Teacher of Music
Lord Williams's School
Thame, Oxfordshire
- £30,000 - £46,525 per year
- New
- Salary:
- Teachers' Main/Upper Pay Scale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st January 2025
- Apply by:
- 9 September 2024
Job overview
Thank you for your interest in the post. We wish to appoint from January 2024 a well-qualified, enthusiastic and committed Teacher of Music. The post is permanent and full-time. We could consider part-time teachers on a job-share basis. The position would suit an ECT or experienced teacher.
This is an excellent opportunity to join one of Oxfordshire’s largest and most successful schools. Effective administrative systems support the two sites. Students are well-behaved and motivated, and there is a strong sense of community in Thame, with a committed parent support base.
We are exceptionally strong in terms of pastoral support for all students and have the highest expectations for individual achievement whatever the starting points. Outside the classroom there are wonderful extra-curricular activities for all. Students leave the school successful and well-rounded individuals. There is a ‘buzz’ about learning in the school and our students are fortunate to be supported in their learning by dedicated teachers and support staff. Staff training and professional development are always a developmental priority and many of our staff move on to promotions in other schools.
The School
The school is the only school serving the market town of Thame and surrounding villages. It is a popular school and always oversubscribed. It is a split site school – Years 7-9 on our Lower School site and Years 10 -13 on our Upper School site. There are around 540 students in our Sixth Form and we attract many students from other schools, post-16. Teamwork is a key feature of school life and so is partnership with our feeder primary schools. There is a strong drive to establish powerful curriculum links cross phase with teachers collaborating on a range of projects.
The Department
The Department is part of the Faculty of Creative Arts. The Music Department staffing currently consists of 2 full-time Music teachers, 1 part-time Music teacher, and the Deputy Head Teacher of Lower School. The school is the recipient of an Artsmark Award in recognition of its Creative Arts provision. The four departments of Art, Dance, Drama and Music organise much of their own work but they also work together, particularly at Key Stage 3. The Faculty team meets regularly as a group and ideas for working imaginatively and collaboratively are welcomed.
Music is taught to all students in Years 7, 8 and 9. There are flourishing GCSE groups in Years 10 and 11 and A Level groups in Years 12 and 13; eduqas is the exam board taught at both KS4 and KS5.
The Department is well equipped on both sites with good-sized teaching rooms and several practice rooms. At Key Stage 3 all teachers deliver an agreed schemes of work and includes activities using Music Technology (Ableton) electronic keyboards as well as tuned and untuned percussion instruments.
Choirs, orchestras and instrumental groups produce many performances throughout the year. The Faculty has also worked together on whole school musicals. Recent productions include Avenue Q, Guys and Dolls and The Wizard of Oz. There are several whole school music concerts, performances at the Candle-lit Service, and a Creative Arts Evening in the Summer. At Upper School, there are monthly Live Lounge lunchtime gigs which are student-led.
We are fortunate to have annual funding for Arts activities in the school from a bursary known as the Willie Howe bursary. This supports a variety of Arts workshops throughout the year, as well as providing funding for 5 annual Music Scholarships (appointed for a year).
Attached documents
About Lord Williams's School
Lord Williams’s School is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational, 11-18 academy with sixth form, situated in Thame in Oxfordshire. The school, which has over 2,000 students on its roll, is managed by the Thame Partnership Academy Trust and the school governors.
The school was founded in 1559 by Lord Williams of Thame. In 1971, Lord Williams's Grammar School was combined with the Wenman School on Towersey Road to form a comprehensive co-educational school. Today it is a split-site school, with Years 7-9 on a Lower School site and Years 10-13 on an Upper School site.
Headteacher
Mr Jon Ryder
Values and vision
Lord Williams’s School’s aim is the pursuit of excellence for all. It strives to develop individual potential and cherishes the vitality of communal life.
The secondary school aims to provide a rich, diverse and challenging education through excellent teaching and learning. It seeks to develop lively and enquiring minds, healthy lifestyles and free spirits, and looks to generate confidence, purpose, self-esteem and outstanding achievement. The school also encourages generosity, respect and care for others and for the environment. It aims to bring together students, parents, staff and the community as partners in learning.
Ofsted report
“Pupils are proud to attend this school. Staff have high expectations for pupils. Pupils get off to a flying start at the lower school... In the popular sixth-form, students study a wide range of academic and vocational courses.
"Leaders have designed an ambitious curriculum that prepares pupils for life beyond school... Teachers have strong subject knowledge. They use this to enthuse and inspire pupils in lessons and beyond.”
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