Director of Music
Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 9HE17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
3 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
13 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Drama, Music
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR 1B
What skills and experience we're looking for
PARTICULAR DUTIES
In order to carry out this defined role, the person appointed would be responsible for:
- the care, discipline, support, assessment and effective learning of all pupils within the department;
- developing, monitoring and evaluating standards of teaching and learning in the subject;
- the preparation and implementation of appropriate syllabi and schemes of work;
- the giving of advice on the financial and resource needs of the department and the day-to-day management of the resources allocated;
- consultation on timetable and staffing matters;
- examinations policy, entry and preparation;
- chairing departmental meetings;
- attending annual reviews of subject performance with the Headteacher;
- the representation of the subject on appropriate school committees, as required;
- annually reviewing the performance of colleagues in line with the school’s Performance Review Policy.
- In addition, the person appointed would also be responsible to the appropriate pastoral head for -
- the registration, general supervision and welfare of tutor groups, which may be assigned to him or her from, time to time;
- participating, when required, in an agreed programme of tutorial work;
- liaising with parents through the pastoral head as appropriate.
SPECIFIC DUTIES
- Co-ordinating, and leading where appropriate, all extra-curricular music groups;
- leading and where appropriate, performing in calendared events including School Production, Concerts and Competitions;
- leading and liaising with peripatetic staff over individual and group lessons, as well as extra-curricular groups and events;
- maintaining an active oversight of the department facilities.
What the school offers its staff
Wellbeing support
Professional development
The opportunity to progress
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1030 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- ggobbitt@thomasmills.suffolk.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01728 723493
Thomas Mills High School is a very special, distinctive and successful school. Its focus on an academic education for all, alongside personal development for pupils is increasingly, in the current educational landscape, unique. Pupils are able to access a broad and balanced curriculum and all subjects, including the arts, are thriving. Visitors quite rightly comment on the calm and purposeful atmosphere, and one parent observed ‘it’s cool to learn here’.
Arranging a visit to Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ggobbitt@thomasmills.suffolk.sch.uk.
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