Head of Music/Deputy Faculty Leader (Performing Arts and Sport)
Mossley Hollins High School, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL5 9DPThis job expired on 17 April 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2023
Closing date
17 April 2023 at 9am
Date listed
16 March 2023
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time hours
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR
Additional allowances
TLR 2c (£7368)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Applications are invited for the above post at this outstanding over-subscribed and ambitious school. As Head of Music/ Deputy Faculty Leader, you will join our Arts & Sports Faculty (Redgrave College) and take Leadership and Management responsibility within the Performing Arts & Sport Faculty, as a whole, with primary responsibility for Pupil Outcomes and Educational Quality in Music.
We are looking to appoint a consistently good to outstanding teacher to take an active and visible role within a thriving Music Department. You will be an energetic and enthusiastic individual with first-class music credentials (specialising in brass band) who can achieve good or better results for progress and attainment with your classes.
We are determined that the successful candidate will have:
- A passion for teaching in their specialist subject.
- Developing skills, in securing good to outstanding progress and attainment with groups at KS3 and KS4.
- Well-developed skills in giving strong marking and feedback to students, which leads to well-matched and challenging learning activities.
- Evidence of good teaching currently.
- Alignment with our school values of Manners, Hard work and Honesty.
What the school offers its staff
Mossley Hollins High School is an Associate Member of the Tame River Educational Trust which has one mission and three core educational purposes. We eagerly anticipate meeting applicants who share our values and would love to work with our staff and students to achieve our mission and purposes. By joining us you will be part of a family of great schools in which to learn, teach and belong and will have direct access to our Teaching and Curriculum Institute with its highly regarded Professional Development Pathway where you will find some of the best and most practical training and support available.
Further details about the role
Mossley Hollins High School is currently in the process of converting to an Academy.This role will be affected by the transfer, meaning that the successful applicant will transfer to the Academy, along with all other school staff. The conversion to an Academy will be undertaken in accordance with the DfE and legal requirements.
Mossley Hollins High School and the Tame River Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out, references will be sought and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and other relevant checks with statutory bodies. It is an offence to apply for this role if you have been barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children
Commitment to safeguarding
Mossley Hollins High School and the Tame River Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out, references will be sought and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and other relevant checks with statutory bodies. It is an offence to apply for this role if you have been barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Mossley Hollins High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 880 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Mossley Hollins High School website
- Email address
- hr@mossleyhollins.com
- Phone number
- 01457 832491
Mossley Hollins High School is an Associate Member of the Tame River Educational Trust which has one mission and three core educational purposes. We eagerly anticipate meeting applicants who share our values and would love to work with our staff and students to achieve our mission and purposes. By joining us you will be part of a family of great schools in which to learn, teach and belong and will have direct access to our Teaching and Curriculum Institute with its highly regarded Professional Development Pathway where you will find some of the best and most practical training and support available.
Arranging a visit to Mossley Hollins High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@mossleyhollins.com.
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