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  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    22 May 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    21 May 2025

Job details

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Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

Music

Working pattern

Full time: Mon - Fri 32.5hrs

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS with potential for TLR2 (£3,391)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Teacher of Music

with potential for Personal Development Leader (TLR2 £3,391)

Salary: Teachers Pay Scale

Required 1st September 2025

The Governors of St Thomas More Catholic High School are seeking to appoint a creative, passionate and motivated teacher of Music who can deliver inspirational lessons across all aspects of Key Stages 3 and 4.

You will be joining a thriving and busy Performance department, which seeks to provide all students with a broad and enjoyable curriculum in a vibrant and imaginative learning environment.

An excellent knowledge and understanding of the subject is essential. You must possess the skills and determination to make a significant difference to the lives of our students. We are a friendly and caring community placing the academic progress and welfare of our students at the heart of everything we do

The post would suit a committed and skilled musician who wants to make a difference and help all our students achieve the highest possible standards along with a real drive to build an outstanding music department. This is an exciting opportunity and would be suitable for an experienced teacher or an outstanding NQT.

Further details and a recruitment pack is available from the school website:

www.st-thomasmore.cheshire.sch.uk

or by e-mailing

recruitment@st-thomasmore.cheshire.sch.uk

Closing date: Thursday 22nd May 2025, 10:00am

Interview date: Friday 23rd May 2025

Please do not apply online or download Cheshire East’s Application Form.

The academy is committed to safeguarding children and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Our commitment to safeguarding is underpinned by robust processes and checks which are in place.

What the school offers its staff

This is an excellent opportunity to build and shape music across the school. The pupils at St Thomas More have energy and creativity which is a real strength to the way they approach their studies. There is a genuine love of music, both listening and playing. STM is looking for a dynamic and passionate teacher, to use this energy and love of the subject, to build music into the school curriculum and to guide them into learning about the impact of music on society and the joy of playing it. You will have a commitment to supporting extracurricular activities that will enable our students to explore their enjoyment of the subject and develop their creative skills further.

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 St Thomas More Catholic High School

School type
Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
666 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01270568014

St. Thomas More Catholic High School is a voluntary aided Catholic comprehensive school for boys and girls aged 11 to 16, situated close to the centre of Crewe, in Cheshire. Most pupils are drawn from four parishes within the Shrewsbury Diocese, and the school serves a wide, diverse area.

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