Drama Teacher in Chesterfield

Role: Teacher of Drama

Academy: Outwood Academy Hasland Hall

Start Date: 01/09/2026

Salary (Actual Salary): M1 - M6

Working Pattern: 32.5 Hours Per Week, Term Time only, Full Time

Are you a dedicated and highly effective educator committed to raising the achievement of all students within your subject area? Join us as a Teacher, where you will be instrumental in delivering high-quality learning, utilising a range of teaching and learning strategies to ensure student success.

This position requires a professional who is aware of strategies for improving learning, understands curriculum developments, and is creative in finding solutions to enhance student performance.

About the Department:

Here at Outwood Academy Hasland Hall, the Drama department thrives on a welcoming and vibrant culture of creativity and student expression, allowing students to develop confidence, communication and performance skills. Drama is highly valued and a flourishing subject across the academy, boasting particularly strong engagement and high uptake among our Key Stage 4 students.

The Department is situated in a distinctive listed building set within a beautiful leafy green school site. The combination of historic character and a welcoming teaching space provides students with a calm and supportive setting in which to develop.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate educator to join a department where student enthusiasm for the performing arts is already established and ready to be taken to the next level, using ambitious outcomes, which leads to thorough subject knowledge and sustained progress for all students.

The Teacher is expected to implement and use a wide range of teaching and learning strategies within the classroom, applying techniques like Assessment for Learning (AfL) to continually improve student performance. A core duty involves effectively using student level data to identify areas for development and raise standards.

This professional must be aware of strategies available for improving the learning and achievement of all students, alongside possessing a good understanding of curriculum developments within their specific subject area. The role requires maintaining high expectations for all students and effectively communicating with students and their parents, both orally and in writing.

The teacher is expected to work collaboratively as part of a team, sharing good practice across the department, and demonstrating creativity in problem solving and a willingness to adopt new approaches.

Qualifications:

• Essential qualifications include a degree in an appropriate discipline related to the relevant subject and a teaching qualification coupled with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
• Required experience includes recent and relevant teaching experience (either in employment or training) and experience of assessment at Key Stage 3 and 4.
• The successful candidate will be confident in using standard computer packages (word processing, email, and spreadsheets) and understand how these tools can enhance student learning.

The role demands high levels of professionalism, including the ability to relate to students in a pleasant and sympathetic manner, and a capacity to recognise potential child safeguarding issues.

Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.