Sherburn High School
North Yorkshire
£32,916 - £51,048 per year
Salary:
MPS/UPS plus TLR2B (£5,864)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
05 January 2026
Apply by:
6 October 2025
Job overview
Curriculum Leader: Performing Arts
Curriculum Leader of Performing Arts: MPS/UPS + TLR2B (£5,864)
Vacancy Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Start Date: January 2026
We are looking to appoint an outstanding classroom practitioner to lead an innovative and dynamic Performing Arts Department team. As an Enthusiastic, hardworking and highly effective well qualified teacher, you must be able to teach Music and/or Drama at KS3, KS4 and the potential to deliver KS5 courses'.
Sherburn High School is a friendly, top performing and innovative school set in an attractive position in the North Yorkshire rural village of Sherburn in Elmet, which is only 10 minutes from the A1(M) hence making it easily and quickly accessible from Leeds, York, Doncaster, Bradford, Pontefract and the surrounding areas.
Potential applicants are encouraged to contact the school if further information is required. Please contact Lydia Jackson, Lead Practitioner by email on
Closing Date: 9am Monday 6th October 2025
Interviews will be held: Friday 10th October 2025
Enhanced DBS clearances and references will be obtained prior to appointment. Online checks are completed for all shortlisted candidates.
Sherburn High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We welcome applications from all sections of the community; we appoint on merit. Age range 11-18 mixed comprehensive with Sixth Form.
The Trust is committed to equality, and to making fair and equitable treatment an integral part of everything we do.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to a successful DBS check and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before an appointment is confirmed.
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About Sherburn High School
Sherburn High School
Garden Lane, Sherburn-in-elmet, Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS25 6AS
United Kingdom
About Sherburn High School
Sherburn High School is situated in an attractive position on the western fringes of the village of Sherburn in Elmet, which lies in the M1/A1/A64 corridor between Leeds and York. First class housing and education choices, and a wide range of leisure opportunities are also available. We are a thriving school community that is big enough to deliver but small enough to care.
We strive to be open, honest and up for the challenge We don't claim to know all the answers or to always get it right, but we do claim to try our very best to support and care about every single young person in our school as summed up by our school motto "Achievement for All."
We are fortunate to have an established and cohesive team of outstanding practitioners within a successful and vibrant school. At Sherburn we do not limit our definition of achievement simply to academic pursuits. We believe in developing well-rounded individuals and, as such, we make a significant investment in sports and the arts.
If you would like to know more about the school and its activities, please look at our website
and get in touch. Thank you for your interest in our school.
Sherburn High School Aims & Vision
We want members of our community to be:
* Skilled for the future
* Lifelong learners
* Emotionally resilient
* Confident
* Aspirational
* Open-minded
* Kind to themselves, others and their environment
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