John Hanson community will:
Feel cared for and safe
Show kindness and respect to themselves, each other and the environment
Develop a strong sense of belonging and service to the community
Succeed: We achieve success by:
Striving for excellence in all that we do
Learning from mistakes
Embracing opportunities
Ofsted
“John Hanson Community School continues to be a good school.” Ofsted, March 2024
“This is a very happy and inclusive school because staff have successfully created a caring and aspirational culture. They share a genuine belief that all pupils can fulfil their potential. Pupils follow a rich and broad curriculum which supports academic development. It is designed and delivered to nurture confidence and independence. Pupils rise to staff’s high expectations of them, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.” Ofsted, March 2024
“The school is very mindful of staff workload and of creating a positive and supportive working environment which puts pupils first. Staff recognise this and are proud to work at the school.” -Ofsted, March 2024
Location and History
John Hanson Community School is a thriving, mixed gender 11-16 community school in South West Andover, Hampshire, with almost 1000 students. The school has a rich history, dating back to 1582, and was previously known as Andover Free School and Andover Grammar School. In 1974 the school was renamed John Hanson School in honour of its founder, and moved to the current site on Floral Way in 2001.
Arranging a visit to John Hanson Community School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email adminoffice@jhanson.hants.sch.uk.
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