Teacher of Music
Landau Forte Academy, Amington, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B77 4FF7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
20 May 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
13 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS (TLR is available for the right candidate)
Additional allowances
MPS/UPS (TLR is available for the right candidate)
Teacher of Music job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and talented Music teacher to join a thriving, ambitious and oversubscribed 11-16 academy, with the opportunity to develop into subject leadership with support and coaching over time.
At Landau Forte Academy Amington, we are committed to providing high quality education for our community. Judged GOOD in all areas by Ofsted (May 2022), we are on a clear trajectory towards becoming exceptional across all areas, driven by our values: Ambitious, Brave, Kind.
We recognise the national recruitment challenges within Music education and therefore welcome applications from both experienced teachers and ambitious early-career or developing teachers who aspire to lead a subject in the future. The successful candidate will receive support, coaching and development opportunities to help grow their leadership capacity over time.
Key Information
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Salary: MPS/UPS (TLR is available for the right candidate)
Start Date: September 2026
Closing Date: Wednesday 20th May 2026
Why this role is special
Music is central to our vision for a rich, inclusive and ambitious curriculum. This role offers the opportunity to:
- Teach a high-quality, knowledge-rich Music curriculum at KS3 and KS4
- Help shape and grow a vibrant musical culture across the academy
- Work alongside and support our team of peripatetic music tutors
- Contribute to an ambitious extracurricular programme, including:
- Academy Choir
- Rock Band
- Orchestra / Ensemble provision
- Play a key role in our annual academy production/show
- Develop performance opportunities that showcase student talent within the academy and wider community
- Receive structured support and development towards subject leadership for the right candidate
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about Music and eager to grow professionally within a supportive and ambitious environment.
About the Role
As Teacher of Music, you will:
- Deliver high-quality teaching and learning in Music
- Support the continued development of an ambitious and engaging curriculum
- Inspire students of all abilities to engage and achieve in music
- Contribute to extracurricular music opportunities and academy productions
- Support the coordination of performances, concerts and enrichment activities
- Work collaboratively within the Creative Arts Faculty
- Have opportunities to develop leadership skills and responsibilities over time
Who we are looking for
We are looking for a colleague who:
- Is an excellent or aspiring Music teacher with strong subject knowledge
- Is passionate about performance, creativity and student opportunity
- Can inspire students of all abilities to engage and achieve in Music
- Has experience or interest in contributing to:
- Choirs / ensembles
- School productions
- Instrumental programmes
- Has the ambition to develop into subject leadership in the future
- Is reflective, innovative and committed to continual improvement
- Understands the importance of Music within personal development and cultural capital
- Is energetic, ambitious and aligned to our values
What we offer
- A supportive, ambitious and values-driven culture
- Genuinely enthusiastic, respectful students
- A highly collaborative staff team with shared planning and strong CPD
- Protected time for professional development
- Opportunities for career progression across the Trust
A leadership team committed to staff wellbeing, including:
- Wellbeing committee
- Commitment to the DfE Wellbeing Charter
Benefits including:
- Teacher Pension Scheme
- Healthcare Cash Plan (Westfield Health)
- Meal allowance
Join us
If you are excited by the opportunity to build a vibrant, high-impact music provision and inspire young people through music, we would love to hear from you. Visits to the academy are warmly welcomed. Please contact the Principal’s PA at sfarley@lfata.org.uk to arrange.
About the Trust
Landau Forte Charitable Trust is a family of primary, secondary and sixth form academies across the Midlands. Our foundations lie in innovation, entrepreneurship, service and care, and we are committed to delivering exceptional outcomes for every child.
Apply for this job
1. Complete the application form online
2. Or send your application
You can email your completed application, along with a covering letter to recruitment@lfct.org.uk or you can post it to:
HR Officer
Landau Forte Charitable Trust
Ashby Road
Tamworth
Staffordshire
B79 8AH
All appointments made are subject to satisfactory references and a criminal background check. Landau Forte Charitable Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for this post.
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 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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Landau Forte Academy, Amington
- School type
- Academies, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 931 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Landau Forte Academy, Amington website
This is an exciting time to join Landau Forte Academy, Amington. We are an oversubscribed forward thinking 11-16 academy on a mission to provide high quality education for our local community and in May 2022 we were judged GOOD in all areas by Ofsted. We have high expectations for our students and our academy is built upon our shared values: ambitious, brave and kind
As with all posts at Amington, we are looking for dedicated, committed and inspirational individuals to provide high quality teaching to our wonderful students.
If successful, you will become part of our community. You will be supported in your career with opportunities to achieve nationally recognised qualifications and we invest in our staff by offering protected time, within the Academy day, for continual professional development. We have dedicated time to create a feedback and assessment policy that prioritises student progress but utilises live marking in the classroom, and whole-class feedback to enable staff to use their PPA time to focus on delivering exceptional learning. Collaboration flourishes within our faculties and shared planning empowers our staff to offer an exciting and unreservedly ambitious, challenging and engaging curriculum.
This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced individual with a proven track record of high impact teaching or an ambitious ECT.
We care about our staff and staff wellbeing is integral to our decision making. We are committed to prioritising the wellbeing of our staff through a wellbeing committee and by committing to the DfE Staff Wellbeing Charter.
Those individuals who are excited by being part of a journey to outstanding are encouraged to visit the academy and meet with our Principal, Mr Andrew Deen. To arrange a visit please contact the Principal’s PA at sfarley@lfata.org.uk.
Key information
• Hours: Full Time
• Contract: Permanent
• Start date: September 2024
• Salary: competitive
• Closing Date: Tuesday 23 April 2024
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