Drama Head of Department - Full-time

Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre, Tenterden

• Ref:KCC886-5408-459T
• Posted:22/09/2017
• Pay:MPS/UPS
• Start Date:Jan 2018
• App Close Date:01/10/2017 at 23:45
• Interviews:W/C 2nd OCTOBER 2017

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Principal Teacher of Drama

Maternity

Required from January 2018

If you are experienced and enthusiastic about Teaching Drama or Performing Arts, please don't miss out - read further !!

The successful candidate will use their experience and proven track record of examination success to lead a department and build on existing high standards and levels of achievement in Drama across the school.

Giving students the opportunity to develop their creative skills is critical to this role along with a pro-active approach in encouraging young people to engage in Performing Arts. The successful candidate will have already demonstrated an ability to teach Drama/Performing Arts to a consistently high standard in their current role and will be now at a place in their career where they want to develop their own leadership skills.

The implementation and maintenance of the consistent, effective assessment of student progress is an essential element of this post.

The successful candidate will be a facilitator of people at all levels and will develop strategies and initiatives that have longevity, relevance and meaning throughout the whole school. As well as working with other departments, relationships will have to be developed with the extended school and relevant outside agencies, in order to ensure that Drama remains popular and accessible to all students.

An application form and more information can be accessed on the following website: www.homewood-school.co.uk or please contact Mrs Karen Nicholls, Human Resources at the above address.

Closing date for applications: 1^st October 2017

Information about the school

Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre is a mixed 11 – 18 wide ability school with Academy status with 2000 students including 350 in the Sixth Form. We are part of Tenterden Schools’ Trust working in collaboration with local primary schools and nurseries serving the Wealden town of Tenterden and the surrounding villages. The school is situated on the edge of Tenterden and enjoys a large semi-rural site overlooking open countryside. Home Farm Nursery is based in the grounds of Homewood School.

Homewood has excellent facilities for all its students and our specialisms in Performing Arts, Applied Learning and the Rural Dimension underpin our approaches to learning which are designed to raise achievement across the whole student body. We aim to maintain and develop the cultural aspirations of the school community in line with our priorities of “belonging” and “respect” and offer a broad range of curriculum opportunities in all subject areas. This also extends into the local community through partnerships across primary, secondary and higher education sectors as well as non-educational community partners.

Homewood provides a secure and caring learning environment in which all students can flourish and succeed. It is a school renowned for its support for students’ wellbeing. Heads of Community provide academic and pastoral leadership for the students in their Community, supported by dedicated form tutors, a Family Liaison Officer and Assistant Head of Community. A range of other staff including counsellors and a qualified nurse help and support the students through their time at Homewood. Consideration and respect for each other is central to our work and we are justly proud of our students’ achievements.

I hope you will be inspired to submit an application to join us. If you are successful, you can be assured of a very warm welcome and a real opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the young people of this part of Kent.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Sam Stevens
• Address:Homewood School And Sixth Form Cent, Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LT
• Telephone: 01580764222
• Email: s.stevens@homewood.kent.sch.uk

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