Music Teacher and Lead
Lipson Vale Primary School, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 7HW6 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
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
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Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
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
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
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
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lipson Vale Primary School website
- Email address
- lipson.vale.primary.school@plymouth.gov.uk
- 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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