Peripatetic Music Teacher
Ark Soane Academy, London, W3 8EA365 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2027
Closing date
6 November 2027 at 5pm
Date listed
6 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Casual
Full time equivalent salary
- See job description
Peripatetic Music Teacher job summary
About the role:
We are looking to expand our team of peripatetic music teachers. The successful candidate will work with staff from our music department, to maximise the number of pupils participating and thriving in musical life at Soane by taking up an instrument. The successful candidate will embed the school vision and support the development of an outstanding school that empowers our students to take responsibility and drive their own destinies.
We are recruiting for the teachers with expertise in one or more of the following instruments. We will also consider offering additional instrumental lessons outside the list for the right candidate:
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- Drum Kit
- Guitar
- Piano
- Saxophone
- Violin
Our peripatetic music programme includes the offer of paired and one-to-one lessons to our pupils. Alongside instrumental teaching, there may also be the opportunity to lead sessions with our school bands and ensembles.
Our ideal candidate will have:
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- Excellent playing skills
- Experience in teaching their instrument(s) at all levels
- An unwavering determination to deliver excellence for students from all starting points.
- Desirable – experience in preparing students for ABRSM examinations
We’re proud to share that our school has been recognised as a top-performing secondary school nationally, receiving a top 5% badge in Pupil Effort, Employee Agency, Inclusion, Leadership & Line Management and a top 10% badge in Employee Satisfaction in the Spring 2026 census with The Engagement Platform (TEP).
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Ark Soane Academy
- Organisation type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 874 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Ark Soane Academy website
Ark Soane Academy is part of Ark, one of the UK’s most successful school groups, with a network of 39 schools in 4 locations across the country.
Our school opened to 180 students in September 2021 and currently have 360 Year 7 and Year 8 students. In 2023, we will have 540 students in Year 7 to Year 9 and will grow by 180 students each year before reaching full capacity in 2028.
This year, we will also move into our brand new school building. Therefore, joining Soane now is a unique opportunity to become part of a thriving, collaborative and growing team who all hold the highest expectations of student behaviour and effort and are all deeply committed to the success of our students and of the school.
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