Music Teacher
Riverside Primary School and Nursery, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7JA12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 August 2025
Closing date
14 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 26 hours per week, 4 days per week, Tuesday - Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33,075 - £50,471
Pay scale
- M1 - M6, UPS1 - UPS3
What skills and experience we're looking for
For September 2025, we are looking to appoint an outstanding Music Teacher to cover class teachers during their PPA time. The successful candidate will need to be able to teach from Reception up to Year 6 and will need to have a passion for teaching music to children of all ages. We have a dedicated Music Room and the successful candidate would be responsible for leading Music as a subject across the school. Ideally, we are looking for a candidate who is willing to run and oversee extra-mural music activities.
You will be
- Patient, hardworking, caring, friendly, supportive and energetic
- A dynamic thinker who can look ahead and anticipate, adapting to circumstances accordingly
- Experienced in a Primary School or Early Years setting
- Willing to be creative and flexible
The successful candidate will have an uncompromising passion for teaching; they will be relentless in securing the academic achievement and emotional well-being of every child and believe that they can make an outstanding contribution to ensuring the best start for all our pupils.
What the school offers its staff
RIVERSIDE is a large primary school in Maidenhead, with a caring and hardworking team helping to drive continued success for our children and families. We are very proud to be a culturally diverse and inclusive school that is committed to working towards
Our vision of ‘Every Child a Happy Learner.’
We will offer you:
- A friendly, motivated and supportive working environment
- Professional development and training
- The opportunity to make a difference
- Access to a wellbeing portal
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to finance@riversideprimaryschool.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Riverside Primary School and Nursery
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 389 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Riverside Primary School and Nursery website
- Email address
- finance@riversideprimaryschool.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01628621741
Welcome to Riverside Primary School and Nursery.
Everyone at Riverside, staff and Governors, strives to provide the highest standard of educational opportunities for our children. Our vision for Riverside is for EVERY CHILD TO BE A HAPPY LEARNER. We aim to provide the highest quality of teaching and extra-curricular activities. Our school values are: Strive for excellence, Do the right thing and Build relationships. Our vision and values underpin all aspects of school life.
The first-rate team of teachers and support staff act as role models, educating and nurturing each child to bring out their individual strengths and achievements and to enable them to become capable, caring and confident citizens of the future. To achieve our aims, we work closely with parents so that we understand the needs of your children and to address any concerns or anxieties that you may have.
We warmly invite you to come and visit us at Riverside School and to see for yourselves the range of experiences we can offer your child. I am pleased that you have visited our website and look forward to meeting some of you soon.
Richard Daniels
Headteacher
Arranging a visit to Riverside Primary School and Nursery
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email finance@riversideprimaryschool.org.uk.
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