Drama Teacher - Maternity Cover
The Thomas Lord Audley School
Essex
- £31,650 - £49,084 per year
- New
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- From Easter 2025 until October/November 2025
- Apply by:
- 13 January 2025
Job overview
THE THOMAS LORD AUDLEY SCHOOL
DRAMA TEACHER - HEAD OF DRAMA - TLR2C
(Maternity Leave Cover)
Pay Range: Teachers Main/Upper Pay Scale
Actual Salary from: £31,650 – £49,084 (Points M1-U3)
Start Date: From Easter 2025 until October/November 2025
The Role
We wish to recruit an enthusiastic and excellent teacher to cover our current Head of Drama who is expected to begin maternity leave in April 2025.
We are seeking somebody who has experience of teaching GCSE Drama or an equivalent qualification in the last three years. We would consider applications for teachers who are not yet ready to take on a leadership role.
More details can be found in the job description and person specification (please see enclosed)
- If the successful candidate is suitable to cover the HOD responsibilities, they will be remunerated by a TLR2C payment (equivalent to £3,391 per year)
Applicants must be able to demonstrate ‘outstanding practice’ in their own teaching
Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive an overwhelming response.
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
- To follow any current and applicable School Policies under the direction of the Head Teacher.
- To respond to the needs of the school, with particular reference to the teaching of groups and classes within the school, as deemed necessary by the Head Teacher in accordance with STPCD.
- To be a Tutor to an assigned Tutor Group if required, and to carry out related duties in accordance with the general job description of Tutor
(The full details can be found in the attached Job Outline and Person Specification).
We're looking for you if you have:
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Teaching within the subject area in Key Stages 3 and 4
- Knowledge of the National Curriculum for their subject
- Willingness to keep up to date in subject knowledge and national developments.
Why work for The Sigma Trust, The Thomas Lord Audley School?
We can offer you:
- A Competitive Salary
- Robust school CPD training programme that enables you to flourish
- Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
Employee benefits include:
- Excellent pension scheme
- A Health Cash Plan
- Free membership to Perkbox, offering discounts and savings
- Employee Assistance Programme providing free and confidential advice
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye care plan
- Annual free flu vaccination
- Discounted gym membership at selected local gyms
- Discounted cinema tickets
- Eligible for Blue Light Card
Please note that an integration period applies to all new staff joining the Trust, to support introduction into the organisation.
Additional Information:
For additional information about the Trust and this school, please visit our website www.sigmatrust.org.uk
To Apply
To apply for this post, please follow the URL link provided below:
Please note that only fully completed application forms will be accepted and any CV’s and accompanying covering letters will be disregarded. A Notes for Applicants document is attached for further information.
- Closing date: Midnight Monday 13th January 2025
- Interviews: Week commencing 20th January 2025
The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.
The Sigma Trust is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristics. This is embedded in our vision ‘To Be Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts’, where we believe we are strong and more successful working together, creating a workplace which celebrates diversity.
Attached documents
About The Thomas Lord Audley School
- The Thomas Lord Audley School
- Monkwick Avenue, Monkwick, Colchester
- Essex
- CO2 8NJ
- United Kingdom
The Thomas Lord Audley School is a high performing, over-subscribed 11-16 comprehensive school, situated to the south of Colchester. It serves a wide and diverse catchment area, including Old Heath, Monkwick, Shrub End, the villages to the south of Colchester and the community of Mersea Island. Students achieve a good standard of GCSE results in a wide range of subjects including English and Maths.
The Thomas Lord Audley School is a community in which every student matters. We have high expectations of all students with respect to behaviour, attendance and punctuality and have developed a curriculum, which enables our students to develop as young people as well as achieve good exam results. We have a highly committed and well-qualified staff who encourage students to give their best in all aspects of school life.
The school achieved an impressive ‘Good’ in its Ofsted inspection in February 2020, which recognised the further developments we have made following our previous ‘Good’ in April 2016. Furthermore the school was recognised as the Most Improved Secondary School in Essex in 2016.
We very much value the commitment and determination of all our staff in ensuring that the students access a high quality education. The school is value driven and not inclined to game the system or focus exclusively on the quick fix. Our SLT is mature and well rounded and we have excellent relationships with colleagues. We are a happy school and have a relatively low staff turnover because staff in general feel well supported both personally and professionally. As a school, we take a considered approach to school improvement and performance management. We believe in building on our strengths and developing a few key aspects of our provision in depth and over time in order to have a sustained positive impact on students and to enable staff to experience professional satisfaction.
The Thomas Lord Audley School is pleased to be a member of the Sigma Trust and we fully subscribe to the Trust’s Mission, Vision and Values. We have positive relationships with our partner schools and fully engage in a wide range of activities. A number of colleagues are involved in leading aspects of Trust development at a senior level and other colleagues are participating in middle and senior leadership courses. We are keen to enable members of staff to develop their professional expertise and career.
We would very much welcome an application from you and think that if you came to work here you would have a positive experience.
Simon Essex
Headteacher
Safeguarding
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