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  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    20 May 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    14 May 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

Music

Working pattern

Full time, part time: 1 FTE (with a possibility of 0.92FTE for the right candidate if desired)

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,650 - £49,084

Pay scale

MPS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the delivery of music at this outstanding school, as we seek to appoint an aspirational and enthusiastic teacher. The successful candidate will take responsibility for music within the school and lead a diverse extra-curricular programme. The school offers a wide range of music tuition and a large number of our students play musical instruments.

What the school offers its staff

The school is consistently amongst the highest performing in the country. The last Ofsted Inspection in November 2024 highlighted the following:

  • The school has extremely high expectations for pupils’ behaviour. Pupils’ conduct is consistently excellent. Pupils interact well with adults and one another. Pupils understand their role in creating a positive environment in which everyone can succeed.

  • Academically, pupils achieve exceptionally well, meeting the school’s extremely high expectations. The school also supports them to develop as young people. Pupils are mature. They understand and respect differences in the world.

Please note you do not need to be a regular attender at Church but you do need to be happy to support the Christian ethos of the school.

St Francis Xavier School is a joint RC/CE 11-16 Mixed Comprehensive serving the picturesque market town of Richmond and the surrounding rural area. We are located close to the A1 and A66 and in commutable distance from York, Durham and Teesside. The school has an excellent reputation in the local community. The school is a strategic partner for the Red Kite Teaching School Hub. It offers a comprehensive training programme for teachers at all stages in their careers.

Applicants should be committed to their own professional development, and have aspirations to develop the music curriculum offered at the school.

The school has an aspirational learning culture for all and as a result achieves outstanding academic outcomes for all our students. We enjoy excellent facilities and our ethos fosters a strong sense of community.

St Francis Xavier Secondary School is part of the Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, a family of 38 schools, and a vibrant Sixth Form College. With more than 12,300 pupils and 1,500 staff, NPCAT is now one of the largest multi-academy trusts in the UK.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy

School type
Academy, Roman Catholic/Church of England, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
608 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01748 823414

Arranging a visit to St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@sfx.npcat.org.uk.

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