Employment Status: Permanent
Full Time/Part Time: Part time
Grade: Kent Range C
Salary: £26,956 - £27,765 per annum, Actual salary for 15 hours Per Week, 39 Weeks per year (including INSET & Open Events): £9,568.15 - £9,855.30
Hours: 15 Hours Per Week, to include a Monday (Between 8:15am-4:15pm with 30 minutes break unpaid)
Term-Time/All Year Round: term time only
Start Date: September 2026
About the post:
This position is an excellent opportunity for an outstanding and inspirational Technician to join our exceptional team. The post will involve providing technical support to teachers in the Art and Drama Departments.
This post would ideally suit a colleague who is looking for a new challenge and wishes to work with highly motivated, extremely engaged, enthusiastic and able learners. If you are keen to develop further as a Technician then Weald of Kent would be a perfect fit for you.
The team:
Lessons for both Art and Drama are one hour in duration. In Year 7, 8 and 9 students receive two periods per fortnight, at GCSE students receive two single periods a week, while A Level students receive ten periods per fortnight.
We have a beautifully equipped, lively and expanding Art Department. Students follow a variety of topics that have an emphasis on developing their artistic understanding through a wide range of focused, contextualised projects.
Our schemes of work explore a range of artistic disciplines, from drawing and painting to ceramics and printmaking. In Year 7 and 8, students are taught the key art skills while exploring a variety of themes, art movements and cultures. They enjoy exploring the possibilities of various 2D and 3D materials and their associated techniques and processes. Year 9 is a GCSE foundation year, where students are given an introduction to GCSE and its assessment criteria. This will help them gain a clear overview of what the GCSE will entail should they wish to continue with their Art education through Year 10 and 11. We are keen to develop independent students whilst supporting them in making informed choices about the development of their work. They are encouraged to be open to new ways of thinking and not to be afraid to be more experimental in their use of 2D and 3D materials, using their sketchbooks to make mistakes and try out new ideas. Less emphasis is placed on the final outcome.
We also offer a range of extracurricular activities for different year groups to extend their learning and appreciation of art outside of lessons. We arrange for Key Stage 5 students to work with practicing artists, whist both KS4 and KS5 students have had the opportunity to attend galleries and participate in residential art trips to help extend their learning outside of the classroom. We are always seeking opportunities to display our students’ work both in and outside of the school. As well as our annual Art Exhibition displaying our GCSE and A Level work, we seek opportunities to exhibit student work within the community setting.
The Art department comprises a suite of rooms including three specialist art rooms and one photographic darkroom at our Tonbridge site and two specialist Art rooms at Sevenoaks. All of the art rooms have a projector and computer access for students.
The Drama department is an exciting and innovative part of the school. Students follow a variety of topics that have an emphasis on developing their physicality and non-naturalistic response to both devised and scripted work.
Our schemes of work explore a range of skills, including movement and vocal work, and practitioners – from Emma Rice in year 7 to Paper Birds in year 13. Students are taught methods of approach which allow them to maximize their creativity and individual interpretation while understanding the semiotics of the actor/audience relationship. Students are encouraged to use technology to enhance their performances, and we have recently undertaken some very successful multimedia projects inspired by Katie Mitchell.
In Year 7, we move from Pantomime through the tropes of ghost stories to an exploration of tales from a variety of cultures. This is expanded in year 8, where physical theatre takes priority and the students learn the techniques of Commedia Dell’Arte and the approach of Boal before honing their ability to devise within a set narrative structure. In year 9, we move into scriptwork, Verbatim Theatre and explore the methodology of Brecht, which is an excellent foundation for the Eduqas GCSE, a popular option from year 10. A level Drama and Theatre follows the AQA specification, and includes components on set text study, devising and dramatizing script.
We also offer a range of extracurricular activities, including Drama clubs and the annual Drama Festival. We regularly have visits from theatre companies to perform to or work with the students. This helps to extend their learning outside of the classroom.
The Drama department comprises 3 rooms across the 2 school sites, all equipped with lighting and sound facilities.
Application Closing Date: Wednesday 8 July 2026 9am
Shortlist Interview Date: TBC, likely end of WC 6 July 2026
Early applications are advised as the School reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the application process.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post. As this role involves 'regulated activity' with children the successful applicant will be required to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure application. Employment will be conditional upon the College being satisfied with the result of the Enhanced DBS check and the outcome of all other checks.
The School will also carry out a check of the Children's Barred List on the successful applicant. Applicants should be aware that it is unlawful for the School to employ anyone to work with children if they are barred from doing so, and it is a criminal offence for a person to apply to work with children if they are barred from doing so.
This role is also exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask shortlisted applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
Pay: £9,568.15-£9,855.30 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
