Director of Music

Aylesbury High School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 7SX

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  13 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  28 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of department or curriculum
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS + TLR 2C + 5 ppf
• Additional allowances:

  MPS/UPS + TLR 2C + 5 ppf

Director of Music job summary

JOB TITLE: Director of Music

LINE MANAGED BY: Assistant Headteacher

CONTRACT TYPE: Full time, Permanent
TIME ALLOWANCE + TLR: This post attracts 5ppf and a TLR 2C

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead Music at Aylesbury High School, including GCSE, A Level and co-curricular provision. Part of the wider Creative Arts team, Music works with Art, Dance, Drama and PE to provide an Arts education as part of the school’s commitment to a broad and balanced curriculum.

Aylesbury High School runs a thriving Music Department. Over 180 students receive weekly instrumental tuition in school from private instrumental tutors. There are a large number of co-curricular activities, some held jointly with Aylesbury Grammar School (AGS), our neighbouring boys’ grammar school, including Symphony Orchestra, Choir, Good Vibrations (junior strings), Percussion Group, senior and junior jazz bands, Rock Club, Saxophone Ensemble, Improv Group, Classical Guitar Ensemble and Brass Ensemble.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Aylesbury High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1358 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Aylesbury High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/aylesbury-high-school-aylesbury

Aylesbury High School (AHS) is a forward-thinking girls’ grammar school that values both academic and pastoral excellence and co-curricular opportunities with the vision of developing uniquely talented young adults, who are independent, strong and confident.
We create a welcoming environment which draws the very best from all in our community, achieved by providing an ambitious education that stimulates creative and critical thinking, values diversity and facilitates dynamic personal development.
The AHS values are Confidence, Respect, Engagement, Aspiration, Teamwork and Enjoyment and we want all in our community to experience, develop and demonstrate these characteristics both within the curriculum and through our extensive co-curricular offering.

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