Teacher of Drama with Music

Teacher of Drama with Music Required for September 2026

Salary details: MPS/UPS

4 days per week

Due to our expansion as a result of the growing

demand for student places, the Governors of Kelmscott School are seeking to

appoint a well-qualified and highly enthusiastic colleague to join our thriving

and successful Performing Arts department. The successful candidate will be a

dynamic, inspirational creative teacher, able to raise attainment, teach across

the ability and age range and motivate pupils as well as being a good team

player. We are looking for a specialist in Drama but also someone who is keen

to teach Music at KS3 and possibly KS4. The successful candidate will also have

the opportunity to gain excellent career experience and be part of our exciting

continued professional development programme, tailored to their needs

specifically.

Kelmscott School is a highly ambitious school

in the heart of East London. Inclusion is at the very heart of all that we do.

Waltham Forest reaps the benefits of the character,

diversity and cultures within our borough, ‘the things we have in common and

the things that make us different’. Our school motto is ‘Putting Learning First’ something that we hold

dear. We also have a yearly mantra which this year is ‘Excellence is not an act

but a habit’. Colleagues at our school are very happy and as a result we have

low staff turnover. Staff wellbeing and work life balance is a priority for us

as we believe that our staff, work at their best when they are also able to

commit fully to their family and personal lives. We have flexible working for

teaching staff where they work from anywhere during PPA time. Behaviour of

students at Kelmscott is impeccable. Our behaviour systems are designed to

allow teachers to teach and our students to learn. Our classrooms are

‘disruption free’ something we would be happy to show you.

We

received an ungraded inspection in January 2025, Ofsted saw two typical

Kelmscott days and were highly impressed with what they saw. “Behaviour is

exemplary” and “the curriculum is highly ambitious” are two soundbites from a

very positive report indeed.

Vision:

Our vision of

teaching and learning atKelmscott School is to ensure it provides the

best possible opportunity for pupils of all abilities and backgrounds to reach

their fullest potential.

Our school is on an exciting journey which we

would love for you to be part of. We have what we believe to be a number of

unique selling points that all our visitors experience first-hand when they

come to our school. To get a flavour of these USPs, do have a look at our

Twitter @KelmscottSchool.

As well as

a supportive and friendly environment, Kelmscott offers a range of interesting

employee benefits including:

Regular

staff breakfast Reduced

gym membership at Walthamstow Leisure Centre Working

from anywhere