Teacher of Music
Westcliff High School for Boys Academy, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0BPThis job expired on 30 March 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
30 March 2022 at 10:30am
Date listed
12 October 2021
Job details
Job role
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Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: This role could be part time for a Music Teacher, with full time available, dependent on the second teaching subject.
Contract type
- Fixed term - Two terms
Full-time equivalent salary
- Teacher Pay Scales will apply.
Teacher of Music job summary
We are seeking to appoint a part time teacher of Music, with the option of full time, dependent on the second teaching subject, until the end of the academic year 2021/22.
The Music Department at Westcliff High School for Boys (WHSB) has been a high performing Department for many years. We have had consistently outstanding results in GCSE and Advanced Level Music. Currently there are 13 students studying the subject in the Sixth Form and 69 pupils studying the GCSE course in Years 10 and 11.
The School is extremely proud of the Music Department’s extra-curricular provision. There are a large number of clubs and ensembles that meet regularly, including the Concert Band, Jazz Band, String Ensemble, Brass Ensemble and Treble Choir. The School Calendar features many musical events, including termly Chamber Recitals and the popular ‘Festival of Lessons and Carols’ featuring the large School Choir. The Big Band performs jazz, funk and pop music at two popular annual events, while the School’s symphony orchestra, the Westcliff Sinfonia, performs a full concert of professional repertoire each term. A musical performance is given in Assembly once a week, and hymns are also sung twice weekly in Assembly. The Department regularly runs trips to see concerts, opera and musical theatre in London.
The Department’s programme of instrumental tuition is popular and there are currently over 180 pupils taking lessons on instruments from the bassoon to the organ. The department has a number of Music Scholars, who are selected by audition each year.
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.
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About Westcliff High School for Boys Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1267 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- Email address
- holleyd@whsb.essex.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01702 475443
Westcliff High School for Boys is an Academy Grammar School located in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.
At WHSB we continue to hold dear our values and traditions whilst fostering academic excellence and a dynamism which allow us to provide a twenty-first century world class education.
Our record of outstanding success is reflected in our outstanding A Level and GCSE results and we are committed to providing the highest standards in all aspects of our provision for pupils.
We currently have around 870 boys on roll in Years 7 to 11, and 330 students in our mixed Sixth Form.
Arranging a visit to Westcliff High School for Boys Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email holleyd@whsb.essex.sch.uk.
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