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Teacher of Performing Arts
| Posting date: | 15 March 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 March 2025 |
| Location: | Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 9RJ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 1014e8f1-c08a-4aa7-969a-63e00be5972f |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
TRAFALGAR SCHOOL:
‘Pupils thrive and feel safe in this highly inclusive school’ (OFSTED June 2023)
Thank you for your interest in the above post. Please find information about our school on the website www.trafalgarschool.org.uk
Our aim is to provide an outstanding all-round educational experience, and we are committed to the success and excellence for all our students. In June 2023 we were inspected by OFSTED and judged to be a strongly ‘good’ school with ‘outstanding’ personal development. We are enjoying the next stage of our journey (to become outstanding in all areas!) and continue to receive incredible feedback about our child centred approach; our leaders share our best practice through extensive outreach work across the city and beyond.
We would like to appoint a committed, energetic, and enthusiastic Teacher of Performing Arts (specialising in Drama), to cover maternity leave for one year, who will join a strong Performing Arts Department at an exciting stage in its development. In September 2026 we will be opening a new state of the art Performing Arts block which includes a theatre for intimate performances, a music room, practice rooms, dance studio, green rooms and a box office. This £3.2million build is to cater for our expansion in numbers to 250 a year group. With a Dance background myself, I have always had a strong commitment to ensuring all children have the opportunity to explore their skills and talents in performance subjects and I am determined that our new build will encourager even more of our students to specialise in these subjects at key stage four and beyond.
It is expected that the successful candidate will have the drive to inspire students to achieve the best possible results and be a good communicator, able to interact effectively with a wide and diverse group of people. Applicants should demonstrate a well thought out philosophy of education which reflects the needs of all learners and to play a full part in the life of the school community, to support its distinctive mission and ethos and to encourage and ensure staff and students follow this example.
Most importantly, as far as personal characteristics are concerned, we would like to find someone with warmth, enthusiasm, flexibility, and an unrelenting commitment to the success of every child. Last, but by no means least, a sense of humour is essential!
Trafalgar School is a very special community where relationships are at the core of everything we do. We are continually striving for excellence in all aspects of what we do as we fulfil our moto; “Learning today, leading tomorrow”. Being part of #teamtrafalgaris a privilege.
What the school offers its staff
As a relational school, we pride ourselves on our calm, friendly and nurturing learning environment and the positive relationships that are fostered between students, staff, and parents. We work hard to ensure our students' experience is founded on our five core values, linked to the articles of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) as part of our commitment as a UNICEF Rights Respecting School.
Regular CPD Sessions
Wellbeing Days
Employee Assistance Programme
Early Finish on Birthday
Cycle to Work Scheme
Commitment to safeguarding
SAFEGUARDING Salterns Academy Trust and Trafalgar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects 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 checks along with other relevant employment checks. Some forms of employment, occupations and professions are exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Working within a School is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
TRAFALGAR SCHOOL:
‘Pupils thrive and feel safe in this highly inclusive school’ (OFSTED June 2023)
Thank you for your interest in the above post. Please find information about our school on the website www.trafalgarschool.org.uk
Our aim is to provide an outstanding all-round educational experience, and we are committed to the success and excellence for all our students. In June 2023 we were inspected by OFSTED and judged to be a strongly ‘good’ school with ‘outstanding’ personal development. We are enjoying the next stage of our journey (to become outstanding in all areas!) and continue to receive incredible feedback about our child centred approach; our leaders share our best practice through extensive outreach work across the city and beyond.
We would like to appoint a committed, energetic, and enthusiastic Teacher of Performing Arts (specialising in Drama), to cover maternity leave for one year, who will join a strong Performing Arts Department at an exciting stage in its development. In September 2026 we will be opening a new state of the art Performing Arts block which includes a theatre for intimate performances, a music room, practice rooms, dance studio, green rooms and a box office. This £3.2million build is to cater for our expansion in numbers to 250 a year group. With a Dance background myself, I have always had a strong commitment to ensuring all children have the opportunity to explore their skills and talents in performance subjects and I am determined that our new build will encourager even more of our students to specialise in these subjects at key stage four and beyond.
It is expected that the successful candidate will have the drive to inspire students to achieve the best possible results and be a good communicator, able to interact effectively with a wide and diverse group of people. Applicants should demonstrate a well thought out philosophy of education which reflects the needs of all learners and to play a full part in the life of the school community, to support its distinctive mission and ethos and to encourage and ensure staff and students follow this example.
Most importantly, as far as personal characteristics are concerned, we would like to find someone with warmth, enthusiasm, flexibility, and an unrelenting commitment to the success of every child. Last, but by no means least, a sense of humour is essential!
Trafalgar School is a very special community where relationships are at the core of everything we do. We are continually striving for excellence in all aspects of what we do as we fulfil our moto; “Learning today, leading tomorrow”. Being part of #teamtrafalgaris a privilege.
What the school offers its staff
As a relational school, we pride ourselves on our calm, friendly and nurturing learning environment and the positive relationships that are fostered between students, staff, and parents. We work hard to ensure our students' experience is founded on our five core values, linked to the articles of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) as part of our commitment as a UNICEF Rights Respecting School.
Regular CPD Sessions
Wellbeing Days
Employee Assistance Programme
Early Finish on Birthday
Cycle to Work Scheme
Commitment to safeguarding
SAFEGUARDING Salterns Academy Trust and Trafalgar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects 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 checks along with other relevant employment checks. Some forms of employment, occupations and professions are exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Working within a School is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.