Teacher of Music
This is an exciting time to join the Creative Arts team at Grace College, as we work collaboratively to develop Music, Drama and Art. This role would suit a teacher at the beginning of their career or an experienced teacher seeking a new challenge.
For the right candidate, we are able to offer a competitive salary based on experience and are willing to discuss a retention and recruitment package.
Join us as we inspire the creative leaders of the future: students who thrive within our arts-rich curriculum and in our extensive co-curricular programme. To facilitate career development in the arts, we offer Music, Drama, Art and Graphics A Levels in our Associated Sixth Form based at Emmanuel College.We want students at Grace College to take every opportunity offered to develop a lifelong love for and enjoyment of the arts, understanding that their creative and artistic skills can create career opportunities with extended study.
We have high expectations for our students as they grow and develop, and all our staff provide important role models to them in terms of positive attitude, work ethic and diligence.
In this role, you will:
- Develop schemes of work and lesson plans in line with curriculum objectives
- Facilitate learning by establishing effective relationships with pupils
- Maintain organised learning resources, using your extensive music skills
- Create a positive, creative learning environment in the classroom
- Fully immerse yourself in the varied co-curricular and events programme at the college
- Develop and foster the appropriate skills and social abilities to enable the optimum development of children
- Assess and record progress and prepare pupils for national tests
- Link pupils' knowledge to earlier learning and develop ways to encourage it further, challenging and inspiring pupils to help them deepen their knowledge and understanding
We have a clear model for school improvement to provide an outstanding education for all students and are relentless in the pursuit of this goal. You will be central to delivering our strategy as you transform both the school and our students’ futures.
Join us, and in addition to working with committed and helpful colleagues, the Trust can offer access to the following benefits:
- Defined benefit pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Daily lunch allowance
- Free parking
- Access to our exclusive Benefits Hub
- Employee-centred and family-friendly policies and practices that support you in and beyond the workplace
- Enhanced sick pay, maternity leave and paternity leave (dependent on length of service)
- Cycle scheme
- Funded eye tests and glasses for DSE users (subject to T/Cs)
For further information and to apply, please click here.
Closing date: 9.00am on 20th May 2025.Interview date: Later in the week commencing 19th May 2025.
Grace College is committed to the safeguarding of children, and all staff are expected to ensure that the College is a safe and secure environment for our students. All applicants are referred to the Safeguarding Statement, which is to be found within the Policy section of the Grace College website.