Subject Lead and Teacher of Music

Joseph Leckie Academy, Walsall, West Midlands, WS5 4PG

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st January 2027

• Closing date

  19 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  1 October 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (751)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Music
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £34,069.00 Annually (Actual) MPS/UPS Plus TLR 2a

Subject Lead and Teacher of Music job summary

Join a thriving, ambitious academy and help us to make a difference to the lives of the people in our community.

We are seeking to appoint an excellent classroom practitioner and subject leader who is an enthusiastic, innovative and engaging teacher of Music. This role will lead Music developments across Key Stage 3 and 4 in particular, as well as playing a lead role in developing enrichment opportunities for our students.

This is an exciting opportunity to enhance the provision of Music across the Academy. The subject lead will be able to review the curriculum provision and course opportunities, and shape the developments for the future of Music, potentially into the sixth form.

General Job Purpose:

• Under the reasonable direction of the Principal, carry out the professional duties of a school teacher as set out in the current School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD).
• To be a subject leader for Music.
• To raise standards of student attainment and achievement within Music and Key Stages, and to monitor and support student progress.
• To be accountable for student progress and development within Music, and hold relevant post holders and teaching staff and other specified personnel to account.
• To develop and enhance the teaching practice of others within Music.
• To ensure the provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum across Music and staff in accordance with the aims of the Academy and the curricular policies.
• To be accountable for leading, managing and developing Music across the faculty and academy, including enrichment opportunities.
• To coordinate and develop the peripatetic programme offer to students.
• To effectively manage and deploy teaching / support staff, financial and physical resources within Music to support the designated curriculum.
• To share and support the Faculty and Academy’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth.

As an expanding Academy there will be opportunities to grow the subject, courses and develop the Music Department and we envisage that the role will evolve under the right leadership. We are fully committed to Music as an integral part of the curriculum and to enrich the lives of our students.

Our most recent Ofsted inspection (February 2026) recognised the strength of our provision, noting:

• “Every pupil who walks through the door of Joseph Leckie Academy is treated as an individual with potential.”
• “Leaders are ambitious for all pupils and are relentless in their drive to ensure that their needs are met.”
• “School leaders are passionate about improving pupils' life chances.”

This is an exciting opportunity to join a school with strong standards and a culture built on high expectations, inclusion and continuous improvement.

Why join Joseph Leckie Academy?

You will be part of a school where:

• Inclusion is a genuine strength — “leaders work closely with families… to support pupils to thrive both academically and socially”.
• Staff are well supported and part of a skilled and collaborative team.
• Students are engaged, respectful and proud of their school.
• There is a clear commitment to continuous improvement and excellence.
• Staff across the Academy are friendly and support.
• High levels of staff retention.
• A high focus on staff well-being with staff social events, gym access, school counsellor, well-being coordinator for staff and an employee assistance programme.
• A large Academy with high standards and an ambitious desire to better the lives of our students and impact further on our wider community.

Application process:

Please see the attached job description and person specification. When completing their application through My New Term, applicants should address how their experience to date has led them to apply for this post and how they meet the person specification.

Joseph Leckie Academy is an equal opportunities employer and fully committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of students and candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Closing date for applications: 9.00am on Monday 19th October 2026

Interviews: Week Commencing Monday 19th October 2026

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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.

About Joseph Leckie Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1524 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Joseph Leckie Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/joseph-leckie-academy

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