Head of Dance
Wollaston School
Northamptonshire
- New
- Salary:
- MPS / UPS & TLR 2A (£3,214)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 30 September 2024
Job overview
MPS / UPS & TLR 2A (£3,214)
(Required For January 2025 —Permanent Position)
We are seeking to appoint a highly skilled and experienced teacher to lead our Dance department.
The successful candidate will have the following skills and qualities:
- Be a talented, inspirational, and enthusiastic teacher who is able to engage with all students and promote a love of the subject.
- Have a passion for performing arts and musical theatre and be enthusiastic about providing opportunities to grow student participation and performance.
- Be an inspirational teacher who can demonstrate and model outstanding practice to support the development of colleagues.
- Be able to set and model high expectations that promote an exceptional climate for learning in the department.
- Be responsible for the quality of education, quality assurance processes and improvement planning for dance.
- Develop an excellent academic and extra-curricular curriculum that appeals to a wide range of students.
Dance is a popular subject that is taught from Key Stage 3–5, with students following the AQA specification for GCSE and A level at Key Stage 5. The faculty also offers a vibrant enrichment programme outside of the classroom, including successfully competing in the national competition ‘Dance Live’.
This is an exciting opportunity for any individual who wishes to develop their career in a welcoming, ambitious and supportive school with a dedicated team of teachers, excellent facilities and a fantastic cohort of students.
Informal visits are welcomed if you would like to see us in action and to learn more about us prior to your application.
We offer a comprehensive employee benefit package including:
- Teacher Pension Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- An open & welcoming site
- Free Onsite Parking
- New Spin Studio
- School Counsellor
- Regular Team Building Events
Closing date for receipt of applications: Monday 30th September 9.00am
Please contact our HR department for an application form, further details about this role or to arrange a visit on: recruitment@wollaston-school.net Alternatively you can download details directly from the school website at: www.wollastonschool.com
Wollaston School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Wollaston School rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted May 2023
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About Wollaston School
- Wollaston School
- Irchester Road, Wollaston, Wellingborough
- Northamptonshire
- NN29 7PH
- United Kingdom
Wollaston School is a large, rural community school located in a village setting about 15 minutes drive from Northampton. The student intake draws on nearby villages and the towns of Earls Barton, Wellingborough, and Irchester. We have over 1400 students on roll with approximately 240 students in the Sixth Form. The school is over-subscribed. Wollaston School was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2023.
We are a school that takes great pride in our central purpose - to prepare every student for success. Success in academic qualifications, success in a wide range of extra-curricular and leadership activities and success in every individual’s personal and social development. We work towards this mission through a focus on exceptional levels of pastoral support and an academic and enrichment programme designed to ensure that every individual reaches their true potential.
At Wollaston, we believe in aiming high. We target excellence with the utmost commitment, but we also remember that a truly inspiring education is one that is filled with joy, laughter and happiness. We are also a school that is led by our values. We value honesty, kindness and tolerance. We embrace individuality as well as collective responsibility, we celebrate diversity, promote equality of opportunity, and we are a community which supports every individual to achieve all that they are capable of.
For most students, Wollaston School provides an education which lasts for seven years, from age 11 to age 18. Our ambition is to ensure that at the end of that journey, every student is ready to take their place in society as positive, purposeful, ethical and well qualified individuals.
Life at Wollaston School is characterised by an ethos of warmth, respect and ambition. We value effective working relationships with parents and we believe in delivering a high quality professional service in every aspect of our work. We offer a broad and exciting curriculum, expert teaching and high standards of academic achievement. We promote impeccable standards of behaviour and we expect the very best of every individual who walks through our doors. We are a team of staff and students who are committed to ensuring that our school is a truly exceptional place of learning.
Welcome to Wollaston School. If you would like to see us at work, please book a visit; we would be proud to show you our school.
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