Curriculum Leader: Performing Arts
| Posting date: | 13 September 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 September 2025 |
| Location: | Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, NE32 5PR |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 83b81823-4bb6-44ec-a27f-0b6e189f011b |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
• Relevant degree (or equivalent)
• Qualified Teacher Status
• Proven track record of raising educational standards
• Delivery of BTEC Level 1/Level 2 Tech Award in Performing Arts (or equivalent)
• Ability to lead and manage a team of teachers and support staff
• Relevant subject knowledge
• Excellent communication skills: oral, written and presentational
• Ability to use ICT effectively for classroom teaching and in the production of teaching and learning resources
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Knowledge of teaching and learning strategies to raise achievement
• Excellent classroom management skills
• Skill in motivating a team
• Calm and able to work in busy environments and to short deadlines
• Reliable, resilient, motivated
• Able to prioritise
• Innovative
• Ability to support other staff
• Disposed to undertake professional development
• A well-informed vision of the development of Performing Arts across the school
• Ability and willingness to lead on and contribute to extra-curricular activities
What the school offers its staff
A unique opportunity has arisen for an ambitious and outstanding practitioner tolead the Performing Arts area within our Creative Faculty.
The successful candidate will have the energy and vision to build on our current progress and will lead Performing Arts in the next phase of its development.
Staff well-being is high priority at Jarrow School and achieving a good work/life balance is an area of real importance to us.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive applications from suitable candidates. We therefore encourage early submissions to avoid disappointment.
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.
• Relevant degree (or equivalent)
• Qualified Teacher Status
• Proven track record of raising educational standards
• Delivery of BTEC Level 1/Level 2 Tech Award in Performing Arts (or equivalent)
• Ability to lead and manage a team of teachers and support staff
• Relevant subject knowledge
• Excellent communication skills: oral, written and presentational
• Ability to use ICT effectively for classroom teaching and in the production of teaching and learning resources
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Knowledge of teaching and learning strategies to raise achievement
• Excellent classroom management skills
• Skill in motivating a team
• Calm and able to work in busy environments and to short deadlines
• Reliable, resilient, motivated
• Able to prioritise
• Innovative
• Ability to support other staff
• Disposed to undertake professional development
• A well-informed vision of the development of Performing Arts across the school
• Ability and willingness to lead on and contribute to extra-curricular activities
What the school offers its staff
A unique opportunity has arisen for an ambitious and outstanding practitioner tolead the Performing Arts area within our Creative Faculty.
The successful candidate will have the energy and vision to build on our current progress and will lead Performing Arts in the next phase of its development.
Staff well-being is high priority at Jarrow School and achieving a good work/life balance is an area of real importance to us.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive applications from suitable candidates. We therefore encourage early submissions to avoid disappointment.
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.