Head of Music (Maternity Cover)
Kenilworth School and Sixth Form, Kenilworth, CV8 2AL12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1 January 2027
Closing date
28 September 2026 at 9am
Date listed
16 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full time equivalent salary
- £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) TMS/UPS and a TLR 2b
Head of Music (Maternity Cover) job summary
Head of Music Maternity Cover
From January 2027 to August 2027 (to be reviewed)
TMS/UPS Plus TLR 2b £5,730 per annum
The Trust
Kenilworth Multi Academy Trust has a vacancy for a maternity cover for Head of Music at Kenilworth School and Sixth Form from January 2027 to August 2027. This will be further reviewed and could be extended to December 2027.
Kenilworth School and Sixth Form’s latest Ofsted report of November 2023 rates the school as Outstanding in all five areas, maintaining our Outstanding status from the Ofsted inspection of 2013. In September 2023 we moved into a newly built, bespoke school on Glasshouse Lane, Kenilworth.
The school is well resourced to support the delivery of the subject. The post holder will join a supportive team with opportunities for professional development.
Our educational ethos encourages our students to be responsive, resilient, to have reasoning, be reflective and resourceful in their learning.
The Role and Department
The Music department is busy and thriving with a total of three teachers. We are an Incorporated Society of Musicians Bronze Award department as well as a Music Mark department. We were nominated by the Warwickshire Music Hub to become a Music Mark department in recognition of the value and commitment the school has placed on music education. We have a close working relationship with the Warwickshire Music Hub who deliver our in school instrumental lessons. Kenilworth School and Sixth Form is the Central Area hub for rehearsals and performances for Warwickshire Music ensembles.
The subject is popular at GCSE where we follow the Eduqas specification. In addition to GCSE, we also deliver the NCFE Technical Award in Music Technology at Key Stage 4. This area is expanding with the delivery of Music Technology A Level this academic year so an experience of teaching Music Technology would be advantageous but not essential.
Our flourishing extra-curricular programme includes our School Orchestra, Choirs, brass and jazz ensembles, Music Technology club, Rock Up and Glee Rub (run in conjunction with the Drama department). These ensembles all perform in our termly concerts in addition to selected soloists.
The Music department works very closely with the Drama department to put on our annual whole school productions. Past productions include Grease, Legally Blonde, Our House, The Wizard of Oz, Oh What a Lovely War, Matilda and Little Shop of Horrors! A continued commitment to support our extra-curricular programme will be required.
We regularly attend live music performances, to include BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, local Jazz Jam sessions and we have ties with local recording studios.
Past students of Kenilworth School and Sixth Form have studied music at The Royal College of Music, Trinity Laban Conservatoire, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Edinburgh University and Durham University to name a few.
The successful applicant should be aspirational, creative, dynamic, innovative and have a genuine engaging enthusiasm for the teaching and learning of music.
As a Head of Music, you should be able to teach music across all ability ranges from Key Stage 3 to 5 and lead a small department with two other teachers of music.
We can offer you:
Excellent CPD opportunities
A supportive team of colleagues within the Department and across the school
A positive, community school environment with an innovative learning culture
A dedicated and forward looking management team, with highly skilled staff upholding high expectations and aspirations for our students
Shared on-line resources to support the development of student learning
A wide enrichment programme in which you can participate
Employee well-being benefits via our healthcare programme to include health diagnostics, physiotherapy, 24/7 GP and mental health support, retail and gym discounts, free flu vaccination, a laptop, on-site parking and electric car charging points, plus use of an on-site fitness suite.
To Apply
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Please note we cannot accept a CV as an application.
We reserve the right to close this advert early and invite candidates to interview before the closing date should we receive a sufficient number of applications, or a suitable candidate be found. We will be reviewing applications as they are received, therefore early applications are advised and welcomed.
Closing date: Monday 28 September 2026 at 12 noon
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Kenilworth School and Sixth Form is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are made subject to receipt of a completed application form, satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Applying for the job
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View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Kenilworth School and Sixth Form
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1930 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Kenilworth School and Sixth Form is recognised as being graded 'Excellent' in all areas (Ofsted February 2013) but we are ambitious and continue to better ourselves in every way possible. It became a Multi Academy Trust in January 2019 and currently has one other school within the Trust.
We combine high aspirations with a care for individual students. Our students are happy and confident individuals, who enjoy good relationships with their fellow students and the staff. We are a friendly, orderly school with a well-earned reputation for academic, sporting and personal achievement. In this environment students are given every chance to grow and achieve success.
We emphasize the development of skills such as team building, effort, responsibility, healthy competition and leadership. Our students achieve their best because of the range of experiences that we provide in an environment that is positive, supportive and forward-thinking.
Kenilworth School & Sixth Form embraces its role as a comprehensive school serving the whole community. In addition to the good work carried in the classroom there are many clubs and activities that take place outside of school hours. Our former pupils are to be found in many diverse and successful roles, most having moved through further and higher education. Students regularly achieve excellent academic results, well above the national average, and the Sixth Form Centre is very successful in providing a transition to higher education.
Students achieve their best when school and home work is in harmony. We value the contribution made by parents, governors and the community to ensure that we maintain high standards in all aspects of school life.
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