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Head of Music Department TLR 2A £7,847 pa
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0SFThis job expired on 8 January 2024
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
8 January 2024 at 8am
Date listed
6 December 2023
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: 32.5 hours per week.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR 2A £7,847 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint a creative, enthusiastic and inspiring Head of Music to lead this important area of our curriculum from September. This is a unique opportunity to develop, evolve and expand the current Music Department as it moves into a new building with a dedicated Music area including 2 teaching rooms, 1 ensemble room and 7 practice rooms. The successful candidate will have a strong vision on how to develop both the Music curriculum and the extra curricular opportunities that this post presents.
We welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate:
a passion for teaching Music
commitment to promoting high quality teaching and learning within this department
experience of running multiple extra curricular opportunities for a range of musical genres
ability to promote Music across the curriculum
What the school offers its staff
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1240 students with a mixed sixth form of approximately 340. MGGS has been appointed by the Department for Education as a Regional Computer Hub in recognition of the expertise the school has evidenced in Computing Education and will take a lead in training teachers across the south east in the delivery of Computing. The post offers the opportunity to work with intellectually able young people in a supportive and friendly environment. Staff benefits include strong support for professional development and healthcare scheme.
“Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school” (Ofsted March 2023)
Commitment to safeguarding
Our School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1244 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Maidstone Grammar School for Girls website
- Email address
- mstarns@mggs.org
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1,270 students with a mixed sixth form of approximately 360. Ofsted judged us to be outstanding and our examination results reflect this. We are a happy, thriving community, with a long standing tradition of excellence in all that we do. We have been an Advanced Thinking School since 2015. The post offers the opportunity to work with intellectually able young people in a supportive and friendly environment. Staff benefits include strong support for professional development.
“Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school” (Ofsted March 2023)
If you wish to find out more about MGGS please visit our website at https://www.mggs.org/ and to take a virtual tour please visit https://youtu.be/kuqmn-D4AJY
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