Drama Teacher

Drama Teacher

Pay Scale: To scale

Start Date: April 2026

Location: Wakefield

Career Teachers are seeking a passionate, creative, and energetic Drama Teacher to join a vibrant secondary school in the Wakefield area. This is an exciting opportunity for a teacher who can inspire students, bring learning to life, and foster confidence through the power of performance.

About the Role:

As a Drama Teacher, you will:

• Deliver engaging and innovative lessons across KS3-KS4
• Inspire students to express themselves through acting, movement, and creativity
• Plan and deliver high‑quality schemes of work
• Support school productions, workshops, and extracurricular activities
  Create a positive, inclusive, and safe classroom environment

What We’re Looking For:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent
• Strong subject knowledge and a genuine passion for Drama
• Ability to motivate students of all abilities
• Excellent classroom management and communication skills
• A team player who can contribute to a thriving Performing Arts department

Our benefits:

• A Refer a Friend Scheme giving you a bonus of up to £250
• Exclusive vacancies within local Schools and Multi Academy Trusts 
• Competitive weekly pay
• Assignments paid to a scale after 12 weeks (AWR)
• Online time sheets
• Your own dedicated consultant
• Guaranteed pay schemes
• Genuine refer a friend scheme
• Affinity Extra – Thousands of discounts on multiple high street shops including coffee and cinemas, plus other benefits and a Health & Well-being portal.

*These benefits are applicable to those who are working with Career Teachers. You will gain access to the Affinity Extra this portal once you start working with us.

All roles will require an enhanced criminal record disclosure (DBS), although we can help with this process a new application is required if your current DBS is not on the update service, and reference checks.

If the above role is just what you’re looking for, then please send across your CV by clicking the apply button. If not, check out our website for a range of opportunities that might excite you!

Career Teachers are committed to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and welcomes applications regardless of sex, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief pregnancy and maternity or disability as well as adhering to strict Safeguarding procedures.

This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Career Teachers operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, due to the high volume of applications we regret that this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification from us within 30 days please take your application as not being successful this time but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities.