28 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    1 May 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    1 April 2025

Job details

Job role

Visa sponsorship

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Key stage

Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Part time: .6FTE

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

M1-M6 (an unqualified teacher would be considered)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Qualifications

- Recognised award in instrument proficiency

- Evidence of continued professional development related to music

Experience

- Proven successful practice working with primary aged children

- Relevant and recent experience in music tuition

- Working in partnership with the wider community

- Impact of engagement with research of current educational issues

- Working with organisations that provide education to primary aged pupils

Knowledge and understanding

- An evidenced commitment to safeguarding, with recent training

- Up to date knowledge of the primary music curriculum and knowledge progression

- Planning and delivery of a broad ambitious curriculum

- Effective strategies for providing pupils with meaningful feedback

- Accurate and impactful monitoring and assessment to ensure progress of all pupils

- Equal opportunities and working with each pupil (including SEND) to ensure individual success

Skills

- Establishing and maintaining positive relationships with all stakeholders

- Good ICT skills to aid effective teaching

- Positive behaviour management strategies based on the development of secure relationships

- Supportive of the school’s vision for education

Personal characteristics

- Effective working as part of a team

- Drive and enthusiasm for teaching

- Insistence on high standards for yourself and your pupils

- Excellent communication skills with a variety of audiences

- Empathetic and understanding of the social/emotional needs of pupils

- Caring, kind and patient

- Enthusiastic and passionate about music education


What the school offers its staff

We believe passionately in developing leaders within education. We offer a bespoke coaching package to all leaders, including subject leaders, throughout the year which focuses on developing individual’s strategic thinking to promote rich outcomes for all pupils through their actions.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of the shortlisting process, the school will undertake an online search on applicants. A DBS disclosure is required for this post.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to lipson.vale.primary.school@plymouth.gov.uk

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Additional documents

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About Lipson Vale Primary School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
405 pupils enrolled
Age range
5 to 11
Ofsted report
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Phone number
01752224801

Lipson Vale Primary School is a very special place to learn. We believe passionately in being at the very heart of our community and ensuring that all teaching and learning meet the diverse needs of the community we serve. We are a popular school that accommodates 420 children from the Reception year through to Year 6. The school team, our wonderful pupils and our families have worked together closely over the last few years to redefine the direction of the school. As such, we decided on our guiding values and a new vision which we base all of our decision making on in school. We invest heavily in ensuring that our teaching teams are given the very best professional development which means that they can provide the very best teaching and learning in the classroom. The Lipson Vale team work incredibly hard to meet the individual needs of our learners every day and we pride ourselves on the pastoral care we offer, as well as our ‘relationship’ focused approach to supporting pupils through challenges that they face.

Arranging a visit to Lipson Vale Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lipson.vale.primary.school@plymouth.gov.uk.

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