Teacher of Music (0.6fte)
Outwood Academy Danum, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN2 5QD7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
16 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
8 May 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
- Part time: 0.6fte
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS1 to UPS3
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you a dynamic, passionate, and energetic individual with a flair for Performing Arts? Outwood Grange Academies Trust is on the lookout for an inspiring classroom practitioner to join our vibrant Performing Arts faculty, at Outwood Academy Danum! If you're brimming with enthusiasm, have an excellent grasp of the music and drama, and are committed to putting students first, we want to hear from you!
Outwood Academy Danum is seeking an outstanding Teacher of Music to work in our Performing Arts Faculty. The successful candidate will be joining a wonderful Performing Arts Department, in Music we offer OCR GCSE Music. Led by a head of faculty with over 15 years of experience, our staff receives unparalleled support and encouragement to evolve as practitioners. You'll have the creative freedom to shape your own schemes and contribute to planning processes, ensuring our curriculum remains current and exhilarating for our learners.
You will be responsible for effective classroom management and the coordinator of class work with any classroom support staff that are present. You must evaluate lessons and incorporate student views and responses to reflect and identify areas of development.
If you're excited about this opportunity, let's have a conversation! Contact Emily Root, Head of Performing Arts, at e.root@danum.outwood.com.
ECTs have access to a mentor within their department and are able to meet with them regularly.
Applicants must hold UK QTS, if trained overseas, or be able to provide relevant evidence that your qualification equates to UK QTS.
What the school offers its staff
We are an Ofsted Good rated, 11-18 academy, with a thriving sixth form and a campus undergoing a transformation, based in the friendly, South Yorkshire town of Doncaster.
We are proud to say that our recent OFSTED inspection in 2024 cited that the school is a 'Good' school, identifying how the school is an 'inclusive school' where 'pupils of every background are provided with the opportunities they need to be successful.' We value our staff highly, and have established a truly supportive environment where staff training and well-being is at the heart of all we do. We are focused on creating a culture of success, a positive climate for learning, and increased attainment, achievement and social and emotional development of our pupils is key so that they can navigate an ever-changing world with confidence and resilience.
We are proud to have been awarded Silver Status by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health Award and to have received the IQM Award, which highlights our commitment to inclusion. We have also recently achieved our Eco Schools award along with our Leading the Way award for meeting all eight Gatsby Benchmarks to support employability for our students.
We work hard to ensure we reduce workload on staff, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of students first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.
All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.
If you share our vision, join our family.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Outwood Academy Danum
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1167 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Outwood Academy Danum website
- Email address
- j.birkinshaw@danum.outwood.com
We are a large 11-18 comprehensive school with a thriving sixth form. Outwood Academy Danum became part of the Outwood family of schools in September 2016, in a recent Ofsted inspection we were graded good and we are still improving to become outstanding. This is an opportunity for you to join us on this journey.
As the highest performing Family of Schools in the North of England, Outwood Grange Academies Trust is transforming the futures of countless young people.
Arranging a visit to Outwood Academy Danum
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.birkinshaw@danum.outwood.com.
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