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Teacher of Music

Ark Boulton Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B11 2QG

This job expired on 26 September 2023

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  26 September 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  14 September 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: Music
• Working pattern: Full time: Full-time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: £28,704 - £39,779 (Ark main payscale - upper payscale)

What skills and experience we're looking for

As a Teacher of Music, you will be responsible for planning and delivering high quality lessons and achieving excellent results for your students, instilling in them a love for music and a desire to learn. We are looking for someone who will inspire and enthuse our students, delivering an outstanding and enriched music curriculum.

As a Teacher of Music, you will be responsible for developing and leading an exciting music curriculum which enables the highest level of pupil progress and attainment and ensuring there is a high-quality teaching of music across the academy. As appropriate and developing strong partnerships and ensuring regular and productive communication with parents.

This role is suitable for Early Career Teachers, and we are committed to developing and supporting teachers.

Our ideal candidate will:

• Demonstrable commitment to raising attainment of all pupils in a challenging classroom environment.
• Excellent understanding of both subject and general teaching pedagogy.
• Up to date knowledge of styles of music relevant to instruments.
• High level guitar/vocal coaching/piano/percussion skills.

What the school offers its staff

• Staff wellbeing is one of our main priorities. We provide breakfast for staff each morning, soup for lunch and lunch for those on duty. We have parking available, a gym on site and a well-equipped staff room including a pool table.
• Our systems and processes for communication, marking and feedback and assessment are streamlined and the approaches we take are research led and based on the needs of our local context. For instance, at present we do not use traditional book marking across the school.
• On Fridays, children finish at 2pm, giving time and space for professional development amongst staff.
• Staff voice is important to us; we like to listen to our staff. We are always seeking feedback and input from our staff.

Commitment to safeguarding

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.

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About Ark Boulton Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 891 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Ark Boulton Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: a.hersi@arkboulton.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ark-boulton-academy (opens in new tab)

By joining Ark Boulton Academy means, you become part of a network of education experts who are all united by the same purpose - a commitment to making a difference where it matters most.

Each day is unique for our team, as they collectively support the activities within and outside the school. Our consortium of creative and resourceful team members ensure we go above and beyond in order to constantly improve our service to the community we serve. Our strapline ‘growing together, reaching higher 'applies as much to our staff as our students. We recognise that the health and wellbeing of our staff will affect that of our students. For this reason, we have invested in developing our wellbeing room and other initiatives to care for our whole school community.

Our staff are a valuable and integral part of our community and are given the room to grow and develop in an encouraging, challenging and rewarding environment. They are role-models and ambassadors for Boulton on a professional and public level. They reflect the virtues we promote which include courage, self-discipline, commitment, and honesty. 

By becoming a member of our school family, you will embrace multiple opportunities for personal and professional development, not just within the school, but from the internationally renowned Ark family of schools we are a part of. Through Ark, our staff can share best practice and receive training from some of the most talented individuals in the country.

Arranging a visit to Ark Boulton Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email a.hersi@arkboulton.org.

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