Head of Music at Highbury Fields School
Highbury Fields School, London, N5 1AR5 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
11 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
4 June 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
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Full time: Fulltime, Monday to Friday.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main Scale /UPS (plus Inner London Allowance) ;TLR 2.2
Additional allowances
TLR 2.2
What skills and experience we're looking for
The appointed person will be an excellent teacher, who is highly ambitious for all students in the school and understand the life changing role that music can have on students’ lives. They will be able to teach all key stages and will be a reflective practitioner, who is committed to continually improving their pedagogy. Being an effective team leader, who can grow and contribute extensively to our music enrichment curriculum, will be essential requirements.
If you are looking to develop your career in a highly supportive and innovative learning environment and you truly believe, as we do, that every child can achieve excellence, then we look forward to receiving your application.
What the school offers its staff
Highbury Fields School is a community in which everyone enjoys academic and social success.The school actively celebrates and promotes equality, diversity and inclusion and aims to make everyone in our community feel welcome and wanted in school.
An 11 to 18 girls’ school, we are proud to serve a culturally rich, but often underprivileged, community and are fiercely determined that every child in our care will develop into a confident young adult, who is academically and socially accomplished.
The school’s consecutive ‘outstanding’ OFSTED reports of 2016 and 2022 and our consistently high progress 8 scores (0.6 in 2022; 0.82 in 2023; 0.43 in 2024) have established our students’ reputation for academic excellence and we are highly regarded in the local community for our calm, focused learning environment.
Commitment to safeguarding
Highbury Fields School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects that all staff will share and demonstrate this commitment.
The position is subject to a DBS enhanced disclosure check.
In line with ‘keeping children safe in education’ and safer recruitment practices, the school will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. The online search is part of the school’s safeguarding procedures to determine from publicly available information whether they are suitable to work with children and young people. Shortlisted candidates will also be asked at interview about their online presence.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to kbolden@highburyfields.islington.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Highbury Fields School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 747 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Highbury Fields School website
- Email address
- kbolden@highburyfields.islington.sch.uk
Highbury Fields School is a community in which everyone enjoys academic and social success. The school actively celebrates and promotes equality, diversity and inclusion and aims to make everyone in our community feel welcome and wanted in school.
An 11 to 18 girls’ school, we are proud to serve a culturally rich, but often underprivileged, community and are fiercely determined that every child in our care will develop into a confident young adult, who is academically and socially accomplished.
The school received consecutive ‘outstanding’ OFSTED reports in 2016 and 2022.
Arranging a visit to Highbury Fields School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kbolden@highburyfields.islington.sch.uk.
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