12 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    31 March 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    19 March 2026

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Job details

Job role

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

Music

Working pattern

Part time: 0.5

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

ECT, Main Scale and Upper Pay Scale

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for people with:

  • A passion for learning and teaching and an ambition to develop their own practice
  • The ability to inspire students to attain the highest possible outcomes

What the school offers its staff

  • A Chromebook for each member of the teaching staff
  • A committed and supportive leadership team, teaching and support staff
  • A range of career development opportunities including induction and mentoring
  • A stable and caring school community with well behaved, motivated and delightful students
  • A pleasant, green site with outstanding facilities
  • An opportunity to live and work in a fantastic part of the country.
  • A school that has teachers’ professional autonomy as a key priority.
  • A strong vibrant staff social ethos for example with a staff choir, staff steel pan band, five a side football

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Westfield Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, including the barred list, as well as other pre-appointment checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2023).

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Westfield Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1025 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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School website
Westfield Academy website
Email address
rhiannon.rodber@westfieldacademy.co.uk
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We are an 11-16 co-educational school, in Somerset, serving the town of Yeovil and the surrounding villages. Westfield is an oversubscribed and successful school with a good reputation.

Arranging a visit to Westfield Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email rhiannon.rodber@westfieldacademy.co.uk.

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