Music Technician
Buckler's Mead School, Yeovil, BA21 4NH24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
28 September 2026 at 9am
Date listed
4 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Part time: 18.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday term time only plus 5 inset days
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £10672 - £10841 per annum actual salary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Required as soon as possible, a part time Music Technician, working hours are 18.25 hours per week, term time only plus 5 inset days. The post is subject to a 6 month probationary period.
Having sustained another "Outstanding" set of results in Summer 2026, and following on from our Ofsted visit in May 2024 where we were judged as a strong ‘Good’ in all areas, Buckler’s Mead Academy is going from strength to strength.
Main Duties:
To prepare classrooms, workshops and wider facilities for use by staff and students, ensuring a safe and tidy working environment.
To prepare, supply and collect teaching materials, displays, apparatus and equipment, providing technical assistance.
To support teaching staff and students on the safe and economic use of equipment and materials (including electrical equipment).
To work with teaching staff in the creation of new teaching resources and materials.
To ensure that classrooms and all equipment used are kept clean, tidy and in a safe condition.
(Please see the accompanying Job Description for further details of the duties and responsibilities of this post).
If you think this could be the role for you, we would love to hear from you. Applications should be sent for the attention of Mr Mark Lawrence, Headteacher, and include details of your current experience and suitability for the role.
Thank you for your interest. We look forward to receiving your application.
CLOSING DATE: Monday 28 September 2026 (9.00am). Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications.
What the school offers its staff
In return we can offer you the full support of a dedicated and committed team of staff, a supportive induction programme and ongoing professional development, plus the opportunity to work in a developing academy in a beautiful area of the South West. We seek to significantly invest in developing our staff. Having joined the Midsomer Norton Schools’ Partnership in September 2021, we are part of a Trust which is often considered the ‘market leader’ in the South West for school improvement.
There are many advantages to working for us. Included in your actual annual salary is generous annual leave entitlement, access to a local government pension scheme, sick pay scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, free eye tests for VDU users and employee assistance helpline. Support staff in schools can also benefit from a range of national discount schemes available to education professionals such as the Blue Light Card offering savings on shopping, travel, and leisure. Other staff benefits include free on-site parking and access for all staff to the Employee Assistance Programme “Health Assured” which is a telephone based advice, information and counselling service. A selection of meals, snacks (hot and cold) and drinks is available for staff to purchase at lunch and break times.
Buckler’s Mead Academy is a highly inclusive academy in the east of Yeovil, Somerset. We believe that all members of our community should be given the opportunity to be happy, to achieve, participate and become successful. Our job as professionals is to ensure this happens. All our staff sign up to these aspirations and play a full role in contributing to this vision. We seek to recruit dedicated and talented staff, highly committed to making a difference.
Further information about the job
Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to references and a full Disclosure and Barring Service check before confirmation. Please note that we may carry out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of our Safer Recruitment and Due Diligence checks.
Buckler’s Mead Academy is an equal opportunities employer. The campus is a no smoking site
Commitment to safeguarding
Buckler's Mead is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children.
We have a duty of care and the right to take reasonable action, ensuring the welfare and safety of pupils. If staff have cause for concern that a child is subject to any form of abuse, we will follow child protection procedures and inform Children’s Services.
Buckler’s Mead meets statutory requirements relating to Disclosure & Barring Service – all staff and volunteers who work with Buckler’s Mead Academy who meet the ‘regulated activity test’ (Freedoms Act 2012) are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check prior to employment.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Buckler's Mead School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 812 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- chantal.hanna@bucklersmead.mnsp.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01935424454
Originally established as Buckler's Mead School in 1957, Buckler’s Mead Academy is now a successful 11- 16 academy where we pride ourselves on providing an inspiring education for all. This is achieved through a strong sense of community, providing a wide range of opportunities, ensuring students enjoy school and are ultimately successful in their chosen field.
We believe in providing a learning environment that is calm, orderly and respectful, where our students can reach their full potential and go on to be happy, successful and fulfilled members of the community.
In September 2021 the Academy joined the Midsomer Norton Partnership Trust. This is a strong trust of more than 25 schools, including 11 secondary schools. The trust is often described as the 'market leader' in the South West and has an exceptional record for providing high quality educational provision to all of its students.
Arranging a visit to Buckler's Mead School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email chantal.hanna@bucklersmead.mnsp.org.uk.
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