Teacher of Music
Canary Wharf College Crossharbour, London, E14 9GL8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
12 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
4 June 2026
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: 0.8
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS £40,317 - £52,300 | UPS £57,632 - £62,496
Additional allowances
There is a TLR (TLR 2 - £3,527 ) for a suitably qualified and experienced candidate.
What skills and experience we're looking for
Part-time 0.8
Actual salary: MPS or UPS In London
Canary Wharf College Crossharbour is a small secondary school within a growing Trust. Ambition and opportunity sit at the heart of everything we do, and we aim to ensure that every child receives an education that is both academically rigorous and deeply rooted in values.
If you enjoy working with a sense of real team trust and shared purpose, have ambitions to influence whole school development and are passionate about transforming lives, then please do not hesitate to get in touch.
The Role
We are seeking a highly ambitious and committed Music teacher to join our Music department. There is a TLR (TLR2 -£3,527 )for a suitably qualified and experienced candidate.
The successful candidate will contribute to the direction for teaching, learning and assessment in Music.
Our close-knit setting means every student is truly known, creating a family atmosphere where students feel safe, confident, and supported. We currently occupy an interim purpose-built site with excellent facilities. By 2030 we will move into a brand-new building at the Westferry Printworks site, designed to house up to 900 students.
We take pride in our focus upon developing learning through activities outside of the classroom and making use of the opportunities within London’s cultural offer.
We have a strong educational ethos ‘To Live, Share and Celebrate a Love of Learning’ and we embed this positive ethos by aligning everything that we do with these key principles:
- Curriculum at the Centre: we remain ‘obsessed’ with what we teach our students
- Exemplary Behaviour: we have clear principles informing behaviour and conduct to achieve the highest standards of behaviour for learning
- Exceptional Teaching: we have a clear pedagogical strategy and support every member of staff to be able to delivery consistently excellent teaching
- Valuing every child: we work tirelessly to alleviate barriers to individual student achievement
The school is made up of committed and aspirational staff led by visionary and experienced trustees and senior leaders. Staff development is a key priority, and we boast a unique collaborative approach where, through regular meetings, senior leaders support all staff to take ownership for their own development, both by providing high quality guidance and by promoting teachers to read widely, make research-informed decisions, as well as attend tailored CPD.
What We Offer
- High expectations
- Outstanding training and CPD
- A small school with a close knit team
- Excellent student behaviour
- Support for the most vulnerable students
What are we looking for?
- Ambitious and committed individuals who want to learn to be the best they can be.
- Flexible and friendly teachers who add value to a team and support their colleagues.
- Hardworking staff who give 100% and will go the extra mile to make a difference in student's lives.
- High expectations and excellent teaching practice and a hunger for feedback.
- Excellent communication skills, with an ability to motivate and inspire others.
Next Steps
If you are interested in the role, please download and read the attached job description and person specification. To apply, please do so by using the TES application form. Please ensure you provide your full education and work history and account for any gaps.
If you have any questions about the role, please e-mail HR Department, athr@canarywharfcollege.co.uk
We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the application deadline once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
What the school offers its staff
What We Offer
- High expectations
- Outstanding training and CPD
- A small school with a close knit team
- Excellent student behaviour
- Support for the most vulnerable students
What are we looking for?
- Ambitious and committed individuals who want to learn to be the best they can be.
- Flexible and friendly teachers who add value to a team and support their colleagues.
- Hardworking staff who give 100% and will go the extra mile to make a difference in student's lives.
- High expectations and excellent teaching practice and a hunger for feedback.
- Excellent communication skills, with an ability to motivate and inspire others.
Further information about the job
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 KCSiE guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks:
- 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 will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Canary Wharf College Crossharbour
- School type
- Free Schools, Christian, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 462 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Canary Wharf College Crossharbour website
- Email address
- aandrews@canarywharfcollege.co.uk
About us
In this multi-cultural school community, pupils are well-behaved and motivated with good discipline and supportive families. The staff team is creative and enthusiastic and has been providing a high standard of innovative education over the course of the lockdown and since.
The school is part of a successful Multi-Academy Trust. Routines and collaborative working are embedded in our practice, but we constantly seek to improve our work and thus seek energetic innovators. The Trust welcomes staff and pupils from all faiths while operating within a Christian ethos. We are firmly committed to staff CPD at all levels.
Our schools are based in a quiet setting in the heart of the Isle of Dogs in Tower Hamlets, yet close to Crossharbour, Mudchute and Island Gardens DLR and central London. The school works long days, balanced by shorter terms.
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