Teacher of A LEVEL MUSIC
Solihull Sixth Form College, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3WR15 days remaining to apply
Job start date
26 August 2025
Closing date
7 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 June 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Part time: 13 hours a week
Contract type
- Fixed term - Part-Time/One year Contract (approximately 0.4 FTE)
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,178 to £49,725.
Actual salary
- £12,871 to £19,890
What skills and experience we're looking for
Teacher of A LEVEL MUSIC
Part-Time/One year Contract (approximately 0.4 FTE)
Start Date: 26th August 2025
Salary: The Sixth Form Colleges Teachers Pay Spine 1-9 £32,178 to £49,725. (Pro rata for 0.4 - £12,871 to £19,890)
Summit Learning Trust Mission Statement
Success through Endeavour
Ambition through Challenge
Strength through Diversity
Join our friendly, thriving and supportive team here at The Sixth Form College, Solihull. We aspire to be outstanding professionally and personally, taking time to invest in everything we do, to develop transformative life chances for all our learners and to stretch their potential to the full.
The Sixth Form College, Solihull is a large, culturally diverse specialist in A Levels and Level 3 vocational qualifications, and part of the Summit Learning Trust.
A suitably qualified and enthusiastic Music teacher who is passionate about their subject is required for the 2025/26 academic year to teach A level Music and lead our music enrichments.
To be successful you will have a relevant degree and/or vocational qualification or equivalent and hold a teaching qualification. You will also have experience of teaching A-Level Music, preferably on the EDEXCEL specification.
Please see the team information, job description, and our teaching and learning strategy for further details.
Why work for us?
We offer a range of wellbeing and work-life balance benefits to recognise and reward the essential contributions our colleagues make to our success and growth. These include access to:
- Employee assistance programme
- High quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression
- Wellbeing Advocates
- Lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work scheme
- Health Protection Scheme alongside Flu Jab and Eyecare Vouchers
- Generous employer pension schemes
The closing date for return of completed application forms is Monday 7th July 2025 at midday with interviews on Friday 11th July 2025.
We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Summit Learning Trust is proud to be anequal opportunities employer,andweare determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender reassignment, age, disability, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity or race.
We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, including a Children’s barred list check. Online searches of shortlisted candidates will also be conducted.
What the school offers its staff
Teaching subjects in the College are currently structured into thirteen groupings, of which Creative Arts is one.
The Creative Arts Curriculum Area delivers A levels in Fine Art, Photography, Graphics, Music and Drama and Theatre and a BTEC Extended Diploma in Art and Design Practice.
There are six teachers across the team, with two technicians who work alongside the teachers delivering these courses. The work of learners is supported by excellent facilities such as a theatre, practical drama and music rooms, and the School of Art, a purpose-built facility with a specialist studio for ceramic, a printmaking room, an Apple Mac suite and a Photography studio.
The Specifications on offer to learners are:
A-Level Photography (Art, Craft and Design) AQA
A-Level Fine Art (Art, Craft and Design) AQA
A-Level Graphics (Art, Craft and Design) AQA
BTEC National Diploma in Art and Design Practice EDEXCEL
A level Drama & Performing Arts AQA
A level Music EDEXCEL
There are also opportunities for learners from outside the curriculum area, e.g. Theatre in Education and Musical Activities. All of the learners within the area benefit from a variety of trips: productions, concerts, art galleries, including one international Art trip each year. Learner achievement is celebrated with showcases and exhibitions. These all contribute significantly to the ethos of the College. This is a challenging and stimulating area within which to work.
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
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About Solihull Sixth Form College
- School type
- Academy, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth_form_or_college
- School size
- 0 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Solihull Sixth Form College website
- Email address
- haleema.mirza@summitlearningtrust.org.uk
Join our friendly, thriving and supportive staff here at Solihull Sixth Form college. We aspire to be outstanding professionally and personally, taking time to invest in everything we do, to develop transformative life chances for all of our students and to stretch their potential to the full.
Solihull Sixth Form College is a large, culturally diverse specialist in A Levels and Level 3 BTEC qualifications, and part of the Summit Learning Trust
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