Curriculum Leader of Music
Landau Forte College, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 2LF11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
22 April 2025
Closing date
8 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Competitive
Curriculum Leader of Music job summary
Our opportunity for youWe have a job vacancy for Curriculum Leader of Music.Do you want to work with inquisitive students and collaborative staff? Do you value being at the heart of a vibrant city? Does this sound like your perfect job?Then Landau Forte College Derby is the place for you.
We warmly welcome and encourage potential applicants to visit LFCD. Should you wish to discuss the role further or visit LFCD please contact Anthony Hitchin (Assistant Principal) by email ahitchin@landau-forte.org.uk who will be happy to assist.
Key informationContract: Full time, Permanent
Start date: 22 April 2025
Salary: Competitive – discuss with Principal
Closing Date: 08 December 2024
Person specification
The person we are looking for should:
Be creative and hardworking.
Have excellent personal organisational skills.
Be adaptable with a good sense of humour and able to take the initiative.
Be a very good team worker with the capacity to build relationships at all levels across the organisation.
Be prepared to contribute to broad aspects of Music and related activities.
Be proactive; a forward thinker with an effective grasp of developments within Music.
Be able to work successfully as part of a highly effective team.
Qualifications and experience:
A graduate with qualified teacher status.
An outstanding teacher in Music with a strong teaching record of teaching GCSE or BTEC Music Practice.
Relevant qualifications (both formal and through appropriate experience) to meet the challenge of the appointment.
Excellent in-depth knowledge of the place of Music in the development of young people and within the wider curriculum.
Job description
Duties of role will include:
To be able to secure high standards of learning and achievement across the full ability range at both Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
To be able to demonstrate excellent subject knowledge
To be able to demonstrate a good working knowledge and understanding of a range of teaching, learning and assessment strategies and know how to use them to provide opportunities for all learners to achieve their potential
To have high expectations of young people
To be prepared to contribute to broad aspects of Music, including producing and delivering whole school performances and events
To lead a team of peripatetic music teachers
To be able to work effectively as part of a team, to identify opportunities for sharing good practice
Plan and deliver high quality teaching and learning which:
Develops the whole learner, including Music skills of enquiry and curiosity; is engaging, appropriately challenging and relevant.
Meets the needs of all learners, taking into account the individual requirements of each student.
Fulfils the demands of the relevant specifications, tutor guides and college ethos.
Makes a positive impact on student attainment and achievement.
Work with other staff in contributing to student learning including:
Supporting students outside their timetabled learning sessions through support clinics and tutorials.
Enhancing students’ experience of Music through involvement in enrichment and extension activities.
Actively participating in and contributing to meetings.
Working with other staff to enhance the curriculum, innovate new ideas to improve student outcomes and provide wider enriching experiences for students.
Assessment and Reporting:
Provide students with regular, incisive feedback in response to their written work.
Ensure that marking, recording and reporting are in line with college policies.
Ensure that appropriately challenging targets are set and used with all students, and that these targets are reviewed regularly with respect to attainment and achievement.
Be able to accurately assess each learning groups’ levels of attainment against student targets and national benchmarks.
Fulfil wider professional responsibilities including:
Set and maintain high standards, expectations and aspirations for both staff and students, ensuring they are treated with dignity and respect and that they receive appropriate guidance, support and recognition.
Maintain a safe and well-ordered learning environment, safeguarding students’ health and safety, managing behaviour effectively and rewarding success appropriately.
Actively seek opportunities for professional development to further enhance pedagogy and practice, and keep up to date with curriculum and qualification changes.
The Curriculum Leader should ensure:
- there is a clear sense of purpose, direction and leadership for the Learning Tutors in the delivery team;
- curriculum policy is appropriate and clearly reflects the mission of the College;
- audit and review of the student learning. Consequently, improvement plans must be prepared, implemented, monitored and evaluated including an indication of financial requirements;
- budget plans are properly prepared in line with college procedures;
- planning of student learning is of high quality and supports the subject curriculum policy. Practice must reflect the prepared tutor and student guides;
- facilities and resources are used efficiently and effectively and that the delegated budget is used expeditiously;
- appropriate administrative procedures are in place to maintain accurate assessment records and that these reflect the College policies and procedures;
- roles and responsibilities are delegated appropriately. Objectives are set which provide opportunity for the delivery team of learning tutors to professionally develop;
- the delivery team have adequate guidance and support in order to enable them to fulfil their roles and responsibilities and meet their objectives;
- professional development needs of team members are identified and addressed;
- there is appropriate monitoring and evaluation of the work of the individual and the team as a whole.
- that clear communication pathways and structures exist within the delivery team, with other relevant learning tutors and the appropriate Directors of Learning/Learning Leaders.
- there is active collaboration across Trust schools, as and when appropriate. What we can offer you
A supportive, cohesive and exciting working environment
The chance to work with genuinely enthusiastic and happy students
Career prospects within an innovative and ambitious Multi Academy Trust
A meal allowance, commensurate with your working hours
Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Healthcare Cash Plan, from Westfield Health
Landau Forte College Derby
We are a highly successful and heavily oversubscribed 11 – 19 College with a strong record of success across all aspects of its work. In May 2014 we were accredited as a School Centre for Teacher Training by the National College for Teaching and Leadership. In February 2015 we were designated as a Teaching School and the College is a local, regional and national hub for professional development.
The local area
Derby is a vibrant and exciting city, located right in the heart of the UK. The city has a developed arts and culture scene and the area has a great history. The College is located just a few minutes’ walk away from Derby city centre.
Derby provides great range of sports and leisure facilities and is the gateway to the Peak District. Within a 10 minutes’ drive of the city you will find yourself in the beautiful open Derbyshire countryside with unspoilt villages, historic houses and adventurous attractions.
Derby is 10 minutes away from M1 junction 25
London is 90 minutes away by train
East Midlands Airport is 20 minutes away
For your information
If this sounds like the ideal job opportunity for you, please download and read our Information for Applicants document before applying:
Apply for this job1. Read the Guidance & Criteria document
2. Complete the application form
a. PDF Version: http://lfa.ac/LFCDJobsStep2a
b. Word Version: http://lfa.ac/LFCDJobsStep2b
3. Complete the Equal Opportunities form
a. PDF Version: http://lfa.ac/LFCTJobsStep3a
b. Word Version: http://lfa.ac/LFCTJobsStep3b
4. Post your application
You can email your completed application, along with a covering letter to recruitment@landau-forte.org.uk. Alternatively, you can post your application to:
PA to the Principal
Landau Forte College Derby
Fox Street
Derby
DE1 2LF
All appointments made are subject to satisfactory references and a criminal background check. Landau Forte Charitable Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for this post.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Landau Forte College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1240 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Landau Forte College website (opens in new tab)
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