Head of Music

Pix Brook Academy, Stotfold, SG5 4HB

49 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  6 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 July 2026

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: MPS/UPS + TLR 2B (£5,895)
• Additional allowances:

  MPS/UPS + TLR 2B (£5,895)

Head of Music job summary

We are seeking a Head of Music to join our team. This role is central to our mission of academic excellence, requiring a practitioner who uses data-driven insights to inform lesson planning and targeted interventions, and a candidate who has a genuine passion for the arts.

As a Head of Department at Pix Brook Academy, you will lead the evolution of music schemes of learning, ensuring a high-quality experience across all key stages. You will be responsible for monitoring student development, maintaining high standards of discipline, and contributing to the wider Academy Improvement Plan.

We have a staff body who are driven to achieve great things and who work together fantastically well - we have a pupil body of superb young people who enjoy coming to school and are equally motivated to succeed.

If our values of Polite, Prepared, Positive, Proud & Perseverant resonate with yours and you would like to join our friendly team, then we would be delighted to meet with you.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

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

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Pix Brook Academy

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 9 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1011 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 9 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Pix Brook Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/pix-brook-academy

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