Head of Music
Ark Pioneer Academy, Barnet, EN5 2BEThis job expired on 14 October 2022 – see similar jobs
Earliest start date
1 January 2023
Latest start date
30 April 2023
Closing date
14 October 2022 at 9am
Date listed
20 September 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Full time: Your working times will Monday – Friday, during term time only Normal working hours are 8am to 5pm on each of the 195 days
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- ARK MPS £30,663 - £42,166 / UPS £44,264 - £47,601 plus TLR 2c £7,017
Additional allowances
ARK MPS £30,663 - £42,166 / UPS £44,264 - £47,601 plus TLR 2c £7,017
Head of Music job summary
Head of Music
Location: Barnet, London — a five minute walk from High Barnet tube station
Start: Jan or April 2023
Opportunity for an exceptional teacher to head up our Music Department, shaping a new Ark secondary school as we embark on Key Stage 4
In September 2019, Ark Pioneer, a non-selective secondary school, opened its doors to our brand new building in Barnet and welcomed in our first year 7. By the time these pupils reach year 13, we’ll have over a thousand pupils. Our school is focused on delivering a standard of education matching the very best schools in the country. Our vision is that every pupil leaves Ark Pioneer with real options, be it embarking on the university course of their choice or starting out in their chosen career.
We are recruiting a team of exceptional staff to achieve our vision and work together to create a genuinely outstanding school. Music is incredibly important to our school life; almost a quarter of pupils learn an instrument in school during the day, we have ensembles and young artists participating and performing at network events and we were very proud to be awarded a Music Mark last year for our team’s work to shape music provision at Pioneer. This is also an exciting time to join the team as we launch our Key Stage 4 provision this year. The new Music Lead will plan our offer to ensure we promote inclusion and joy in the learning of music as well as supporting our elite musicians and singers. We will develop every teacher that joins our team, providing one-to-one support, coaching and mentoring and access to extensive network training.
The ideal candidate will
- Have a strong academic background, with good A Levels or equivalent, and a good degree
- Combine subject matter expertise with a passion for teaching music
- Share the Ark Pioneer vision and be aligned with the six pillars underpinning it
- Value and support practices driving continued progress across the network of Ark schools.
Please submit your application by 9am on Friday 14th October. For further information, a confidential discussion or any technical queries please contact c.conces@arkpioneer.org and our Principal will be in touch with you.
Closing Date: 9am on Friday 14th October
Salary: ARK MPS £30,663 - £42,166 / UPS £46,215 - £47,288 plus TLR 2c £7,017
Contract: Full-time hours, permanent contract
We value diversity and are committed to safeguarding and promoting child welfare. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and any other relevant employment checks.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.
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About Ark Pioneer Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 998 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ark Pioneer Academy website
- Email address
- c.conces@arkpioneer.org
- Phone number
- 0203 787 4090
We’re lucky to be based in a brand-new building with top class facilities. We serve a wonderfully diverse community - we are non-denominational, mixed gender and two-fifths of our pupils receive pupil premium funding. We’re led by our values - Aim High, Have Integrity, Be Kind and Model Determination and our team truly unite behind our vision. Curriculum is incredibly important to us and we’ve planned backwards from university readiness to give our pupils the very best in every subject discipline. We timetable collaborative planning and love to engage in ‘productive struggle’. Every team member is supported with coaching and tailored professional development, whatever stage they are at in their career. Our extended school day (we finish at 4 four days a week and earlier on Wednesday) allows us to offer a broad, rich curriculum and timetabled enrichment for every child - but we never have meetings after school. Our team say: ‘All staff are incredibly supportive and positive, and it is a great environment to work in’.
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