Head of Music
Grace College, Gateshead, NE9 6LEThis job expired on 4 October 2024
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
4 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
23 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £49,799.00 - £57,852.00 Annually (Actual) L1-L7
Head of Music job summary
The arts form an important part of the day at Grace College in our curriculum lessons, co-curricular groups, individual instrumental and LAMDA lessons and celebration events. Music and Drama are an integral part of our events programme including our annual Carol Service at College and our Presentation Evening that takes place in the inspiring Hall One at The Glasshouse, Gateshead.
The successful candidate will be a highly skilled musician, teacher and leader, who will deliver an outstanding curriculum, co-curricular provision and events programme at Grace College, working with the Director of Arts and Events. An inspirational teacher, you will be able to teach at Key Stages 3 and 4 offering GCSE Music. In addition, you will lead on student recruitment and development of Instrumental and LAMDA Teaching, inspiring young musicians to develop their playing and engage in our co-curricular ensembles.
The Creative Arts department comprises a staff team teaching music, art and drama, led by the Director of Art and Events for ESF Gateshead. In addition, we are privileged to work with an experienced team of self employed instrumental and LAMDA teachers who provide instrumental lessons and speech and drama lessons for students across all years. We are well equipped with three recently refurbished art spaces, as well as a drama classroom and music classroom which is fully equipped with computers and keyboards. The department has established a firm tradition of expert classroom teaching as well as a well-respected and varied co-curricular and events programme that support student leadership and character development. We are supported by a forward-thinking senior team who value the arts and the opportunities for student leadership and character education. We are at an exciting stage in our arts development and are looking for an inspiring teacher and leader to join us.
Join us and in addition to working with committed and helpful colleagues, the Trust can offer access to the following benefits:
- Defined benefit pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Daily lunch allowance
- Free parking
- Employee centred and family friendly policies and practices that support you in and beyond the workplace
- Enhanced sick pay, maternity leave and paternity leave (dependent on length of service)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Funded eye tests and glasses for DSE users (subject to T/Cs)
For more information, please refer to the attached brochure.
Grace College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Where the post is engaged in regulated activity, and/or an opportunity for contact with children the position will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. In addition, as part of the shortlisting process, and in accordance with statutory guidance, we may carry out an online search (for publicly available material) to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened which we may want to explore with shortlisted applicants at interview.
Commitment to safeguarding
Grace College is committed to the safeguarding of children and all staff are expected to ensure that the College is a safe and secure environment for our students. All applicants are referred to the Safeguarding Statement which is to be found within the Policy section of the Grace College website.
About Grace College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1190 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Grace College website (opens in new tab)
As an 11-19 secondary school serving nearly 1,300 students in central Gateshead, we have a clear vision for excellence in character education, the examined curriculum and in service to our community, grounded in our Christian ethos. We are part of the Emmanuel Schools Foundation, which opens exceptional opportunities for knowledge sharing and career development. We have a clear model for school improvement to provide outstanding education for all students and are relentless in the pursuit of this goal. You will be central to delivering our strategy, as you transform both the school and our students’ futures.
We are committed to realising the potential of our students and staff alike. Our hope and expectation are that each person will be deeply valued as infinitely precious, challenged to grow in character and inspired by learning together to achieve their personal best in whatever they do.
Join us and you can expect to be nurtured, supported, and encouraged at every step of your career. We put staff professional learning and development front and centre of everything we do in our partnerships with outstanding regional and national organisations. Ultimately, we are looking for the school leaders of tomorrow who will contribute here at Grace College and across the Emmanuel Schools Foundation.
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