📍 Manchester
📅 Start: January 2027
📝 Contract: Permanent
⏰ Hours: Full-time
💷 Salary: M1–UPS3

Bring stories to life and help pupils find their voice

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Drama Teacher to join a high-performing secondary school in Manchester. This is a chance to inspire creativity, build confidence and help pupils develop their performance skills in a subject that encourages collaboration, expression and ambition.

Why apply?

• Make a real difference to pupils’ confidence and communication skills.

• Deliver creative lessons that combine practical performance with thoughtful analysis.

• Join a school that values high-quality teaching and pupil achievement.

• Take on a permanent role where your enthusiasm for Drama can shape pupils’ experiences.

About the role

You will teach Drama across the secondary age range, planning practical and theoretical lessons that develop performance, devising and evaluation skills. You will support pupils to take creative risks, work collaboratively and achieve their potential.

What we’re looking for

• A qualified Drama teacher with strong subject knowledge.

• A creative and engaging approach to teaching and learning.

• The ability to motivate pupils and establish positive classroom routines.

• A commitment to inclusive teaching and high expectations.

If you are shortlisted, you will be contacted within 48 hours. All interviews are subject to satisfactory safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check.