Head of Performing Arts - Music Specialist (1.0 FTE)

Standish Community High School, Wigan, Lancashire, WN6 0NX

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st January 2026

• Closing date

  28 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: Classroom Teachers' Pay Scale & TLR 2B
• Additional allowances:

  Classroom Teachers' Pay Scale & TLR 2B

Head of Performing Arts - Music Specialist (1.0 FTE) job summary

Standish Community High is advertising for a permanent Head of Performing Arts (Music Specialist) to commence employment as soon as possible.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding, innovative, and dynamic leader with the vision, drive, and determination to champion Performing Arts at Standish and lead this thriving department into its next phase of development. This role is ideally suited to an ambitious and highly effective practitioner with a proven track record of success in leading Performing Arts. The successful candidate will be a music specialist with the ability to deliver high-quality, engaging music lessons, while also promoting excellence in Drama and supporting the continued growth and development of the wider Performing Arts curriculum. They will inspire students to achieve their full potential and foster a culture of creativity, confidence, and performance both within and beyond the classroom.

Applications will be considered as soon as they are received, and the closing date will be Monday 28th September 2026. Interviews are scheduled to take place week commencing 5th October 2026. Online searches will be carried out on shortlisted candidates (in line for the KCSIE 2023 guidance).

Any offer of employment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced criminal record check with barred list check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), medical clearance, references, and verification of qualifications satisfactory to the Trust.

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 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)
-Pre-employment medical
-Online and social media checks
-Prohibition from teaching
-Right to work
-Satisfactory references
-Suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent convictions, 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 Standish Community High School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1276 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Standish Community High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/standish-community-high-school

Standish Community High School is the lead school within Mosaic Learning Trust which currently consists of three schools located across Lancashire. This has provided the potential to open greater career opportunities in the near future. The school is a state-community, non-denominational, co-educational secondary school for children aged 11-16. It is situated in Standish, Wigan with an intake of 1300 students

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