Teacher of Music

Greenford High School, Southall, Middlesex, UB1 2GU

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 January 2027

• Closing date

  20 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Music
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,914.00 - £33,615.00 Annually (Actual) Maternity Cover-part-time 3 days a week Fixed Term contract. Salary M1 to M6

Teacher of Music job summary

Job Description

Purpose of the post: To teach the subject specifications and curriculum throughout the 11-18 age and ability range.

Accountable to: The appropriate Head of Department in the first instance

Accountable for: The delivery of lessons and the assessment, reporting of and progression of your students

Responsibilities:

To teach the relevant subjects throughout the age and ability range. To achieve high standards in this.

To adhere to the school’s code of conduct and mission statement.

To plan lessons to make them meet the necessary educational objectives and to attempt to make them enjoyable, personalised and challenging for students; to aim to plan lessons that meet the needs of the individual needs of students.

To contribute significantly to the development of appropriate specifications, materials, resources and schemes of work.

To monitor pupil progress; assessment of pupils; and recording of statements of attainment.

To set homework and mark students’ work in accordance with the school’s expectations, standards and policies.

To pay due regard and to promote the school’s policies on a variety of educational issues, including SEN, literacy, differentiation, digital learning and assessment for learning.

To have due regard to the school’s commitment to Continuing Professional Development and to aim to develop one’s own professional practice and to support the development of colleagues.

To use technology such as Google Classroom, Show my Homework and other digital learning platforms to further independent learning effectively.

To pay due regard and to promote the school’s policies on a variety of educational issues, including SEN, Literacy, differentiation, the use of the VLE and ICT to further learning and Assessment for Learning

To enrich the curriculum for students and show commitment to supporting trips, clubs, revision lessons and extra-curricular learning activities.

To support the moral values and ethos of the school, its commitment to raising aspirations and developing well-rounded and caring individuals

Pastoral Care:

All teaching staff are expected to be a Form Tutor of an assigned tutor group, and/or member of a Year Team, to carry out related pastoral duties in accordance with the school’s pastoral policies and job description of the Form Tutor.

General:

To participate in appropriate meetings with colleagues and parents to facilitate the above.

To undertake a share of general supervisory duties in accordance with the school’s organisation of duty rosters.

With regard to the new school buildings, to show regard for the need to maintain standards of cleanliness and Health and Safety in the new school and to actively promote those standards amongst students.

To undertake to record students’ attendance using the school’s registration system and to record, report and monitor student progress using the school’s assessment procedures.

The above responsibilities are subject to the general duties and responsibilities contained in the current School Teacher’s Pay and Conditions document.

This job description allocates duties and responsibilities but does not direct the particular amount of time to be spent on carrying them out and no part of it may be so construed. In allocating time to the performance of duties and responsibilities, the post holder must use Directed Time in accordance with the school’s published Time Budget policy and have regard to clause 36(i)(f) of the current Teacher’s Pay and Conditions document.

Main Scale Teacher Person Specification - RequirementsQualifications

• DfE recognised Qualified Teacher Status

• Degree or equivalent qualification

Professional Knowledge and Experience

• Understanding and/or experience of current developments in education

• Understanding of current approaches to assessment, recording and reporting procedures at various levels

• Knowledge of the implications for teaching in a multicultural environment

• Knowledge and understanding of issues related to equal opportunities and their implications for classroom practices in teaching

• Knowledge and awareness of the extended schools programme

• Knowledge of the impact of ICT and Virtual Learning Environments in the field of education

• Knowledge and understanding of Child Protection and Safeguarding issues

Professional Skills - to be demonstrated to the interviewing panel’s satisfaction

• Ability to liaise with other teaching staff and work in co-operation with colleagues

• Ability to motivate pupils through the use of a variety of teaching methods and the setting of appropriate goals and monitoring of progress

• Ability to assess, monitor and report on students’ progress

• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing

• Ability to effectively manage, organise and control students’ working

• Ability to successful encourage students to the highest standards of individual achievement

• Ability to adopt flexible teaching and learning strategies

Educational Commitment

• Commitment to protecting children, safeguarding and the welfare of all students, following the school’s policy and practice in this area

• Commitment to the development of schemes of work which will promote positive images and equality of opportunity for all students, irrespective of gender, sexuality, disability or ethnicity; a commitment to the use of a variety of learning styles which will promote the achievement of each individual pupil.

• Commitment to the school Mission Statement and our Code of Conduct.

• Commitment to improving teaching and learning in the subject by personal research and development

• Commitment to the achievement of quality in education through Continuous Professional Development

• Commitment to the development of links between the school and home

• Commitment to providing a supportive environment for the pupils particularly for those with special educational needs

• Commitment to developing and using the VLE/ICT for the benefit of students’ learning

  Applications made be submitted via TES, My New Term or Ealing LA website, also available to download from the school website www.greenford.ealing.sch.uk and submitted by email kfoster@greenford.ealing.sch.uk

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Greenford High School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1976 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Greenford High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/greenford-high-school

GHS is a large, multi-cultural, mixed gender, non-selective High School based in Southall, Ealing. We have a large Post-16 centre of over 500 students and our own "school within a school": I-Block, a "stepping stone" for Yrs. 7 & 8. Over the last decade we have consistently been in the top 5% of schools for student progress.

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