Teacher of Music
Torpoint Community College, Torpoint, Cornwall, PL11 2NH41 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
22 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
11 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
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Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday - Friday 1.0 FTE
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR2L (£3,613) for subject lead responsibility
What skills and experience we're looking for
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, dynamic and motivated teacher of Music to develop an outstanding music provision in Torpoint Community College, located on the beautiful Rame Peninsula in Southeast Cornwall. As the only music teacher, the successful candidate will be a self-starter who strives to achieve and maintain the highest standards. We seek a creative, outstanding practitioner who is confident in teaching at both Key Stage 3 and 4 (GCSE) and is willing to work as part of a wider team to support and deliver an array of performances and enrichment activities. The successful candidate will receive a TLR to lead the development of music at the College, playing a key role in shaping our music provision.
As we work towards creating a Performing Arts Faculty, bringing together Drama and Music, this role offers an exciting opportunity for potential future progression
The successful candidate will:
- map, plan, implement and assess the music curriculum
- be creative and dynamic in the classroom maintaining high standards of teaching and learning across the Key Stages
- have excellent interpersonal skills and a team ethos, as well as being adept at working independently
- have a passion for performance and recognise the Performing Arts are central to a positive culture in schools
- have a ‘can do’ attitude to problem solving.
What the school offers its staff
You will be joining a friendly team of staff in a lovely location on a site that sits amongst its own well-maintained grounds. You will also have access to free parking and be able to participate in a range of staff wellbeing activities and events.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Torpoint Community College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 748 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Torpoint Community College website
- Email address
- jones.jo@torpoint.cornwall.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01752812511
Torpoint Community College (TCC) is situated in South-East Cornwall and is very much a part of the local community. Due to its proximity, it also enjoys close links with the urban area of Plymouth city. This results in a rich mix of urban and rural, village and city-based students and the College is very much an economic driver for the area.
The majority of students attending the College live in Torpoint or on the Rame Peninsula. It also has students from Plymouth who travel from Plymouth via the chain ferry over the River Tamar. The current number on roll is approximately 720, including 50 in the Sixth Form. The College’s Post 16 provision offers a small, but thriving, learning environment for its students with a wide range of A Level subjects on offer.
Arranging a visit to Torpoint Community College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jones.jo@torpoint.cornwall.sch.uk.
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