Teacher of Music
The Milton Keynes Academy, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 5LA24 days remaining to apply
Closing date
20 April 2026 at 12:59am
Date listed
27 March 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
- £31,650.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (Actual) MPS to UPR
Teacher of Music job summary
Job Title: Teacher of Music
Location: The Milton Keynes Academy
Salary: £31,650 - £51,048 (Main Pay Range to Upper Pay Range)
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Monday - Friday 8:25am - 15:25pm
Application Closing Date: 19 April 2026
About You:
The Milton Keynes Academy is seeking a passionate and dedicated Music Teacher who is committed to delivering high‑quality, engaging lessons that inspire creativity, confidence, and a love of learning in every student. You bring energy, enthusiasm, and a strong belief in the potential of young people, ensuring that all students, regardless of starting point, are supported to make excellent progress.
You are an educator who thrives in a collaborative environment, contributing positively to curriculum development, department improvement, and the wider life of the academy. You maintain high expectations, fostering an inclusive, supportive, and respectful classroom culture where students feel valued and encouraged to excel.
Alongside your teaching, you will play a key role as a Form Tutor, building strong relationships, supporting students’ personal development, and acting as an important link between home and school. You are dedicated to upholding the ethos, values, and standards of the academy, and you take pride in contributing to a community in which every student can be their best.
Our Ideal candidate will have:
A passion for teaching music and the creativity to deliver engaging, high‑quality lessons.
A strong understanding of curriculum planning and the ability to deliver a broad, balanced, and inclusive music curriculum.
Experience in using assessment for learning to ensure students understand how to improve and make strong progress.
High expectations of student behaviour, progress, and achievement, with the ability to maintain a positive learning environment.
The ability to track, monitor, and evidence student progress effectively.
A commitment to pastoral care and a willingness to lead a tutor group, supporting students’ academic and social development.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with students, colleagues, parents/carers, and external agencies.
A collaborative approach and a willingness to share best practice within the department and across the wider school community.
A commitment to professional development and staying up to date with best practice in teaching and learning.
A strong commitment to safeguarding, equality, diversity, and the values of the academy.
About our Music department
We are seeking a passionate, enthusiastic, creative, and dedicated Music Teacher to join our thriving secondary school. The successful candidate will inspire and engage students across KS3 and KS4.
Our Music Department is a vibrant, inclusive, and forward‑thinking area of the school. We are committed to providing students with a broad understanding of musical diversity and culture, offering a rich and varied curriculum that celebrates the arts in all their forms. Our aim is to ensure every learner develops the knowledge, confidence, and cultural capital they need to thrive both in school and beyond.
About The Milton Keynes Academy:
At The Milton Keynes Academy, you'll be part of a vibrant, inclusive school community that places learning and student success at its heart. Our architecturally inspiring campus features outstanding facilities, including cutting-edge science labs, a spacious restaurant, and a modern gym, all designed to support both staff and students.
We pride ourselves on being a nurturing environment where students are happy to learn, and staff are supported to thrive. As part of the Creative Education Trust, we collaborate across a network of schools to share best practices and drive innovation. Staff benefit from a bespoke induction, ongoing professional development, and clear pathways for career progression.
Guided by our core values, Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, Equality, and Aspiration, we empower both students and staff to dream big, believe in themselves, and succeed. If you're passionate about education and want to make a real difference, we’d love to hear from you. To find out more please visit our website.
About Creative Education Trust:
Creative Education Trust is a growing network of 17 schools, educating over 13,500 children and young people across England. Since 2010, we’ve worked in partnership with communities to deliver an education that inspires ambition, promotes equity, and unlocks opportunity for every learner.
We believe every child has talent, every community has strength, and every school can be a place where excellence thrives. Our curriculum is rich, broad, and inclusive - designed to build knowledge, nurture creativity, and prepare students for the future.
We are united by a shared purpose: to transform lives through education. Our schools are places where students feel safe, supported, and empowered to lead their own lives with confidence. Through collaboration, high expectations, and purposeful leadership, we ensure that success is both expected and achieved - together.
Visit our Trust website to explore how we support our staff and discover more about our mission, values, and opportunities.
Ready to Join Us?
Submit your application directly through our website. We warmly welcome visits to our school, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or confidential conversation with the Line Manager, our friendly HR/Recruitment team is here to help. Reach out to us at Zoe.Dempsey-Vicent@miltonkeynesacademy.org.uk, and we'll be delighted to assist you. Want to stay connected? Join our Talent Pool here and be the first to hear about future opportunities.
Essential Information:
Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.
All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.
The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, separate Barred List Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.
CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.
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 The Milton Keynes Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1010 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Milton Keynes Academy website
The Milton Keynes Academy is an Academy with strong links in the community. Our Academy is underpinned by an ethos based on raising aspirations and raising achievement, so that we realise our mission of providing opportunities for everyone. We are relentless in our pursuit of high standards and excellence and emphasise traditional core values of good behaviour, honesty and mutual respect.
We are a vibrant Academy (Ofsted judgement Good November 2017) with outstanding facilities. We cater for 1400 pupils aged 11-19 and welcome pupils of all abilities. We are a member of the Creative Education Trust (CET), which marks a new phase on our journey and will further strengthen the Academy on our pursuit to Outstanding. Further information about CET can be found on their website at http://www.creativeeducationtrust.org.uk/
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