Music Specialist Teacher

St Fidelis Catholic Primary School, Erith, Kent, DA8 3HQ

12 days remaining to apply

• Earliest start date

  1 September 2026

• Latest start date

  1 January 2027

• Closing date

  18 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  16 April 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time, part time: Monday to Friday. Full and Part Time will be considered
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS or UPS dependent on Experience

What skills and experience we're looking for

Following the forthcoming retirement of the previous long standing post holder, St Fidelis is looking to appoint its next Music Specialist Teacher. Working alongside the Executive Headteacher and Head of School, the Music Specialist Teacher teaches music lessons across the whole school from Reception to Year 6 as well as leading key stage and whole school singing. The school is recognised for the quality of its musical provision and the enthusiasm with which this culture is embraced by the whole school community.

You will be an excellent teacher of music and or singing - you may be already working in this area in a primary or secondary school setting. Training in the school’s specific music curriculum will be provided to the successful candidate. There will be an opportunity for the successful candidate to work alongside the current postholder to further support their transition into this critical role. Applicants are warmly welcomed to visit the school or contact the Executive Headteacher to learn more about the role on 07763 142903.

What the school offers its staff

We offer:

• Teachers Pension Scheme

• Performance Related Pay

• 28 days Statutory Annual Leave *(for Teachers)

• Christmas Concessionary Day (pro-rata for part-time)

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Effective CPD opportunities

• Collaborative working with other schools

• Excellent ICT facilities

• Opportunities for flexible working

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

SF Job Advert Music Teacher (1) (1).pdf - 699 KB (opens in new tab)

_Teacher Application Form (1).docx - 16.8 KB (opens in new tab)

Music Specialist Teacher Person Specification.pdf - 63.5 KB (opens in new tab)

Music Specialist Teacher Job Description.pdf - 63.4 KB (opens in new tab)

About St Fidelis Catholic Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 457 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Fidelis Catholic Primary School website
• Email address: scrumley.303@st-fidelis.bexley.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01322 337752
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-fidelis-catholic-primary-school

St Fidelis is a successful and popular school. Integral to the school’s success is a determination to only recruit staff of the highest calibre. There is an expectation that our children only deserve our very best.

St Fidelis is a highly rewarding place to work. Staff are developed and supported in order to be the very best that they can be. Over the last three and a half years teachers within our school have been developed to take on senior leadership roles both within and beyond the school. There has been one appointed to headship, four to deputy headship and three to assistant headship. This is as a consequence of the career opportunities the school offers and the high regard that staff from St Fidelis are held in by colleagues from other schools.

Arranging a visit to St Fidelis Catholic Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email scrumley.303@st-fidelis.bexley.sch.uk.

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