Teacher of Art
The Bulmershe School, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 3EU33 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
2 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 March 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Term time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- ECT - UPS, depending on experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Deliver high-quality Music lessons across KS3, KS4, and KS5, ensuring a practical, engaging, and enriching experience for all students.
- Engage with our extra-curricular offer, inspiring students to reach their full potential.
- Support whole school productions, performances, and after-school music clubs.
- Work collaboratively with the Communication and Performing Arts Faculty, contributing to the wider arts culture within the school.
- Support the teaching of GCSE and A-Level Music, ensuring high standards of achievement and student engagement.
What the school offers its staff
- Work/life balance: maximum load of 43 lessons per 2-week teaching cycle
- Staff Wellbeing: mental health first aiders on site, regular staff events, active staff voice
- CPD: A culture based on the best evidence-informed teacher development, to help you be be the best you can be
- A-Level Teaching: a growing 6th form offers our staff opportunities to teach their subject from KS3 - KS5
- Subsidised canteen
- Free flu vaccination and eye care
- Free parking and access to excellent transport links
Flexible working opportunities
Further details about the role
Are you an inspiring Music Teacher looking to make a difference? The Bulmershe School is seeking an enthusiastic Teacher of Music to join our friendly and creative team. Whether you're an experienced educator or an enthusiastic graduate looking to start your teaching career, we want to hear from you!
Our Music Department offers fantastic resources, including fully equipped classrooms, practice rooms, and a thriving choir and ensemble. You’ll be instrumental in shaping the Music curriculum, leading performances, and engaging students in a subject that fosters creativity and confidence.
As a valued member of The Bulmershe School, you’ll benefit from exceptional CPD opportunities, a strong staff support network, and a commitment to work-life balance. Our collaborative environment ensures that both staff and students excel.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to vbagley@bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Bulmershe School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1476 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- vbagley@bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0118 9353353
The Bulmershe School is a heavily oversubscribed school which sits at the heart of the Woodley community. We are a mixed, Corvus Learning Trust Academy school of nearly 1,500 students aged between 11 and 18, who come from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
Our vibrant and inclusive school strives for students to be happy, self-confident and aspirational learners and thinkers. We take enormous pride in our caring reputation and anyone who joins our team should be committed to achieving high levels of responsibility, mutual respect and resilience within the safe and nurturing environment of our school community.
Arranging a visit to The Bulmershe School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vbagley@bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk.
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