Teacher of Music
Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy, York, North Yorkshire, YO10 5ZA19 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
14 May 2025 at 8am
Date listed
24 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Part time: 0.2 FTE / 1 day per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Mainscale / UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed teacher of Music who is keen to develop into an outstanding teacher and make a significant contribution to the extra-curricular life of the school.
What the school offers its staff
We believe that Archbishop Holgate’s is ‘no ordinary school’ and is an excellent place to work, a view confirmed by Ofsted in our recent inspection, “Staff are incredibly proud to work here.”
Our staff are friendly and supportive and our students are polite, hardworking and keen to succeed. As such this post represents an exciting opportunity to join a very successful, high-achieving, forward looking and fully-subscribed Church of England comprehensive, a school judged Outstanding in all areas by both Ofsted and SIAMS.
Successful candidates will be fully supported to develop in the role, benefiting from bespoke CPD opportunities both at Archbishop’s and as part of the Pathfinder Teaching School Hub. In addition, colleagues will benefit from being part of the Pathfinder Trust Career Pathway and through working with colleagues across other Trust schools to develop skills and share innovative teaching and learning experiences.
Further details about the role
Role
This role represents an exciting opportunity to help shape the future direction of Music at Archbishop’s. Students at Archbishop’s enjoy music and benefit from state-of-the-art facilities including a Mac suite and a fully equipped recording studio. Music is a popular subject at GCSE and Post 16. Music is also central to the wider life of the school, not least in our Christmas Carol Service held in York Minster each year with over 1000 guests. School Shows, Music Concerts and Easter Services all rely on high quality music provision which is always excellent. There are also a dozen instrumental/vocal specialists who teach individual or group lessons on a weekly basis. There are a number of extra-curricular music clubs running weekly including Orchestra, Jazz Band, Soul Band, Junior choir, Senior choir, Staff choir, music technology club and rehearsals for our annual school shows.
Specific to this Role
- We are looking for a colleague who is keen to develop into an outstanding teacher who will also make a significant contribution to the extra-curricular life of the school.
- The successful candidate will be innovative and enthusiastic and committed to being part of our music department.
- The successful candidate should have passion for the subject and a thorough knowledge of Music and will teach across KS3 and KS4.
- The successful candidate should ideally have some experience of using music software such as Sibelius and/or Garageband.
- We are very proud of the extra-curricular provision at Archbishop Holgate’s and a commitment to playing a supporting role in the school Services, shows and concerts is absolutely essential.
- The successful candidate will play a part in curriculum development within the department and will support the Head of Department in this area.
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 jsissons@ahs.pmat.academy
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1842 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- jsissons@ahs.pmat.academy
- Phone number
- 01904 411341
Arranging a visit to Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jsissons@ahs.pmat.academy.
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