25 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    31 October 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    6 October 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

Music

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Casual

Hourly rate

£27.75 per hour

What skills and experience we're looking for

Learn more

Full details of this role can be found in the job description and person specification.

Interviews will take place on 18 November 2025.

Please visit our careers site at joindixonsat.com for more information about our trust, our roles and our benefits or call us on 01274 089900 and speak to Parveen Purewal, Academy Administration Manager, to discuss the role further.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment for everyone at Dixons. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities and irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergent status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required.

We are focussed on delivering an ambitious equality, diversity and inclusion strategy. You can read more about this here.

Our trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

What the school offers its staff

Why choose Dixons Cottingley Academy?

  • We believe that people, more than strategy, create value - we all belong and grow together
  • '9 in 10' for teachers: our innovative strategy providing greater flexibility and agency
  • Culture of high expectations and a strong belief that all can achieve exceptional progress
  • Very clear routines for learning so that teachers can teach and students can learn
  • Schemes of work fully resourced and ready
  • Weekly CPD and regular opportunities to benefit from working with other outstanding schools in the Trust

The right candidate will be totally aligned to our values of determination, integrity and trust and completely committed to our mission: the academy will ensure that all students achieve excellent outcomes and are empowered to lead happy, purposeful and successful lives.

Why choose Dixons Academies Trust?

Our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage in the North. As a school trust, we are committed to making a difference where it matters most through delivering exceptional education in our schools in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester, which include primaries, secondaries, all-throughs and a standalone sixth form.

  • We are values driven: we work hard on the things that matter, with humility; we are good and kind; we are motivated by mastery, autonomy and purpose.
  • We have been challenging educational and social disadvantage for over 30 years.
  • We have launched a bold flexible working policy to give our teachers more time back.
  • We are ambitious for every child and highly inclusive.
  • We have an innovative approach to central operations which allows educators to focus on teaching and learning.
  • We prioritise the professional development and growth of all our staff; every member of Team Dixons receives regular coaching.
  • We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and our staff work collaboratively to share resources and reduce workload.
  • We offer hybrid working arrangements and free on-site parking.
  • We have a wealth of benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (private health, lifestyle benefits and discounts).

Within our communities, we work together to establish joyful, rigorous, high performing schools which maximise attainment, value diversity, develop character and build cultural capital. By the age of 18, we want every students to have the choice of university or a high-quality apprenticeship.

Visit our OpenSource Youtube channel to learn more about our approaches and culture.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Dixons Cottingley Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
862 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Email address
info@dixonsco.com

The Dixons Academies Trust is a family of 16 schools in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester: 3 primaries, 10 secondaries, 2 all-through and one standalone sixth form. We are committed to making a difference where it matters most:

Values driven
Over 30 years of challenging educational and social disadvantage
Ambitious for every child and highly inclusive
Always in the top 5 nationally for progress at secondary
Committed to recruiting a diverse workforce
Exceptional colleagues will support you to be your best
Low staff turnover

We establish high-performing non-faith academies which maximise attainment, value diversity, develop character and build cultural capital. By the age of 18, we want every student to have the choice of university or a high quality apprenticeship.

Visit youtube.com/dixonsopensource to learn more about our approaches and culture.

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