Dance Instructor

About OSH

Old Swinford Hospital is one of the country’s leading state boarding schools. The majority of the School’s students are boarders who come from a wide range of backgrounds in the UK and also from the EU and overseas. A third of our pupils are day pupils, who usually go home after lessons, unless they are involved in sport or music, CCF or DofE. The School is now on an exciting journey to become fully co-educational by September 2025. Girls joined us in September 2021 in Year 7, whilst the Sixth Form has been mixed since 2004.

OSH is calm place to work. It is inclusive, tolerant and welcoming. The atmosphere is supportive and orderly, and it is also very relaxed because for many of our pupils their school is also their home. 

We have recently had two very favourable Ofsted visits, one for boarding and one for curriculum. You can see these via our website www.oshsch.com  We enjoy a very good academic reputation and regularly feature in the lists of the most academically successful maintained schools. We’re not about league tables, however. We pride ourselves on developing in our pupils a balance of academic achievement, character and resilience and we’ve been doing this now for nearly 360 years.

A major building programme has recently been completed which includes a large extension to an already impressive sports centre, an all-weather floodlit sports pitch, a new teaching block with a specialist arts room, a performing arts centre and a new senior boarding house.

Person Specification

• Enjoy working with children and have a personal charisma showing warmth, self-awareness, empathy and kindness.
• Have experience in coaching dance.
• Have the ability to build positive relationships, to listen to advice and show appreciation of others.
• Have excellent time management with an ability to prioritise yet keep in mind a granular level of detail.
• Enjoy being part of a supportive team and work to enhance this environment.
• Have energy, enthusiasm and passion in your coaching dance.
• Be solution orientated with a positive attitude.
• Have a good sense of fun with an ability to work under pressure whilst remaining calm and professional. 
• Displays commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people.

Job Specification

Duties and responsibilities:

1. Plan, organise and deliver Dance classes to students;
2. Choosing music and choreographing dances appropriate to the student’s abilities and age yet expanding their abilities.
3. Oversee set-up and clean-up of the Dance room;
4. Organise with the Assistant Head which students will attend;
5. Take a register on SOCS;
6. To record and report all accidents within the location adhering to location and company procedures;
7. To complete all training as required;
8. Participate in the promotion of School on Open Days and Evenings, Induction Days and any other marketing events as requested by the Senior Leadership Team;
9. Any other tasks that may from time to time be reasonably required.

Hours and Remuneration of Work

Hours and salary will be discussed at interview.

In line with current regulation you will, if you are eligible, be offered a workplace pension through NEST.

Equal Opportunity

Old Swinford Services Ltd welcomes applications for employment from all sectors of the community.

Suitability to work with Children

Old Swinford Services Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants are required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy before the advertised date if a large number of applications have been received.