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.
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
- 1004 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- John Hanson Community School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- adminoffice@jhanson.hants.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01264 352546
Thank you for your interest in John Hanson Community School. We will be pleased to receive applications from well-qualified and enthusiastic staff who feel they can contribute to the high standards and ethos of the school. This document does not form part of the terms and conditions, but aims to give you more information about the town, the school, the advertised role, its context and an introduction to the students you could be working with.
Education changes lives and we are privileged to work with young people during the most important time in their lives: their childhood. Education is about opportunity and that is what all young people need, and as a school we pride ourselves in supporting young people build their confidence. We believe that young people have great things to offer and the school aims to give them the opportunity to discover their potential. They benefit from a positive, engaging, supportive environment and we aim to make a difference. Positive role models are vitally important and it falls to the larger school community to provide these. We want to inspire a new generation filled with a generosity of spirit and a determination to make things better for themselves and our community.
Our Vision
John Hanson Community School will inspire all students to rise to the opportunities of the future and achieve their potential, by promoting emotional resilience, social confidence and academic success.
Child Protection
Our first priority is safeguarding children. The school is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any offer of employment will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The School
John Hanson is a comprehensive community school for students aged 11 – 16. There are currently 980 students on roll; the teaching establishment is around 55 teachers, 55 support staff and a strong sense of community. The Leadership team are totally committed to the principles of comprehensive education and providing the very best learning experience we can for each individual. It is the school’s role to ensure that all students and staff are supported to reach their full potential.
The school can trace its origins back to 1569 with the foundation of Andover Grammar School. In the 1970s the grammar school became a comprehensive school and was renamed John Hanson School after an original benefactor of the Grammar School. In 2002 the school relocated to a greenfield site towards the outskirts of Andover, very close to the A303.
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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