Drama Facilitator - Primary Schools

Drama Facilitator - Primary Schools

West End in Schools Closing date: Tue, 05 Jan 2027

Artform: Performing arts
Role: Teaching
Contract: Hybrid
North East

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Job Summary

We are recruiting freelance drama workshop leaders from across the UK to deliver drama workshops at Primary Schools throughout the country from Spring term 2027. This is a freelance position, which can fit around your other commitments.

Job Description

Our primary drama workshops, devised by our Creative Director, Abigail Rosser, allow children to explore their chosen topic from a new perspective, using drama games and theatre techniques to take a walk in someone else's shoes.

For all of our 'Explorer' style workshops, you will work class-by-class delivering a range of games and theatre exercises. All of the activities are provided for you in a detailed plan and training will be provided.

We also offer some workshops which build to a performance, involving every class, at the end of the day.

Many of our drama facilitators are actors in between performing jobs and need to be able to audition. We offer complete flexibility for auditions, and ask that in return you do your best to accept work from us at short notice, if we ask you to, when someone has withdrawn due to an audition.

We are always looking for people that reflect our diverse communities, to help us work in new ways and become more relevant to the schools and children we serve. We recognise that this is not yet present in our current workforce, so we particularly welcome and encourage applications from people from diverse backgrounds and life experiences.

We guarantee to offer at least one paid training day and three days of delivery initially.

A typical day would be:

Travel to a school which could be some distance from home - perhaps staying nearby the night before.

Arrive at a school at 8.30am, start teaching at 9am and finish at 3.15pm. There is usually at least an hour break for lunch.

Lead workshops for class groups of approximately 30 children, throughout the day.

You will be working with children from 4 to 11 years (Reception to Year 6 in England) and occasionally with nursery.

Job Requirements

We're looking for brilliant facilitators who want to inspire the next generation. You will have an infectious passion and enthusiasm for the arts, and for storytelling.

You can be either a full time facilitator, or an actor or director with facilitation skills, professional experience is desirable.

You must either have a recent enhanced DBS check or be happy for us to submit you for one.

You will need good time keeping, planning and organisation skills.

You will deliver the workshops on your own so need to be a confident and engaging representative of the company to school staff.

You must be available for one of the audition dates:
Tuesday 19th January (Manchester) or Wednesday 20th January (London)

You must also be available for some paid training dates:
London: 21st January, 8th and 9th February 2027
Manchester: 10th and 11th February 2027

We will then offer you individual workshop days.

Job Responsibilities

Contract: Freelance.
Work frequency: We offer work in advance day by day, and you have the option whether to accept each day. You also have the option to withdraw from accepted days if you get an audition or a performing job. We expect to offer you at least 5 days, especially in March. Typically our teaching artists deliver between 5 and 40 days of work for us each year around their other commitments, and many regularly work with us over many years.

Rate of Pay:
Workshops paid at £165 per day or £100 per half day.
We pay your fees and reimburse expenses on a weekly basis with no need to invoice us for your fee.
Training paid at London Living Wage, paid once you first deliver a workshop.
All travel and accommodation expenses are reimbursed from your door to the school, and to attend training if travelling long distances.

Locations: We deliver work in schools across the UK and are looking for facilitators in all regions.

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Job Overview

  • Job Title: Drama Facilitator - Primary Schools
  • Salary: £30k-£40k
  • Hours: Full time
  • Artform: Performing arts
  • Role: Teaching
  • Contract: Hybrid
  • Closing date: Tue, 05 Jan 2027
  • Location:
    North East

How to Apply

Please submit an application form via our recruitment page linked here.

Please apply before midnight on the 4th January 2027.

  • Contact name: Nigel Godfrey