Head of Performing Arts
Head of Performing Arts
TLR 1B
Required for September 2025
- Would you like the opportunity to develop your leadership skills and inspire colleagues with your passion for the performing arts?
- Are you an inspirational teacher with a genuine passion for music?
- Do you enjoy sharing your enthusiasm for the subject with students, both within and beyond the classroom?
We are looking to appoint a talented and highly motivated leader to lead this successful and committed department. As a member of our Performing Arts faculty, you will be instrumental in developing the music, drama and PE curriculum so that it reflects the aspirations and diversity of our community, as well as inspiring students through your classroom practice. Committed to ‘bringing out the gift’ in every student, you will continue to develop our extra-curricular provision, including our nationally renowned steel pan band, choirs and orchestra. External candidates must be able to teach and lead in Music up to KS4.
You would be joining an innovative and vibrant team. Keen to build upon our existing examination successes, you will have a bold and ambitious vision of what our students can achieve. Your excellent subject knowledge and innovative classroom practice will help to inspire our students with your own love of learning. You will be committed to leading, developing and maintaining high standards of teaching and learning at Key Stages 3 and 4 and will enjoy the challenge of ensuring that all pupils achieve their full potential.
Walthamstow School for Girls is a wonderful place to work, learn, teach and lead. We are passionate about education being a vehicle for promoting equality for all and our mission is to empower young women to become leaders of the future. We are a truly comprehensive school, proud of our diversity and committed to social justice.
An application form and recruitment pack are available to download from the school website: www.wsfg.waltham.sch.uk Completed application forms should be returned by email to recruitment@wsfg.waltham.sch.uk Please note CVs will not be accepted.
Early applications are encouraged. Applications will be considered as they are received and interviews arranged on an on-going basis. Walthamstow School for Girls reserves the right to make an appointment at any stage.
Closing date: Tuesday 13th May 2025 (9.00am)
Interview dates: Friday 16th May 2025 and week commencing Monday 19th May 2025
Walthamstow School for Girls is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people. Walthamstow School for Girls is committed to Safer Recruitment practices and procedures. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced D.B.S.