Head of Music
Broadland High Ormiston Academy, Norwich, Norfolk, NR12 8QN9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
13 May 2024 at 10am
Date listed
25 April 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
- £30,000.00 - £46,525.00 Annually (Actual) Plus an additional £3016.65 TLR2 for head of department
Head of Music job summary
Head of Music
Salary – M1 - UPS3 Plus TLR2 £3016.65 Permanent Full Time Required for 1st September 2024
We are seeking to appoint a Head of Music to lead our successful department. Music is a popular choice at GCSE and students enjoy a range of exciting extra-curricular opportunities as part of a thriving performing arts programme.
You will be well supported by a leadership team and large Multi Academy Trust that believe deeply in the importance of the arts for all students.
At Broadland High Ormiston Academy, we are committed to providing a happy and inspiring learning environment in which all students and staff can grow, develop and flourish. We have high aspirations for every student both in their academic studies and their wider curriculum.
Our academy has a proud history of academic success and pastoral care. We value our staff highly, through support for continuing professional development and through a focus on workload and focussing on what really makes a difference to our students.
In our recent Ofsted inspection (November 2022) we were judged as remaining good with inspectors commenting that:
- Pupils benefit from the school’s strong sense of community. Pupils are kind to each other. They feel safe.
- Relationships between staff and pupils are strong.
- Pupils behave well in lessons. There is an orderly atmosphere in school. Very little low-level disruption occurs in lessons.
- Pupils study a broad and ambitious curriculum. This includes a wide range of subjects from Years 7 to 11. Pupils are supported to do well by teachers, who have good subject knowledge.
We want every student and member of staff to aspire to achieve excellence in all that they do. Our academy consistently performs above national averages in both attainment and progress at the end of Key Stage 4. This success is driven through our unwavering focus on high quality teaching and learning in every lesson, every day for every student. We fully prepare our students for life beyond the academy with a broad, rich, and cohesive curriculum that enables them to become well-rounded and responsible citizens, ready to pursue their future ambitions with passion and integrity.
Broadland High Ormiston Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 and you will be required to declare whether you have any criminal convictions. Broadland High Ormiston Academy is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, Prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.
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.
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About Broadland High Ormiston Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 745 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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