Peripatetic Music Tutor – Classical Guitar – Part Time
Graveney School, London, SW17 9BU24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Required to start – 1 September 2025
Closing date
4 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
9 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Part time: 11 hours over 2 days
Contract type
- Permanent
Hourly rate
- £35.77 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an outstanding guitar teacher to join our thriving department from September 2025. In addition to teaching one-to-one lessons, the successful applicant will lead a weekly guitar ensemble and support the department at concerts. You will join a team of twenty-four peripatetic staff including two guitar teachers that teach in a more popular style.
There is an administrator who deals with timetables and payment. You will be contracted to teach up to 11 hours over two days. There are 31 weeks of lessons scheduled throughout in the academic year (11 in the autumn term, 10 in the spring term, and 10 in the summer term).
Applicants will have:
- A Music Degree / Diploma or relevant experience
- Experience of teaching beginner guitarists to Grade 8 standard and beyond
- Experience of preparing students for examinations
- A good knowledge of guitar technique
- A desire to work as part of an enthusiastic team and be actively involved in the wider musical life of the school
What the school offers its staff
Designated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted in November 2022 and widely recognised as one of the top 100 state funded schools in the country.
Further details about the role
An information pack, including a Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded below or from the Wandsworth Council website https://jobs.richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk/
Alternatively , further information for candidates, application form and job description, can be found at https://www.graveney.org/Recruitment/
Electronic applications should be returned to recruitment@graveney.wandsworth.sch.uk.
Hard copy applications should be posted or hand delivered to the HR department, Graveney School, Welham Road, Tooting, SW17 9BU.
Closing date: 04 July 2025 (at noon)
Interviews week commencing: 14 July 2025
Commitment to safeguarding
we are committed to safeguarding and ensuring the well-being and safety of staff and students. All our employees, share this commitment and we will carry out Enhanced DBS checks for all appointments as well ensuring that our rigorous pre-recruitment checks are strictly adhered to.
We foster an inclusive culture that promotes equality of opportunity and values diversity creating an environment where the rights and dignity of all members of our community are respected. We promote a culture that allows staff to grow and flourish, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@graveney.wandsworth.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Graveney School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 2275 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Graveney School website
- Email address
- recruitment@graveney.wandsworth.sch.uk
Would you like the opportunity to work as part of a team of highly experienced and ambitious colleagues? Graveney is an extremely popular and successful 11-18 school, situated in South West London, SW17 with the benefit of being situated in beautiful campus style surroundings with excellent facilities and a warm community atmosphere. We have a commitment to providing the best opportunities to all students and to developing the professional skills and career opportunities of our staff, within a supportive and collaborative environment
“Top performing local school again, based on an aggregation of the five key accountability measures…” The Times.
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