Singing Teacher
Harris Academy South Norwood, London, SE25 6AE12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 November 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
Contract type
- Casual
Hourly rate
- £30 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are currently looking to appoint a dedicated and inspiring peripatetic singing teacher from January to March 2026.
We would like to hear from you if you have:
- A degree in a relevant music or education subject
- Experience teaching singing to students of varying skill levels
- Strong knowledge of vocal pedagogy and curriculum developments
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Confidence using music notation and sequencing software
- Ability to plan and deliver engaging, well-structured lessons
- Skills in assessing student progress and supporting achievement
- A collaborative approach to curriculum design and team working
- A passion for music education and inspiring young musicians
- Motivation, energy and a positive attitude
- Flexibility and openness to new ways of working
- Commitment to equal opportunities and inclusive teaching
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build positive relationships
For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.
What the school offers its staff
If you are looking for a diverse school with clear and effective behaviour policies and systems, a visible and supportive leadership team, useful but not onerous CPD, and frequent opportunities for promotion, then we are the school for you. We believe that our students need great outcomes to open doors that will help them make the best of their lives. Our students behave well, and so they achieve well. This is a product of our excellent behaviour systems. We have 6 non-teaching Heads of Year who support behaviour and welfare and run a fully centralised detention system. Exemplary behaviour can only be achieved through a highly visible Senior Leadership team, and they are constantly touring the Academy. CPD is bespoke, first and foremost in the subject and grounded in tried and tested methods of effective teaching such as modelling, questioning, literacy, practice and consolidation.
We are very fortunate to have excellent transport links to central London (some trains get to London Bridge in 11mins) and just 4 minutes on the train from East Croydon. The Clocktower campus is a 6 minute walk from Norwood Junction train station.
Teacher Development
At Harris, we have curated professional development pathways that will guide you towards achieving your career ambitions. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. With a strong network of passionate educators, expert development initiatives and a multitude of opportunities for career progression, your journey with Harris could be the most rewarding one yet.
We offer a wide range of high quality teacher professional development programmes via the Harris Institute of Teaching and Leadership.
Benefits
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance (usually £2,000 for Inner London and £1,500 for Outer London), a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Teachers Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Programme, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.
Flexible working opportunities
Your responsibilities will include:
- Delivering weekly 30-minute singing lessons tailored to the ability of your students
- Recording attendance and progress using lesson feedback and student diaries
- Leading and developing extracurricular music ensembles
- Encouraging student participation in musical activities beyond lessons
- Reporting on student progress and engagement to the Vice Principal
- Creating an inspiring and inclusive learning environment
- Teaching in imaginative and age-appropriate ways
- Planning lessons using varied styles and approaches
- Preparing students for singing exams
- Supporting GCSE music students and teachers
- Participating in academy performance events
- Managing classroom behavior effectively
- Reflecting on and improving personal teaching practice
- Sourcing and using engaging teaching resources
Further information about the job
Your responsibilities within your year group will include:
- Contributing to the whole School Improvement Plan in conjunction with the Pastoral Lead
- Contributing to the development of effective monitoring and evaluation of pastoral systems
- Contributing to planning programmes of intervention for students who show significant underachievement and barriers to learning
- Participating in the development and implementation of strategies to maintain acceptable student behaviour
- The management of student behaviour
- Developing and implementing strategies to ensure that attendance and punctuality is at or above the school target
- Developing and managing systems for the monitoring and tracking of students out of lessons
- Establishing and managing a programme of enrichment activities
- Motivating and rewarding students
- Participating in the planning and delivery of assemblies
- Developing effective relationships with parents
- Establishing and maintaining effective administration systems
- Leading in student welfare meetings
- Leading in the development of robust and effective student welfare strategies
- Developing and implementing effective strategies for conflict resolution
- Implementation and monitoring of the schools policy on uniform
- In the event of very serious incidents, collating of information required by the Senior Management for disciplinary action
- Establishing and managing systems for the support and guidance of students during examinations
- Tracking, monitoring and supporting students' academic progress
- Developing, building and maintaining relationships with outside agencies
- Completion of student reports, references and records
- Inclusion of information regarding behaviour, attendance, punctuality and relationships in student reports
- Establishing forums for parental consultation and discussion
- Establishing systems which facilitate “student voice“
- The management of year group information systems utilising all available media
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Applying for the job
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About Harris Academy South Norwood
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1018 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Harris Academy South Norwood website
- Email address
- info@harrissouthnorwood.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0208 405 5070
Located five minutes from Norwood Junction train station, a transport hub ten minutes' train journey from London Bridge, Harris Academy South Norwood has belonging and personal growth as our touchstones. We believe that teaching students powerful knowledge and developing their understanding of the world will help them become the best version of themselves: to help them to turn mirrors into windows.
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