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  • Job start date

    1 September 2026

  • Closing date

    8 May 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    28 April 2026

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Job details

Job role

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subject

Music

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS/UPS

Additional allowances

TLR 2B (£5,868)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint a passionate, skilled teacher and leader as Head of Music to lead a thriving music department across Key Stages. The music department sits within a Creative Arts Faculty consisting of art, photography, music, and drama. The faculty is supported by two technicians, with one being dedicated to music and performance. The department benefits from purpose-built facilities with two main teaching rooms and nine smaller practice rooms.

Music and Drama are proud of their collaborative work which includes an annual whole school production, concerts and a range of extracurricular clubs and ensembles. Music is prized in the school and forms a key part of our strategic engagement with the community. The successful candidate would seek to offer their skills and expertise in these areas.

What the school offers its staff

Candidates who do not yet have the experience to apply for a leadership role but have the ambition and aspiration to lead in future are welcome to apply.

If you are passionate about high quality, evidence informed teaching and learning and want to join a school with exceptionally high aspirations and ambitions for staff and students, we welcome your application.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks and references, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, the Trust will undertake an online search of all shortlisted candidates.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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About Liskeard School and Community College

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1148 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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School website
Liskeard School and Community College website
Email address
hr@liskeard.net
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Liskeard School and Community College is a friendly, caring, supportive school in Cornwall with people and relationships at its heart. It is a unique school of extraordinary staff and students and enjoys exceptional support from parents and the local community. We are proud of our school and we are relentless in our approach to make it even better. We take the education of our students very seriously.

Our school is situated in the historic market town of Liskeard, which is central to Cornwall’s outstanding south eastern countryside and coastline, serving the beautiful rural villages and hamlets and is just a scenic, 30-minute drive from Plymouth.

Assessed by Ofsted in March 2020 as a good school, we are an inclusive secondary community school delivering Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 to 1,100 students aged 11-18 and of mixed ability.

We are an academy school and part of the South East Cornwall Multi Academy Regional Trust (SMART), which provides for outstanding local career opportunities, excellent professional development opportunities and access to expert support, advice, guidance and knowledge pooling from fellow practitioners in our partner schools.

Arranging a visit to Liskeard School and Community College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@liskeard.net.

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