Drama Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Location

Greenwich, Greater London | United Kingdom

Job description

We are seeking to appoint an dynamic and enthusiastic individual with passion for Drama to teach in this thriving and popular department.

Drama is a well-established academic subject at St Mary Magdalene, with excellent results anticipated for this Summer's GCSE cohort, and the potential for the expansion of the subject to A-level this September. Our extra-curricular provision is outstanding across the Performing Art's subjects and very popular among our students. With a rich and diverse range of drama being offered to our pupils, this lively department is centred around a purpose-built drama studio with professional stage lighting.

St. Mary Magdalene is a popular and successful school with two school campuses; a primary site in Woolwich and a brand new state of the art all through site on the Greenwich Peninsula. It leads the Koinonia Federation with Christ Church primary school in Greenwich.

St Mary Magdalene’s secondary phase opened in September 2016 and provides a total of 900 places for students aged 11-16, along with a sixth form provision which opened in 2021.

The ideal candidate will: 

• Be ambitious in your determination to ensure all our learners achieve and develop to their full potential     
• Be inspirational in the classroom, providing engaging and creative learning experiences for all pupils     
• Have high expectations and a commitment to the wider school  

We can offer:  

• a supportive leadership team and vibrant professional community  
• quality training to those new to the career  
• a commitment to continuing professional development  
• a positive school culture which believes in distributed/ collaborative leadership  
• energetic and enthusiastic high attaining students  
• a supportive, Christian ethos across our school communities  
• an Apple MacBook for use in school and at home 
• a Federation CPD programme

If you feel you share our values, have the vision and drive for excellence and want to be part of an enthusiastic and dedicated team, committed to ensuring that students fulfil their potential, then we would like to hear from you.

The successful candidate will present the best possible example of professional standards to colleagues. 

Applications will be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited to come in for a lesson observation and interview. 

Our £65m building is situated on the Greenwich Peninsula, beside the O2, offering excellent public transport links via the Jubilee Line to North Greenwich and various bus routes. 

As this role will involve contact with children we will take up at least two references before interview asking about your suitability to work with children. Any job offer will be conditional on you having a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Criminal Records Check and Barred List Check, having the legal right to work in the UK and having satisfactory overseas criminal records checks if deemed necessary.

Koinonia federation is committed to positively tackling discrimination in all its forms and works to ensure that all sections of the community have fair and equal access to and experience within employment. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, in particular those that are currently underrepresented in our workforce; we are respectful of all individuals’ race, age, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, caring responsibilities, disabilities and cultural background.’

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