Position: Dance and Drama Teacher

Location: Northampton

Are you a creative performing Arts Teacher looking for your next role? 

Teaching Personnel are currently looking for Teachers specialising in Drama and Dance to join our team as of September 2025.

Responsibilities 

• Plan and deliver dynamic and engaging dance and drama lessons that ignite students' creativity, confidence, and love for the performing arts. 
• Foster a supportive and inclusive learning environment where students feel encouraged to express themselves and explore their artistic talents.
• Teach a range of dance styles and techniques, from contemporary to ballet, and choreograph performances for school events and productions. 
• Explore a variety of drama genres, styles, and techniques, incorporating improvisation, script work, and ensemble performance into lessons. 
• Collaborate with colleagues across departments 
• Organize extracurricular activities, clubs, and performances to showcase students' talents and celebrate the arts within the school community.
• Assess student progress and provide constructive feedback to support their development as performers and artists. 
• Build positive relationships with students, parents, and the wider community, promoting the value of dance and drama education

Requirements

• Fully Qualified Teacher Status
• Qualification in Performing Arts, Drama, Dance or similar
• 3+ Experience Teaching Drama and/or dance students
• Ability to create a safe and supportive environment where students feel empowered to take risks and express themselves artistically.
• Flexibility and adaptability to meet the diverse needs and interests of students with varying levels of experience and ability.
• Full time availability from September 2025

About us

Teaching Personnel is a leading agency in Education recruitment priding ourselves on providing you with a top-quality service. As a teaching Personnel Maths teacher, you will have a dedicated and helpful consultant who will support you throughout your career for as long as you wish to work with us, providing you with a variety of excellent opportunities. We have a very large presence in the Northamptonshire area with a large variety of schools who use our agency so have an abundance of work for all of our candidates.

Please apply now by uploading an update copy of your CV and one of our passionate consultants will be in touch!

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All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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