Head of Performing Arts
| Posting date: | 09 May 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 May 2025 |
| Location: | Wellington, Somerset, TA21 8SW |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 88e2a057-c599-4480-99da-081385ab301a |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Head of Performing Arts (Music & Drama)
Full time, 195 days per year
Starting September 2025
Teachers MPS to UPS plus TLR2b
We are seeking an exceptional Head of Performing Arts to lead our Music and Drama departments, fostering creativity, excellence and a love of Performing Arts among our students.
You will be joining an ambitious, committed and hardworking team of staff who offer amazing support, both in an academic and pastoral sense, and are relentless in their drive to make a genuine difference to and lasting impact on our young people, families and the wider community.
What the school offers its staff
What you can expect from us:
• Eligibility to join an excellent pension scheme.
• Option to make additional voluntary contributions to pension for local government pension scheme members which can help boost retirement benefits.
• Access to a range of continuous professional development opportunities.
• Trust wide charity events designed to encourage our people to participate in meaningful activities.
• Access to wellbeing provision which offers information and advice on a range of workplace and personal issues.
• Flexible working opportunities.
• Enhanced special leave provision, including additional time off as part of our ‘Personal Day’ entitlement which supports employees to achieve a better work/life balance.
• Free car parking.
• On-site catering facilities, all of which provide healthy and nutritious meals at low cost.
Further details about the role
Closing date: 9am Tuesday 20th May 2025
Provisional Interview date: Thursday 22nd May 2025
INTERVIEWS MAY BE CARRIED OUT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE SO EARLY APPLICATION IS ADVISED.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all who work here to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to employment checks, including an Enhanced DBS disclosure.
Head of Performing Arts (Music & Drama)
Full time, 195 days per year
Starting September 2025
Teachers MPS to UPS plus TLR2b
We are seeking an exceptional Head of Performing Arts to lead our Music and Drama departments, fostering creativity, excellence and a love of Performing Arts among our students.
You will be joining an ambitious, committed and hardworking team of staff who offer amazing support, both in an academic and pastoral sense, and are relentless in their drive to make a genuine difference to and lasting impact on our young people, families and the wider community.
What the school offers its staff
What you can expect from us:
• Eligibility to join an excellent pension scheme.
• Option to make additional voluntary contributions to pension for local government pension scheme members which can help boost retirement benefits.
• Access to a range of continuous professional development opportunities.
• Trust wide charity events designed to encourage our people to participate in meaningful activities.
• Access to wellbeing provision which offers information and advice on a range of workplace and personal issues.
• Flexible working opportunities.
• Enhanced special leave provision, including additional time off as part of our ‘Personal Day’ entitlement which supports employees to achieve a better work/life balance.
• Free car parking.
• On-site catering facilities, all of which provide healthy and nutritious meals at low cost.
Further details about the role
Closing date: 9am Tuesday 20th May 2025
Provisional Interview date: Thursday 22nd May 2025
INTERVIEWS MAY BE CARRIED OUT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE SO EARLY APPLICATION IS ADVISED.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all who work here to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to employment checks, including an Enhanced DBS disclosure.