Teacher of Music
Devizes School, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 3AG6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
5 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
14 August 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Salary Scale : MPS to UPS depending on experience
Teacher of Music job summary
Please note that applications will be reviewed as received and should a suitable candidate be identified, we may close the vacancy early. Therefore, early application is encouraged.
The role: Music Teacher
Hours: 32.5 Hours / Full-time - All year round
Start: ASAP
Salary: MPS1 to UPS3
Vacancy Details
Devizes School is a well-established Secondary School in the heart of Wiltshire. We value diversity in our school community and hold a variety of lessons and events to celebrate our differences.
If you are looking to continue your teaching career in a challenging and rewarding role within our school, then we want to hear from you. Come and join us on this exciting journey to help every child in our school reach their potential.
All About You
Do you have what it takes to join us? The Teacher we would like to join us will be:
- A proactive and innovative team-player, committed to collaborative working and school improvement.
- An inspirational, creative and self-motivated practitioner with a passion for teaching and learning.
- An experienced Music teacher with a wealth of knowledge and a desire to grow and nurture this area of our curriculum
- Committed to their own professional development journey.
- Skilled in planning and delivering exciting and engaging lessons to enrich and inspire our students' cultural experiences.
- Experience with BTEC delivery would be desirable but not essential.
- A desire to work with the wider arts community to promote musical engagement and participation in Devizes and beyond.
Why Work for us?
We think you will love working with us and here are some of the reasons why:
- We are a welcoming and supportive school with strong values and a caring ethos.
- Our staff are a hardworking team dedicated to helping children succeed.
- Our children are engaged and eager to learn.
- We have a supportive leadership team and wider school community.
- There are opportunities to develop professional knowledge and collaboration with local schools and music professionals.
- As part of The White Horse Federation multi-academy trust, we benefit from their support, encouragement, shared resources and outstanding CPD opportunities.
- Why not come and see for yourself? We would love to welcome you to our school and show you around so that you can better understand our school environment. Please get in touch with the school office to arrange.
The White Horse Federation is a large Multi-Academy Trust in South West and South East England, committed to providing the very best education for our students. We believe in empowering our staff to be the very best they can be, and that is why you will find a wide range of professional development opportunities available to you when you join us.
The Advantages of joining our Federation
In addition, our employees reap the rewards of a competitive benefits package, including:
- Employee Assistance programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Discounts on Gym Membership
- Menopause support network
Discounts, save money on holidays, clothing and much more:
- Discounts for Teachers - All staff within the Trust can take advantage of the discounts
- Blue Light Discount
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Tusker Car Purchase Scheme
Development
- Access to up-to-date training on safeguarding and child protection to ensure staff are fully supported in their roles, including ongoing updates on statutory safeguarding guidance and legislation.
- CPD Programme
- Supportive leadership team to help you reach your full potential
Pension / Leave and Service
- Excellent Pension Scheme*
- Employer contributions above national standards
- Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
- An additional White Horse concessionary day’s leave per year
Ready to Apply?
We hope we have done enough to give you a flavour of what it is like to work here. If you would like to come and join us, then please apply today – we are looking forward to hearing from you.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Devizes School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1137 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Devizes School website (opens in new tab)
Devizes School is a Good School (Ofsted 2019) and learning is at the heart of all that we do. We are a very forward thinking school who are always striving to do better. It is a very happy place to learn and work and the positive relationships between students and staff are based on mutual respect and are at the heart of high standards of teaching and learning. This results in all students making excellent progress
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