Teacher of Music
Oak Wood School, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB10 9HT3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
18 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
30 September 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
- MPS/UPR Outer London Allowance. May suit Early Career Teacher
Teacher of Music job summary
Applications are welcome from new and experienced teachers able to teach Music throughout the ability range at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. Excellent support is available from a very experienced team. All students study Music at Key Stage 3 it is a growing option at Key Stage 4 and the school is keen to develop Music at A Level. We need you to have a love of teaching and a willingness to trial new ideas and be a team player who puts the good of our students at the heart of all that you do.
Oak Wood School was judged as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2022. It is a truly inclusive, mixed, multi-ethnic 11-18 school that embraces all aspects of comprehensive education. The curriculum is well balanced and reflects the needs of all our students and the local community.
We believe our best resources are our teachers. There is a popular and thriving programme of professional development in the department and across the school at all levels and colleagues have the opportunity to develop personally and professionally through our membership of organisations such as the PiXL club and the Hillingdon Learning Partnership (HLP). The school also offers a comprehensive induction programme and excellent promotion prospects. Colleagues benefit from a commitment to staff well-being and are provided with several schemes to support them maintain an active and healthy lifestyle. This post would be appropriate for an ECT or a more experienced teacher – we will also consider applications from candidates who would request a part-time role.
Situated on a large site close to Heathrow Airport and the centre of Hillingdon, Oak Wood School has much to offer:
A commitment to the professional development of all its staff to become outstanding teachers and leaders
Staff wellbeing programme Childcare and cycle to school vouchers
Excellent transport links (by train 45 minutes to central London), bus routes 427, 278 & U2, train (Chiltern Railways, Great Western Railway and Underground (Metropolitan & Piccadilly)
On-site parking including electric charging facilities
On-site catering facilities. Please read the Teacher of Music information document for information about the department, Job Description and Person Specification
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 Oak Wood School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1247 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Oak Wood School website (opens in new tab)
School location
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