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Head of Music

Lord Williams's School, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2AQ

This job expired on 25 March 2019 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2019

• Closing date

  25 March 2019 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  14 March 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Music
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £28,250 to £43,936 per year (full-time equivalent)
• Additional allowances:

  The school offers the Pay and Conditions of service set out in the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document ; and Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS).

  Lord Williams’s School recognises previous continuous service with any Local Authority (or one of its constituent authorities under the Local Government Act 1972) which runs up to the date on which employees start working with us.

  The Head of Music role attracts TLR2 (2) currently £4,530.

Head of Music job summary

This is an excellent opportunity for a well-qualified teacher of Music to lead a strong and successful team.

The Head of Music provides leadership for all aspects of the subject throughout the school. He/she will involve the team members fully in the organisation and development of the subject and will delegate aspects of the work to them, whilst retaining overall responsibility for programmes of study and the quality of teaching and learning. Current priorities include monitoring and evaluation within the department and ensuring high standards of student achievement.

Instrumental and vocal tuition is provided through the peripatetic teachers in the County Music Service and through private tuition carried out in the school. The department is looking to develop and expand the tuition programme and to incorporate the work more fully into the life of the school. The Head of Music is responsible for day-to-day organisation.

Commitment to safeguarding

Lord Williams’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

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About Lord Williams's School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 2229 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Lord Williams's School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: personnel@lordwilliams.oxon.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lord-williams-s-school (opens in new tab)

Lord Williams’s School is a thriving and popular comprehensive school serving the Thame community and its surrounding rural area. We are a split-site school, with Years 7 – 9 on the Lower School site at Towersey Road and Years 10 – 13 on the Upper School site at Oxford Road. We pay particular attention to each individual student by promoting their personal, social and educational development to enable all to achieve at the highest level possible. As a result of our continuing success, Lord Williams’s School is consistently oversubscribed.

We promote high quality teaching and learning. We attract talented, committed and conscientious teachers who produce stimulating and challenging learning activities helped by experienced support staff. Teamwork is a key feature of our work.

We are an inclusive school; we cater for all abilities and we provide access for all students. This is reflected in our work with the more able, with students with a range of learning and other difficulties and in our admissions policy for the Sixth Form.

The school has excellent teaching facilities on both sites with accommodation that is suited to the demands of the curriculum.

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