Head of Music
Torquay Girls' Grammar School, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 7DYThis job expired on 28 April 2025
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
28 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
4 April 2025
Job details
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Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £35,233.00 - £52,667.00 Annually (Actual) MPS/UPS plus TLR 2A (£3,583)
Head of Music job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic teacher and leader to join us as Head of Music!
Our Music department is a vibrant environment for students to learn music through both practical and theory. Music is taught to all students in Key Stage Three. As a performing art, a great deal of emphasis is placed on the practical aspects but these skills are underpinned by knowledge about the subject. Activities in lessons include composing, performing, arranging, vocal and instrumental improvisation, listening and appraising. This approach continues at Key Stage Four.
Many students learn a musical instrument in lessons given by specialist teachers and everyone is encouraged to participate in a wide variety of extra curricular clubs, including the school orchestra, choirs, reeds ensemble and many more, which take place during lunchtimes. There are regular performance opportunities both in and out of school, including our annual Carol Service, Summer Concert and inter-house opportunities such as the Year 7 Concert and the House Music competition.
The department boasts a large teaching room, equipped with keyboards, ukuleles and percussion, as well as a separate Mac suite, solely for the use of the music department for composing. There are 8 practice spaces which are used for the delivery of private music tuition and for use as practice spaces for the students.
This is a full time, 1 year fixed term role starting in September 2025.
If you would like to arrange a school visit, please contact Sarah Forster, Headteacher, via Louise Rumbelow, Headteacher's PA (lrumbelow@tggsacademy.org) or if you have any questions in relation to the role or the recruitment process, please contact Abigail Henwood, HR Manager (personnel@tggsacademy.org).
Thank you for your interest in this role and our school. We look forward to hearing from you!
Torquay Girls’ Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All roles within our school are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and it is an offence to apply to this role is you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.
As part of our safer recruitment procedures, references will be taken up for all shortlisted applicants, and online searches will be completed. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, including a Child Barred List check, and other relevant employment checks.
As a school, we are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants.
Commitment to safeguarding
All roles within our school are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and it is an offence to apply to this role is you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children. As part of our safer recruitment procedures, references will be taken up for all shortlisted applicants, and online searches will be completed. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, including a Child Barred List check, and other relevant employment checks.
About Torquay Girls' Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1007 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Torquay Girls' Grammar School website
Torquay Girls’ Grammar School is a girls’ 11 to 16 selective Single Academy Trust, with a mixed Sixth Form (16 to 18), located in Torquay, Devon.
Our status as a Single Academy Trust means that we have the freedom to implement a curriculum intent which focusses on the whole child: to equip students for a future in which they have the academic qualifications, character skills and self-esteem to make decisions that lead to long, happy and content lives.
Our school is founded on our core values which apply to our whole community: equality, open minded, kindness, collaboration, and well-being.
When Ofsted visited in November 2023, our hard work was recognised by achieving ‘Outstanding’ in every category of the Ofsted Framework. This is no mean feat, and we are incredibly proud of this achievement. Our academic results are consistently high - in the 2025 Sunday Times Schools Guide, we ranked 3rd in Devon and 99th nationally for academic results - which is true testament to the continued dedication from both our students and staff.
Our school is a place where students want to learn and there is a deeply engrained sense of belonging and identity to the school’s history, values and traditions. Staff and pupils fully embrace our House Culture and the opportunities for extra curricular activities and trips.
If you are starting your professional career or are coming with a wealth of experience, you would be joining a school which values every individual within our school community.
Please don’t hesitate to get in touch, we would love to hear from you!
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