Job Description

Job type:

Part Time, Permanent

Start date:

01/09/2025

Apply by:

5 May 2025

Job overview

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Part-time (0.8)

Salary up to 33,756 per annum (actual salary) (FTE 42,195) - dependent on experience

Elmhurst Ballet School is a highly successful vocational ballet boarding school associated with Birmingham Royal Ballet and is based one mile from the city centre in Edgbaston. Students are equipped with the skills, resilience and creativity to succeed and make a difference in the professional dance world and beyond. Our philosophy is Live, Dance, Learn; supporting excellence in dance, excellence in health and wellbeing and excellence in academic study. Our aim is to train and educate students in classical ballet and other dance styles to such a high standard that graduates go on to dance for Birmingham Royal Ballet and other national and international dance companies.


The school is seeking to recruit a part-time

Teacher of Mathematics,

teaching subjects at KS3 - KS5

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Elmhurst is academically non-selective but has excellent levels of student achievement. The pass rate in the Mathematics department has been 100% grade 4+ every year since 2017. Students are taught in classes of around 25 at KS3, with small option groups at KS4 and KS5. The majority of student's board at the school with a small number of day students.


This is an exciting opportunity to join a school that is highly successful where students have a desire to learn.

Additional Information

For the job description and application pack, please click on "Apply on school website" below which will direct you to the Elmhurst Ballet School website.
General enquiries and requests to visit the school should be emailed to: jobs@elmhurstdance.co.uk
CV's cannot be accepted and we kindly request no contact from employment agencies

Closing Date - Monday 5th May 2025

Interviews - w/b 12th May 2025

Please note we will communicate any interview arrangements with you via email, so please check your email (including Spam/Junk).


Please email jobs@elmhurstdance.co.uk if you need the application form in an alternative format.

Why work for us?

We offer:

A strong focus on staff care and wellbeing Access to 24/7 virtual GP consultation Employee Assistance Programme 24-hour counselling helpline and health and medical information service Free on-site car parking Lunch in our bistro during working hours (term time) Encouragement to develop your professional career in a committed and supportive environment The opportunity to work with a coach or mentor Access to our on-site gym (outside of timetabled student classes) Opportunities to see dance and theatre productions free of charge whilst chaperoning students Enthusiastic and ambitious pupils who are keen to learn A highly effective, hardworking and supportive staff team
Elmhurst Ballet School aims to be an equal opportunities employer and is committed to upholding the safety and welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to child protection screening including reference checks with previous employers and a criminal record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

At Elmhurst Ballet School we recruit for attitude so we expect all applicants to follow the school's ethos of humility and compassion in all that they do.

About

Elmhurst Ballet School

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Elmhurst Ballet School

249 Bristol Road, Edgbaston
Birmingham
B5 7UH
United Kingdom

+44 121 472 6655

Elmhurst Ballet School is an independent secondary school with a sixth form. It is situated in Edgbaston, Birmingham and is a specialist dance school. It is an associate school of Birmingham Royal Ballet. It opened in the 1920s in Surrey and moved to its current location in 2004. The school teaches girls and boys aged between 11 and 19. It has a dance studio which has over 250 seats for an audience. There is also a centre on the site for physiotherapy. The school has approximately 200 students (both boarders and day students).

Principal

Jessica Ward

Values and Vision

Even though Elmhurst Ballet School wants students to learn through a balanced and enriching curriculum, its main focus is teaching them how to dance. Teachers care and support for the students throughout their school life. Pupils will develop morally, culturally and personally while at the school.

Ofsted report

"Children are helped to be healthy and are clear that they feel safe and their welfare is promoted at the school. All have adults they trust and respect and get good support from house parents, nursing staff, academic and vocational tutors. Boarders enjoy being at the school and are happy, confident and articulate. The school has and follows an appropriate policy on countering major risks to health, including substance abuse. Boarders learn good health in personal, health and social education and house parents help them to stay healthy by monitoring and keeping in touch with parents and health staff."



View Elmhurst Ballet School's latest Ofsted report