Teacher of Performing Arts (Maternity Cover)

We are seeking an enthusiastic and creative Teacher of Performing Arts to join our team on a fixed-term maternity cover contract from September 2026 to June 2027 . The successful candidate will deliver high-quality teaching across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4, inspiring students in drama, performance, and related creative disciplines.

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate educator to contribute to a thriving arts department and support students in developing confidence, creativity, and performance skills.

Key Responsibilities: Plan and deliver engaging performing arts lessons across KS3 and KS4.

Prepare students for internal assessments and public performances.

Foster a positive, inclusive classroom environment that supports creative expression.

Contribute to extracurricular activities such as school productions, clubs, and showcases.

Assess, monitor, and report on student progress in line with school policies.

Work collaboratively with colleagues within the arts faculty and across the school.

The sole ethos for the school community is ‘“if you do the small things right, big things can happen.” Whilst we are committed to ensuring that every student makes excellent progress, this concept stretches well beyond academic performance. We firmly believe that every aspect of school should equip learners to be successful in all areas of their lives, both now and for their future and we are passionate about the personal development of the student body. Indeed, every single decision or action taken improves the life chances of all our learners. This is underpinned by ensuring the school is a safe, nurturing and happy environment: put simply, The Kidsgrove Secondary School is a great place to learn and a great place to work with a family feel which provides a real strength of collective working and strong relationships.

The school is underpinned by a set of Core Values that underpins the whole school achievement culture, that has rewards and celebration at its heart. The school is underpinned by a set of Core Values that underpins the whole school achievement culture, that has rewards and celebration at its heart. The school has been recognised nationally as the 10th most improved school for outcomes in 2024, which demonstrates the relentless drive and focus.

The school has an innovative digital strategy that sees all students and staff receive an iPad to support their learning. The Digital Strategy is fundamental to the school’s vision of achieving digital skills for life. The digital technology delivers to every classroom opportunity for cutting edge assessment for learning techniques and interactive lesson resources. This approach has reinvigorated learning and helps students to develop independence and enquiry skills. This combined with a technology hub that has the possibilities to bring the curriculum to life.

This ethos applies equally to the staff. We believe in empowering our staff to be aspirational and ef