Casual Peripatetic Music Tutor – Strings
140 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Start date to be agreed with the successful candidate.
Closing date
31 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
16 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Casual Hours
Contract type
- Permanent
Hourly rate
- Fixed Rate of £29.09 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Ruth Gorse Academy are seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Casual Peripatetic Music Tutor. This role is of great importance to our work as an Academy, the successful candidate will be expected to plan and teach stimulating and challenging lessons, according to the timetable created by our Curriculum Leader of Music, aiming to bring out the best in pupils at any stage of their musical development, from beginner level to the most advanced pupils.
The ideal applicant will have:
- Recognised music teaching qualification, Qualified Teacher Status or Music diploma or other evidence of achievement within your field.
- Detailed knowledge of instrument/s taught.
- Evidence of teaching specific instrument and/or vocal skills to individuals or groups.
What the school offers its staff
What we offer you:
As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:
- Membership to a local government pension scheme.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
- Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
- £2k Cycle to work scheme.
Further details about the role
About us:
Working as part of The GORSE Academies Trust, The Ruth Gorse Academy ensures that students receive an outstanding education that focuses on aspiration, high expectations and personalisation. Together these non-negotiable values instil in young people a self-belief that enables students to access the highest standard of higher education provision and employment. We believe that poverty and deprivation should, in no way, limit either the quality of a young person’s educational experience or the levels of achievement to which those students are able to rise. In October 2023, the exceptional nature of our work at The Ruth Gorse Academy was again recognised by Ofsted and demonstrated within our GCSE results. We continue to be heavily oversubscribed year on year, as we deliver high quality education for each and every student.
If you would like to know more about our Academy, please visit our website atwww.ruthgorse.leeds.sch.uk.
How to Apply:
If you’re as excited about this role as we are, a Job Description/Person Specification and Application Form are available to download from The GORSE Academies Trust website www.tgat.org.uk/jobs by email to recruitment@ruthgorse.leeds.sch.ukor by telephone on 0113 253 1600.
If you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy. CVs are not accepted.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
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CVs are not accepted.
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About The Ruth Gorse Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1274 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Ruth Gorse Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@ruthgorse.leeds.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0113 253 1600
Working as part of The GORSE Academies Trust, The Ruth Gorse Academy ensures that students receive an outstanding education that focuses on aspiration, high expectations and personalisation. Together these non-negotiable values instil in young people a self-belief that enables students to access the highest standard of higher education provision and employment. We believe that poverty and deprivation should, in no way, limit either the quality of a young person’s educational experience or the levels of achievement to which those students are able to rise. In July 2017 the exceptional nature of our work at The Ruth Gorse Academy was recognised by Ofsted; we would encourage you to read the Outstanding Ofsted report which is available on our website.
September 2018 brought with it the first cohort of Year 11 students at The Ruth Gorse Academy. We have no doubt that our students will reap the benefits of immersion within our outstanding culture in their examination results. We are passionate about ensuring our students have the opportunity to actively choose their next steps as opposed to having avenues closed off to them due to poor results or qualifications. Our students receive outstanding pastoral care, support and guidance and we would expect any successful candidate to be of a mind-set where they believe anything is possible. Likewise, our professional body also benefits from outstanding CPD and support which is personalised to your particular needs and experience.
Led by Sir John Townsley, the nationally renowned GORSE Academies Trust is strong and united. As a professional within the Trust, you will have regular opportunities to work in partnership with colleagues within the other secondary academies and across phase. At secondary level, two of the four secondary academies have been graded by Ofsted as Outstanding and The Ruth Gorse Academy has recently joined two other Trust secondary academies to achieve the World Class Schools Quality Mark Award.
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