Head of Drama - Part-time / Full-time

Head of Drama

Part-time / Full-time  

(Required for April 2025 (or September 2025)

St Edmund’s College offers modern facilities in a magnificent country setting in rural Hertfordshire, providing a safe and stimulating environment for young minds.

St Edmund’s College wishes to appoint a Part-Time / Full-time Head of Drama. The candidate appointed will teach pupils of a broad range of ability from Year 7 to GCSE, leading a very experienced team in a department with a proven record of success. The department organises a range of trips and performances throughout the year, most recently to The National Theatre for a backstage tour and matinee performance. It is hoped that the successful candidate will be able to support and develop the work of this department. 
The successful candidate will welcome the many opportunities to contribute to the lively co-curricular life of the College, which is situated in rural East Hertfordshire. St Edmund’s is England's oldest Catholic school offering an all-round co-education for pupils from 3 to 18 and for families from all faiths.

You will be working on a regular basis in a school in a role which gives opportunity for contact with children.  As such, you will be in regulated activity and an enhanced DBS check (which includes children’s barred list information) will be required in advance of appointment.
As with all staff, you will be responsible for providing a safe environment in which children can learn.

If you would like to apply please visit our website in order to download an application pack  http://www.stedmundscollege.org/information/job-opportunities/

Closing date for applications when all forms must be received by HR is: Midday, Wednesday 5th March 2025
Interviews to take place: As soon as possible after the closing date.

Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and we reserve the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.
    

St Edmund’s College and Prep
Old Hall Green, Ware,
Hertfordshire,
SG11 1DS
Telephone: 01920 824335
Email: hr@stedmundscollege.org
    
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Candidates will be required to undergo relevant Safeguarding Checks.

We will seek references on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children and may approach previous employers for information to verify particular experience or qualifications before interview.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.