Head of Department: Performing Arts (including Music)
Co-op Academies Trust
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Résumé du poste
Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams in Stoke-on-Trent is seeking a Head of Department for Performing Arts (including Music) to shape curriculum and culture at a pivotal stage of the academy’s growth. The post starts September 2027 and offers leadership opportunities across a growing Free School with a strong moral purpose.
The role requires TT qualification with essential teaching credentials and a degree in a relevant subject.
Qualifications
- Qualified Teacher Status is essential for eligibility.
- Strong A Levels or equivalent are required for academic readiness.
- A degree in a relevant subject is essential for subject mastery.
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- Salary: £34,069.00 - 52,835.00 + TLR2c £8219
- Job type: Full Time
- Contract type: Permanent
- Closing: 27/11/2026 09:00
- Interview: 1 December 2026
- Contract term: TTO - Term time only
- Pay grade: MPS/UPS + TLR2c
- Department: Performing Arts
- Key stage: Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4
- Hours per week: 32.50
- Weeks per year: 52.143
- Visa sponsorship: No
Head of Department: Performing Arts - Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams
Start date: September 2027
Thank you for your interest in the role of Head of Department: Performing Arts (including Music) at Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of a growing Free School in Stoke-on-Trent, an academy with bold ambitions, a clear moral purpose, and a relentless commitment to excellence for every child.
Since opening in September 2024, Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams has moved rapidly from vision to reality. What began with a founding cohort of 120 Year 7 students has grown into a thriving, purposeful learning community. In September 2025, the academy proudly transitioned into its permanent, state-of-the‑art building, a learning environment designed to inspire, challenge, and support pride, ambition, care and excellence. The academy will continue to grow year on year, expanding to full capacity of 1,150 students by 2030.
As Head of Department you will be instrumental in shaping the culture, curriculum, and classroom practice of your subject area at a formative stage of the academy's journey. This is a role for a leader who wants to leave a lasting legacy, someone ready to influence not just outcomes, but lives.
At Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams, we believe that exceptional schools are built by exceptional professionals. We invest heavily in our people, offering double the standard number of training days and a rich programme of development designed to stretch, challenge, and accelerate your leadership journey.
As part of Co-op Academies Trust, you will join a powerful network of professionals united by shared values and high expectations.
Our organisational structures are intentionally designed to remove unnecessary barriers and allow leaders to focus on what truly matters, improving teaching, learning, and outcomes. You will be supported, trusted, and empowered to lead with clarity and confidence.
Our curriculum is developed in partnership with Trust-wide subject directors to ensure ambition, coherence, and academic depth. It is designed to open doors, cultivate curiosity, and prepare students for success in education and beyond.
We are proud of our strong culture, one rooted in high expectations, shared ways of being, and our PACE values. We care deeply about our staff and students, and we are intentional about creating a community where people feel known, valued, and inspired to be their best.
Our extended academy day provides students with enriched opportunities beyond the classroom, building cultural capital, resilience, and confidence. Through a carefully designed enrichment programme, students discover new passions and develop skills that will shape their futures.
This innovative model also enables an additional two weeks of holiday across the academic year, ensuring shorter, more restorative term times for both staff and students.
If you are an ambitious educator with the vision, expertise, and moral purpose to lead with impact, we would be delighted to hear from you. Join us at Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams and be part of something extraordinary, an academy that is not just growing, but redefining what is possible for young people in Stoke-on-Trent.
If you have what we are looking for, we would love for you to take the initiative and apply to be part of a team that is not just building a school but shaping the future of education in Stoke-on-Trent.
Elizabeth Clewlow
Headteacher
Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams
- Qualified Teacher Status essential
- Strong A Levels or equivalent essential
- Degree in a relevant subject essential
Head of Department: Performing Arts (Including Music) | Recruitment PackHead of Department_ Peforming Arts _ Recruitment Pack (2).pdf
Welcome Pack - Our Trust00. Trust Welcome Pack - 2024-25.pdf
Strategic Plan - 2025-2030Strategic Plan Presentation 2025-2030.pdf
About Florence MacWilliamsFlorence.pdf
Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams
Katie Harrison-Revill
katie.revill@coopacademies.co.uk
Weston Road, Meir Stoke-on-Trent ST3 6AP
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
ST3 6AP
Katie Harrison-Revill
katie.revill@coopacademies.co.uk
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Co-op Academies Trust as an aware employer is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. This commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust on its behalf.
Co-op Academies Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all its employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced check by the DBS and satisfactory references. All our colleagues are expected to demonstrate a commitment to co-operative values and principles.
- Salary: £34,069.00 - 52,835.00 + TLR2c £8219
- Job type: Full Time
- Contract type: Permanent
- Closing: 27/11/2026 09:00
- Interview: 1 December 2026
- Contract term: TTO - Term time only
- Pay grade: MPS/UPS + TLR2c
- Department: Performing Arts
- Key stage: Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4
- Hours per week: 32.50
- Weeks per year: 52.143
- Visa sponsorship: No
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