Music Teacher
The Blackpool Sixth Form College, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 7LRThis job expired on 11 November 2024
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
11 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
1 November 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 0.6fte
Contract type
- Fixed term - Academic year 24/25
Actual salary
- £18,300 to £28,279 per annum for a 0.6fte post
What skills and experience we're looking for
Essential
- A good degree in a relevant discipline
- A recognised teaching qualification/QTS (or you are working towards this)
- GCSEs or equivalent at Grade C in Maths and English (or willingness to undertake these)
- Sharing your knowledge and experience of BTEC and level 3 curriculum in Music
- Showing your knowledge and experience of classroom-based teaching
- Using new technologies in the classroom
- Adapting to the differing needs of students
- Working collaboratively with others as part of a team
- Continually looking to improve your practice through learning and development
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of A Level Music Technology
- Successful delivery to young learners at levels 2 and/or 3
- Ability to teach in other areas of the curriculum
- Knowledge and/or experience of recent initiatives in Teaching and Learning
What the school offers its staff
Cycle to work scheme for contracts over 12 months
Free use of the college gym
Education specific learning and development
Free car parking
Subsidised Costa Coffee on site and a wide range of catering outlets
An in house People & Wellbeing site with loads of self-help guidance, you won’t be able to access all of the information but you can find the site here.
Access to wellbeing and counselling services for you and your family
Wellbeing day on Wednesday 14th February 2025 with the full day off for all
15 hours of gifted TOIL (pro-rata) to use for flexibility throughout the year
Further information about the job
Do you have a degree in a relevant subject? Are you a qualified teacher, or studying to be one? Are you ready to meet and exceed the goals of your students?
If you have answered yes to these questions then we want to hear from you!
Blackpool Sixth is an outstanding college specialising in 16-19 education, we have an exciting opportunity for a Music Teacher to join our team. There are exciting times ahead for the college as we have recently become a founding member of The Coastal Collaborative Trust.This position, commencing as soon as possible, is 0.6fte and fixed-term for the academic year 2024/25. The position is well suited to you if you are either looking for the first steps into teaching or if you are looking to advance an already established career in a thriving and supportive workplace.
Based in Performing Arts, Music and Media (PAMM) you will work closely with others in the department to support your students to achieve their ambitions. This is a thriving, diverse and vibrant department which boasts courses in; media, film, music, drama, musical theatre, performing arts and dance. The department generates a production calendar that showcases a number of large-scale, sell out, productions across the year, as well as numerous mini-performances. With a 300 seat professional standard theatre, the team work tirelessly to offer opportunities for students to flourish and develop their skills and experience.
A day in PAMM could see you:
- working collaboratively with others in the department on teaching, learning and assessment
- inspiring students to develop their knowledge of music
- working with students on live productions
- using new technologies to plan, prepare and teach
Other Information
We are an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of a protected characteristic, or is disadvantaged by any conditions or any related individual requirements. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and all diverse groups. The college provides equality of access, services and care to everyone, regardless of people’s age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression or trans status, race, religion or belief or sexual orientation.
All staff will be carefully selected using recruitment and selection procedures designed to emphasise the college’s commitment to safeguarding. All posts, including volunteers, are subject to enhanced DBS clearance. All shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a self-declaration of any criminal record or information that will make them unsuitable to work with children. Any offer of employment may be withdrawn should any information come to light that has not been included in the self-declaration. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from regulated activity relevant to children, anyone caught doing so will be reported to the police immediately. Please note that we reserve the right to review your online presence in line with the keeping children safe in education guidance.
We will also complete a search of the teacher regulation agency Teacher Services’ system to check for the award of qualified teacher status (QTS), the completion of teacher induction or probation and to ensure no sanctions or prohibition orders are in place.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Blackpool Sixth Form College
- School type
- Academy, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth form or college
- School size
- No information available
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Blackpool Sixth Form College website
- Email address
- kerry.wootton@blackpoolsixth.ac.uk
School location
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