Streatham, South West LondonSaturdays, approximately 9:00am to 1:30pm | Term timeStarting Saturday 12 September 2026£25 to £30 per hour teaching rate, depending on experience and qualificationsPlus paid setup, pack-up and required admin time
Theative Performing Arts is looking for a warm, dynamic and highly engaging Musical Theatre & Preschool Dance Teacher to join our Saturday teaching team in Streatham.
Established in 2015, Theative is a growing children's dance and performing arts school where we believe excellent training and joyful, creative classes should go hand in hand. We want every child to feel included, inspired and encouraged to achieve their personal best.
We're looking for a teacher who shares that philosophy and wants to genuinely connect with and invest in their students, rather than simply turn up, teach and leave.
This is a regular Saturday position working with children aged 3 to 12 years, with the opportunity to become a long-term member of our team and potentially take on additional teaching as the school grows.
Your Saturday
The role currently includes:
9:00 to 9:10am | Setup9:10 to 9:50am | Minis 2 Singing & Drama9:55 to 10:35am | Minis 1 Singing & Drama10:35 to 11:20am | Tinies Core Dance Combo11:20am to 12:05pm | Juniors 2 Singing & Drama12:10 to 12:55pm | Juniors 1 Singing & Drama12:55pm onwards | Pack-up and end-of-day admin
Setup, pack-up and required end-of-day admin are paid separately from teaching time.
About our preschool dance class
Tinies Core Dance Combo is a 45-minute class for children aged 3 to 4.
Each week includes approximately 25 minutes of our creative Story Time Ballet programme followed by 15 to 20 minutes of either preschool tap or preschool modern/jazz, alternating each week.
You don't need to be a qualified ballet, tap and modern teacher for this position.
What we do need is someone with genuine experience teaching preschool-aged children who understands how young children learn, can communicate at their level and knows how to make early dance training engaging, developmentally appropriate and fun.
A structured preschool curriculum, music, props and example lesson plans are provided.
About you
We'd love to hear from you if you:
- Are a confident and engaging singing and drama teacher
- Have strong experience teaching children across different age groups
- Have experience teaching preschool dance, movement or performing arts
- Understand child development and age-appropriate teaching practice
- Can break songs, scenes, skills and activities down effectively for different ages and abilities
- Have excellent classroom management skills
- Can plan fun, varied, purposeful and progressive lessons
- Are warm and encouraging while maintaining clear expectations
- Are organised, reliable and well prepared
- Take a genuine interest in your students and their individual progress
- Are proactive and comfortable taking ownership of your classes
- Enjoy contributing to a team and want to be invested in the success of the wider school
A formal dance teaching qualification is not essential for this position.
Piano skills would be a lovely bonus, but are absolutely not required.
More than weekly classes
Our teachers play an important part in the wider student experience at Theative.
The role includes:
- Planning and delivering your own engaging lessons using the curriculum guidance provided
- Maintaining accurate class attendance
- Completing a brief end-of-day communication report
- Completing annual student progress reports, with additional admin time paid
- Preparing songs and scenes for performances
- Being available for our annual summer show, date to be confirmed
- Capturing occasional photos and short video clips from classes for the school's social media and marketing
- Communicating professionally and working collaboratively as part of the wider Theative team
There are also opportunities for additional weekday teaching, holiday camps, performances and further musical theatre classes as the school grows.
For the right person, we'd love this to develop into a long-term role within Theative.
Practical details
Classes take place at our Conyers Road venue in Streatham, South West London, within walking distance of Streatham and Streatham Common stations and well connected by local bus routes.
The successful applicant will need:
- Appropriate experience teaching children
- Enhanced DBS, or willingness to complete a new application
- Safeguarding training
- First Aid training
- Right to work in the UK
- Appropriate professional insurance
A licensed chaperone qualification is a bonus but isn't essential.
We're ideally looking for someone who can commit to every term-time Saturday from 12 September 2026 to 17 July 2027 and who is interested in becoming a long-term member of our team.
If you're only able to commit for the Autumn Term, we're still happy to hear from you, but please be upfront about this when applying.
How to apply
Please send:
- Your current CV
- A short covering email telling us why you think you would be a great addition to Theative Performing Arts and a good fit for our students and school
We aren't looking for a lengthy essay. We would simply love to hear what has attracted you to Theative and this particular position, rather than receiving a generic teaching application.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an initial video interview followed by a paid teaching trial and observation.
Applications are being reviewed as they arrive, and the position may be filled as soon as we find the right person.
Pay: £25.00-£30.00 per hour
Application question(s):
- Are you available to work Saturdays approximately 8:15am to 1:30pm in Streatham SW16 during term time?
- Please briefly describe your experience teaching singing and/or drama to children, including the age groups you have taught.
- Do you have experience teaching dance, movement or performing arts to preschool-aged children (approximately ages 3 to 4)?
- Please briefly describe any experience you have working with or teaching children aged 3 to 5
- Please briefly describe your approach to keeping children's performing arts classes engaging while also managing behaviour and supporting progression.
- Are you confident planning and delivering singing and drama lessons independently, including preparing songs and scenes for performances?
- What interests you about teaching at Theative Performing Arts and this particular role?
Experience:
- teaching singing, drama or musical theatre to children: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person
