Music Teacher
The Reach Free School, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 8AB8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
2 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
1 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Part time: Two days a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33,233 to £53,482
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Reach Free School is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Music teacher to join our team of talented, energetic and visionary teachers.
Music is an integral part of the Creative Arts department, alongside dance, drama and art and design. The subject has grown significantly in recent years and is now offered at both Key Stage 3 and 4. At Key Stage 3, the curriculum is designed to generate interest in the subject, develop musical skills and expose pupils to a broad range of musical genres while strengthening and promoting its presence across the school. At Key Stage 4, pupils follow the OCR syllabus, which includes performing, composing, listening and appraising across a wide range of musical styles. We currently have GCSE cohorts in years 9, 10 and 11 with a clear goal to increase the number of pupils taking GCSE music as the subject continues to develop.
You will have a passion for music, collaboration and creativity. You will hold and embody the highest expectations of your pupils and will have the drive and ambition to create an outstanding environment for learning, in music and beyond.
What the school offers its staff
A happy and supportive working environment with high expectations and standards
Access to the latest technology to assist in developing your teaching and learning
Competitive salaries based on skills and experience
Access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
A staff committee that organises various social events
A comprehensive employee assistance programme
A £500 new employee referral scheme
Free parking
A BUPA cash plan to contribute to medical care
A Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
An Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (when eligible)
Up to five days paid leave in compassionate, emergency or exceptional circumstances. For example, our staff can see their children perform in assemblies or shows.
A network of outstanding practitioners to collaborate with and learn from, both in school and across the Watford Partnership for Teacher Training
A comprehensive professional development programme together with opportunities to further develop your career
This position is suitable for early career teachers.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Reach Free School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expects all staff to share this commitment. In accordance with our Safer Recruitment Policy we are unable to process applications without a fully completed application form. The successful applicant must obtain DBS clearance at enhanced level. The school will also carry out a prohibition from teaching check, as well as in-depth online checks. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of your employment.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to kmckay@reachfree.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Reach Free School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 755 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Reach Free School website
- Email address
- kmckay@reachfree.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01923711517
The Reach Free School is an 11 to 18 school in Rickmansworth, which serves pupils of all backgrounds and abilities. Opened in September 2013, the school was founded by a group of teachers and local parents in response to a significant demand for more secondary school places in the area.
All involved with the school have high aspirations for our pupils and high expectations of them. As such we expect all pupils to: commit their best efforts to all that they do; support each other to achieve their potential; work with their teachers to exceed their goals; demonstrate exemplary behaviour in all that they do; take pride in their school and its community within its walls and beyond; enjoy learning.
The Reach Free School plays an active role in the community, working with local businesses, supporting local events and providing a hub for local services. Pupils are very much involved in the school’s wider responsibilities, developing skills in leadership and decision making, communication and collaboration and independent, self led learning.
A sense of purpose and responsibility pervades lessons and activities at The Reach Free School and it is important that our pupils recognise their own responsibilities as members of the community. It is this that underpins The Reach Free School’s ethos; Achievement, Community, Enjoyment – ACE.
Arranging a visit to The Reach Free School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kmckay@reachfree.co.uk.
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