Head of Music
Grace College
Gateshead
- £60,665 - £65,310 per year
- New
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- £60,665 – £65,310 (L9 – L12)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 4 October 2024
Job overview
The arts form an important part of the day at Grace College in our curriculum lessons, co-curricular groups, individual instrumental and LAMDA lessons and celebration events. Music and Drama are an integral part of our events programme, including our annual Carol Service at the College and our Presentation Evening that takes place in the inspiring Hall One at The Glasshouse, Gateshead.
As Head of Music, you will be a highly skilled musician, teacher and leader who will deliver an outstanding curriculum, co-curricular provision and events programme at Grace College, working with the Director of Arts and Events. An inspirational teacher, you will be able to teach at Key Stages 3 and 4 offering GCSE Music. In addition, you will lead on student recruitment and the development of instrumental and LAMDA teaching, inspiring young musicians to develop their playing and engage in our co-curricular ensembles.
The Creative Arts department comprises a staff team teaching Music, Art and Drama, led by the Director of Art and Events for ESF Gateshead. In addition, we are privileged to work with an experienced team of self-employed instrumental and LAMDA teachers who provide instrumental lessons and Speech and Drama lessons for students across all years. We are well-equipped, with three recently refurbished Art spaces, as well as a Drama classroom and Music classroom which is fully equipped with computers and keyboards. The department has established a firm tradition of excellent classroom teaching, as well as a well-respected and varied co-curricular and events programme that supports student leadership and character development. We are supported by a forward-thinking senior team that values the arts and the opportunities for student leadership and character education. We are at an exciting stage in our arts development, and we are looking for an inspiring teacher and leader to join us.
As an 11–19 secondary school serving nearly 1,300 students in central Gateshead, we have a clear vision for excellence in character education, the examined curriculum and in service to our community, grounded in our strong Christian ethos. We are part of the Emmanuel Schools Foundation, which opens exceptional opportunities for knowledge sharing and career development. 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 you can expect to be nurtured, supported, and encouraged at every step of your career through the Emmanuel College Teaching School. We are committed to investing in you and your career development, with the possibility of working closely with colleagues at Emmanuel College, one-to-one coaching, and future opportunities to undertake educational research. In short, we are looking to develop exceptional teachers and school leaders of tomorrow – either here or across the Emmanuel Schools Foundation – so we can take your career anywhere you want to go as this is a school where everyone can shine.
Benefits:
- Defined benefit pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Daily lunch allowance
- Free parking
- 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 4th October 2024.
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.
About Grace College
Grace College is an 11-19 secondary school serving over 1200 students in central Gateshead. The school is committed to creating an outstanding learning community where students excel in their academic, cultural, co-curricular and personal lives. The College joined the Emmanuel Schools Foundation (ESF) in April 2019 as the fifth school providing a holistic education focused on developing character in and beyond the classroom. ESF seeks to: provide and support schools in which students and staff have the opportunity to work hard to achieve their personal best; encourage personal, moral and spiritual development within a Christian framework and create and sustain educational environments where everyone is equally valued.
Our schools are committed to assisting economic regeneration and prosperity in the north-east, and to improve the quality of community life through our work with young people. We aspire to impart wisdom to the next generation by educating young men and women in a school culture which prioritises the pursuit of knowledge and the development of character. We serve communities of students, staff and parents who hold many different religious and ideological positions who unite around our core beliefs and core values, which are underpinned by our Christian ethos.
We value academic excellence, but we hold personal best to be of far greater importance. It is our experience that by developing a strong work ethic, holding a growth rather than fixed mind-set, and being provided with outstanding tuition, students may go on to achieve considerably more than they might have imagined possible. We seek to be intentional about character education, our aim being that our students will, in the future, become servant-hearted leaders. Students starting here encounter consistent rules, role models and traditions, which help them feel part of the college community and to begin to take responsibility for others. As students grow older we expect more of them and in the Sixth Form expect our students to take on at least one formal leadership role in the college as well as beginning to serve in the wider community.
Our hope is that all students leave the college as well-rounded, qualified individuals who are able to articulate a viewpoint and back it up with substantial knowledge and understanding. Students are encouraged to achieve academic excellence to access first-rate employment opportunities or to gain access to outstanding universities across the country.
Grace College provides opportunities for colleagues to collaborate and develop professionally with others across ESF. We are committed to an extensive, high quality programme of professional development and to opportunities for career progression. Working within ESF provides an ideal opportunity for ambitious educators who aspire to future senior leadership and will benefit from input through our National Teaching School designation.
If you share our passion for excellence and would like to find out more then please contact us to make arrangements to visit the school.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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