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Hours: Full or part time

Salary: Main Scale or Upper Pay Scale

‍To start: January 2027

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St Bede's is seeking a teacher of drama to join the school permanently from January 2027 on a either a part-time or full-time basis; candidates should confirm their preferred FTE on their application.

Drama is a very popular subject at St Bede’s and is taught across all key stages. All drama lessons are taught by drama specialists and take place in specialist drama studios, with ample space for full practical engagement in all tasks. The three custom built drama studios have superb technical facilities available to be used in lessons, including theatrical lighting and staging. The department is supported by a dedicated technician who is available to assist in lessons when equipment is required.

All students in Year 7 and Year 8 participate in one hour of drama a week. Lessons are entirely practical explorations of a wide range of drama skills and genres, including mime, script work, non naturalism, Greek theatre, Commedia Dell'arte and pantomime. In addition to this, students are offered extra curricular drama opportunities to further develop their performance skills and commitment to the subject.

Students that select to continue drama in Year 9 are taught three times a fortnight and the department is frequently oversubscribed with students that select this option. Throughout the year, students focus on developing skills that will benefit their GCSE drama study, including physical theatre, text work, and an introduction to devising from stimuli.

Students study Edexcel at both GCSE and A Level drama. The GCSE course covers a wide range of skills, including devising, scripted work and deep textural analysis of The Crucible, as well as the study of a variety of live theatre performance. The course is popular in the school and there are usually two well-subscribed groups per cohort.

At A Level, students study set practitioners, including Artaud, Stanislavski, Brecht and Frantic Assembly. They create their own devised performances using a text as their stimulus, as well as working towards a final scripted exam incorporating group work, monologues and duologues. Their final written exam studies two set texts in detail, as well as the analysis of live theatre.

Extra Curricular drama is extremely popular at St Bede’s and has a high profile across the school. The department runs multiple KS3 drama clubs to allow younger students to develop confidence and core performance skills. They frequently perform at events and share their work widely.

In addition to this, the school has a strong tradition of producing large scale, whole school musicals, which are hugely oversubscribed. They involve students from all year groups both as performers and as musicians in the large band. They also include a very large student technical team, which covers all areas including lighting, sound and backstage.

The school would welcome applications from enthusiastic, creative drama specialists, who would enjoy working closely with the department to lead exciting practical lessons, develop the drama curriculum with new ideas and help lead whole school drama initiatives. Training and support would be given by the highly experienced department if the right candidate has not taught the most recent GCSE and A level specifications.

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