Head of Drama
Cheam School
Hampshire
- New
- Salary:
- Salary will be competitive, according to experience and qualifications and in line with our own salary scales.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2025
- Apply by:
- 29 November 2024
Job overview
An outstanding opportunity has arisen to join the Cheam team as our Head of Drama.
The role comprises four main parts:
• Delivering curriculum Drama to Years 3-6
• Organisation and production of plays, both Junior and Senior from years 4 - 8
• Co-ordinating the visiting LAMDA teachers.
• Inspiring a passion for Drama beyond the curriculum.
We are looking for someone who can instil a sense of curiosity in our pupils and has excellent organisation, prioritization and communication skills.
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About Cheam School
Cheam was founded in 1645 and is one of the oldest prep schools in the world. Cheam is a IAPS boarding and day school with some 310 pupils, boys and girls, in the prep school and approximately 80 in the Pre-Prep and Nursery. Cheam prides itself on its excellent all-round record academically, musically, artistically and on the sports field. On completing their life at Cheam, children move to the top Public Schools in England, including Eton, Wellington, Marlborough, Radley, Harrow, Bradfield, Sherborne and St Mary’s Calne. The school is non-selective yet achieves consistently high standards academically through an inspirational and dedicated team of teachers, throughout the Pre-Prep and Prep Schools.
Cheam School is situated in a stunning rural setting of 100 acres, ten minutes from Newbury and fifteen minutes from Basingstoke, just off the A339. It is surrounded by smaller towns and villages from which it draws many of its day pupils.
At Cheam children are prepared not only for the next stage but for life beyond. The school nurtures and develops intellectual, personal, physical, emotional, creative and empathetic core values and skills in each pupil. This is done through the creation of a happy, stimulating environment in which pupils experience a diverse range of opportunities and are encouraged to ‘give it a go’ and strive to give of their best in all they do.
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