Teacher of Music
Stanley High School, Southport, Merseyside, PR9 9TF24 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
31 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS / UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job description
RESPONSIBLE TO: CURRICULUM AREA LEADER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
RESPONSIBILE FOR: LEARNING OUTCOMES, PROGRESS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS
GRADE: MPS / UPS
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Support with the day to day running of the Music department.
- Provide high quality teaching and learning experiences for students.
- Fulfill the role of Form Tutor to students
MAIN ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Main duties and responsibilities are indicated below.
- Other duties at an appropriate level and nature may also be required and will be negotiated.
TEACHING AND LEARNING:
- Teach Music at Key Stages 3 and 4.
- Support the Curriculum Area Lead for Performing Arts in the day to day running of the music department.
- Work as part of the Performing Arts team to produce a range of events, shows and productions on the calendar.
- Organise termly music events.
- Liaise with instrumental teachers to ensure students make good progress.
- Consistently deliver good or outstanding well-planned learning that achieves high outcomes.
- Monitor and identify underachieving students from performance data.
- Report to students and parents as required. Liaise with parents to ensure excellent attainment.
- Contribute to the school literacy and reading policies.
- Support extended learning activities to enhance students’ learning experiences.
- Manage the behaviour of students in classrooms and around the school.
- Understand and fulfill all the requirements of the school’s policies.
- Work as part of a team in the delivery of high-quality learning outside the classroom.
- To support the Curriculum Area’s Improvement Strategy.
- To contribute to the department’s after-school revision and extra-curricular programme. To support transition in learning at primary and post-16 level.
- Act as a Form Tutor to support the personal development of students.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensure all students are safe and can achieve their potential.
- Adhere at all times to professional business standards of dress, courtesy and efficiency. Attend subject and staff meetings.
- Attend and participate in Open Evenings, Parents’ Evenings and other school events. Uphold the school’s Behaviour for Learning Policy and Student Dress Code.
- Be responsible for ensuring subject knowledge is developed and participate in staff training and development.
Qualifications
(AF – Application Form LO - Lesson Observation I - Interview)
Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject -AF
Qualified teacher status -AF
Experience
A passion for Music and a thirst to develop pupils and self as lifelong learners in the subject -AF, LO & I
Ability to teach engaging, well-sequenced and adapted lessons -LO
Demonstrable experience of improving student outcomes -AF, LO & I
Ability to use ICT effectively to support learning -AF, LO & I
Ability to play an instrument -AF & I
Experience of teaching groups of pupils and pupils of all abilities -AF & I
Collaborative teaching methods and working with colleagues in the preparation, assessment and monitoring work -AF & I
Experience as a form tutor and/or pastoral work -AF & I
Experience as GCSE Examiner -AF, LO & I
Experience of leading/taking part in an extracurricular Music activity -AF & I
Skills
Must be well organised -LO & I
Excellent communication, literacy and numeracy skills -LO & I
Ability to work hard under pressure while maintaining a positive, professional attitude -LO & I
Ability to organise and prioritise workload and work on own initiative -AF & I
Excellent evidence-led creative teaching ability -AF, LO & I
Knowledge and Understanding
National Curriculum for Music at Key Stages 3-4 -AF, LO & I
Understanding of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 Part 1 -AF, LO & I
Developing differentiated schemes of work -AF & I
Equal Opportunities
Understanding of different social backgrounds of pupils -AF & I
Understanding the needs of pupils and the appropriate strategies to support them -AF, I & LO
What the school offers its staff
On-site parking
Commitment to safeguarding
In accordance with our statutory obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education Southport Learning Trust is required to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened and are publicly available online, which Southport Learning Trust might want to explore with you at the interview.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hcasady@stanleyhigh.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
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About Stanley High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 841 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Stanley High School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hcasady@stanleyhigh.co.uk
Stanley High School is a proud member of the Southport Learning Trust family of schools leading to collaboration amongst our wider school community. We have a strong safeguarding culture and we will expect you to champion this within your role. Our staff will engage in high quality Continuous Professional Development at both school and Trust level and all staff have access to our supportive well-being package.
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