Teacher of Music

Hellesdon High School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR6 5SB

9 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  6 May 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  27 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subject: Music
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS / UPS

Teacher of Music job summary

Part of the Wensum Trust

Tel: 01603 424711

Email:  lleuwgardn8tra@nsix.org.uk

Website: https://www.wensumtrust.org.uk/careers/current-vacancies

 

• Salary – MPS / UPS (£32,916 - £51,048pa)
• Permanent
• Full Time

 

The Wensum Trust is seeking to appoint an ambitious, enthusiastic and imaginative Music teacher to join our Performing Arts department at Hellesdon High School, to complement the friendly, supportive and dedicated team of 4 which makes up our Performing Arts department. The successful candidate will need to provide our students with an outstanding education in music, and work collaboratively with staff in our school and across our Trust to maximise opportunities for music performances. We welcome applications from candidates who would enjoy contributing to the wider life of the school, including involvement in our school production and annual concerts. Our extra curricular events are highly regarded at Hellesdon and a valued aspect of our Performing Arts department. This post is full time but 0.8 will be considered.

The successful candidate will be required to teach music to mainly KS3 with a possibility of KS4 or 5 depending on experience. The appointed candidate will have excellent subject knowledge, demonstrate innovative teaching and have the commitment to raise the achievement of students at all levels. Successful candidates will preferably have some technical skills to deliver our Music Tech curriculum and be willing to improve on these if required.

As part of The Wensum Trust, we believe that our shared duty is to help every child to develop into high achieving, confident, healthy, caring and resilient members of their family and community. We want our schools to be healthy environments where both children and staff can develop and where strong, positive relationships are key. Our school, therefore, practises a relational approach with children, our families and our communities. We are particularly interested in working with people who share Our Qualities; who will work effectively and flexibly as part of a team.

At Hellesdon High School we are committed to evidence-informed classroom practice and a knowledge rich curriculum in every subject. We believe that empowering students with knowledge is the best way to help all our young people to become creative, well-round, successful life-long learners.

Being a part of The Wensum Trust’s family of schools offers employees unique experiences to work alongside our strategic partners and to collaborate with a wider network of staff. We believe in investing in employees as individuals, by providing training opportunities that help to develop both existing and new skill sets, to encourage career progression at all levels.

We value our staff and are committed to supporting their wellbeing. We have an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which all staff can access 24 hours a day. The EAP provides counselling services, legal information and guidance, musculoskeletal services and online resources such as nutrition diaries, healthy eating plans, personal coaching questionnaires and tools and fitness programmes.

We care about bringing together the most able people, to help us achieve our vision of providing a rounded education for children, quality support for their families and opportunities to enrich our communities.

For further information on this vacancy and our school, please contact Lara Leuw-Gardner on - lleuwgardn8tra@nsix.org.uk

How to apply

For this vacancy, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our recruitment website to apply online.

Closing date:    6 May 2026, 9am

Interview date:   TBA

 

The Wensum Trust is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people, we expect all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Wensum Trust is exempt from the Rehabilitations of Offenders Act 1974 and all convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as 'spent' must be declared. All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service, along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Hellesdon High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1523 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hellesdon High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hellesdon-high-school-norwich

Hellesdon High School and Sixth Form is an ambitious and caring school. We provide a great variety of academic, social and cultural opportunities designed to help our young people to enjoy, achieve and succeed in all aspects of their life. Learning is at the heart of all we do. Through high quality teaching, we ensure every student's talents and abilities are catered for, allowing them to not just excel academically but also to develop skills which allow them to become more independent in their learning, in preparation for life beyond school. Our school also has the benefit of being part of The Wensum Trust which, alongside its strategic partners, continues to offer new and exciting opportunities for our students in an ever-changing world.

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