Casual Peripatetic Music Tutor (Violin and Singing)

The Samworth Church Academy are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Music Tutor to join our expanding department. We are interested in applicants who can teach violin and singing to students in the 11-18 age range.

Therefore, the successful applicant may be a multi-instrumentalist who can deliver high quality lessons on two or more instruments, or an individual who teaches a single instrument.

The successful applicant will be expected to consistently deliver outstanding and inspiring instrumental music lessons to our students. The ideal candidate will be passionate about music education and sharing their instrumental knowledge. They will be responsible for ensuring all students who are participating in instrumental lessons are making good progress, setting ambitious goals for students and supporting any music qualifications students are participating in (GCSE, A Level and graded music exams). They will also be responsible for appropriately differentiating and scaffolding their teaching to ensure that lessons are accessible to all students.

This is an exciting opportunity to joining an expanding enthusiastic and committed team in our Academy. If you think you could make a difference to our fantastic students and would like to have a role with real job satisfaction, then this may be the post for you!

You will have:

• A passion for the long-term success of students with an ambition to ensure they enjoy 70 or more fantastic years after they leave us.
• A determination to fulfil your own potential.
• An enthusiasm for coaching/nurturing using excellent people skills and a high level of empathy.
• A hunger for both autonomy and accountability

And will want to be part of an organisation that:

• Is values driven.
• Is not afraid to be different and make changes for the benefit of our students.
• Judges its success by the success of its students

Are you interested in joining an academy which understands the importance of academic success yet strives to balance this with the development of young people outside of the classroom, sending young people all over the world to integrate with, support and learn about diverse cultures and traditions?

The Samworth Church Academy opened in September 2008 and enjoys 21st century facilities, highly motivated and professionally developed staffing which allows us to focus on our fantastic students with a mission to be ‘the best we can be’.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an enthusiastic and committed team in our academy.

We welcome applications from good instrumental music qualifications (Grade 8 primary instrument and Grade 5 or above at a secondary instrument).

The Samworth Church Academy opened in September 2008 and enjoys 21st century facilities, high motivated and professionally developed staffing.

This is an excellent and rare opportunity for a fantastic candidate who currently works in music education and wants to build a long-term instrumental music provision to help our students achieve their full potential.

If you think you could make a difference to our fantastic students and would like to have a role with real job satisfaction, then this may be the post for you!

This position will be offered on a zero hour casual contract with working hours within the normal school day and academic term time (39 weeks). Although the contract is zero hours, we anticipate a consistent demand for instrumental lessons and as the provision grows, hours will likely increase.

Closing date: 0900 Monday 22nd July 2024

Interview date: to be confirmed

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