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Ref no:
EDN28880
Published:
17/09/2024
Closes:
01/10/2024
Location:
Leith Academy 20 Academy Park Edinburgh, EH6 8JQ
Salary:
£32,217 - £48,516 per year
Contract Type:
Permanent
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
35 hours per week

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Teacher of Drama
Leith Academy

Salary: £32,217 - £48,516
Hours: 35 per week

Leith Academy is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic full-time teacher of Drama.

The Drama department offers a wide variety of courses related to the subject such as Drama (National 3-Advanced Higher), Beauty, Technical Theatre, Musical Theatre and Dance. The department is growing increasingly in student uptake due to its vibrancy and engagement with quality teaching and learning. The Drama department is part of the Creative Arts Faculty and is linked with the Art and Music Departments. The Creative Arts Faculty work well as part of a team offering the pupils a variety of performance opportunities, such as, our spectacular School Musicals, Fashion Shows, Theatre Productions and Christmas Concerts.

Find out more about our school and the work we do at: https://leithacademy.uk

Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check.  Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

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