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Teacher of Music

Teacher of Music

Swanlea School

Tower Hamlets

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Salary:
MPS/UPS with TLR 2a (+ Inner London weighting/pay award pending) TLR 2b available for an exceptional candidate
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
Ideally Easter 2025 or September 2025
Apply by:
6 January 2025

Job overview

Teacher of Music

Start date:    Ideally Easter 2025 or September 2025

Salary:            MPS/UPS with TLR 2a (+ Inner London weighting/pay award pending) TLR 2b available for an exceptional candidate

Status:           Permanent

 We are an OFSTED outstanding school with a culture of high expectations based on our Swanlea Values. In Tower Hamlets, we are the top performing mixed school for progress at KS4, for all students’ progress at KS5 and have the best attendance and punctuality. Most of our students progress on to top universities including Oxford and Cambridge. Despite our successes, we are not complacent, and we believe that we have the capacity to further improve.

We are an over-subscribed school that has around 1300 children from Year 7 through to Year 13. Our students are proud of their school, and we have extremely supportive parents/carers and governors. We are highly committed to the development of all colleagues as evident in our comprehensive CPD programme.

Swanlea School is in one of the most deprived areas in the UK; almost 50% of our students receive the Pupil Premium. Our students may come from disadvantaged backgrounds, but they do not lack ambition for their futures, and neither do we as reflected in our no excuses culture. Our highly motivated and hard-working staff are driven by the moral imperative that our young people can achieve highly. We welcome students from all backgrounds. The school is inspired by the diversity and strength of its community, an inclusive approach to learning, excellence in education and varied, innovative approaches to teaching and learning. Swanlea School is one of the founding schools in the ‘Weavers Federation’ with two local feeder primary schools.

The PVA Department has a strong track record of delivering excellent performances with a host of partners as well as superb outcomes across KS3 & 4. We are seeking to appoint an outstanding teacher of Music to join our growing department on our journey to be an exceptional school. You will be joining a creative and highly successful department with excellent musical and theatrical links across Tower Hamlets and indeed London.

As you would expect, we are looking for the best, someone who is prepared to sweat the small stuff to get the job done. A good honours degree and qualified teacher status are essential. You will be able to demonstrate unwavering commitment to raising student progress and standards. Like us, you believe that social disadvantage is no barrier to achievement and that every student can share in the joy of education. Most importantly, you will possess integrity, good humour and moral purpose. 

In return we can offer the following:

·     Our teachers never cover

·     Working with a forward thinking, driven and experienced leadership team

·     A healthy financial outlook

·     A competitive salary with inner London weighting and local government pension scheme;

·     A vibrant, warm and engaged community of children, parents, staff and governors.

·     The opportunity to work in a creative and thoughtful environment with a strong and committed team.

·     Great CPD and work/life balance

·     Working with a forward thinking, driven and experienced leadership team

·     A central location within a vibrant, diverse London Borough, with excellent transport links;

·     Outstanding facilities and resources to support teaching and learning;

·     Supportive & collegiate staff;

·     A highly regarded middle & emergent leadership programme;

·     A friendly and diverse student and staff community;

·     Discount scheme that offers savings on purchases, including grocery, eating out, entertainment, etc;

·     Season ticket loan scheme;

·     Cycle to work scheme;

·     Free eye tests and discounted eye-care scheme;

·     Subsidised staff restaurant offering breakfast, break and lunch time hot and cold food.

·     Access to confidential emotional and practical advice support services.

We would welcome applications from NQTs.

To apply, please send your completed application form and supporting statement (letter of application) to recruitment@swanlea.co.uk

Closing date:   9.00am on Monday 6th January 2025

Interviews:      To be confirmed

*We reserve the right to interview before the closing date therefore early applications are welcome.

Swanlea School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and references. The school reserves the right to carry out social media on applicants invited in for interviews. You can find our safeguarding policy on our website https://swanlea.co.uk/

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About Swanlea School

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+44 20 7375 3267

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Federation Vision – Stronger Together

Who are we?

Our three schools came together in 2024 to strengthen the educational offer for our children and to increase our capacity to be agile in responding to the changing needs of our community.

Together the Weavers Federation are working towards building an amazing, shared leadership team, providing quality education and support for our children and families. We have strengthened our practice and built our federation teams.

Our schools are stronger together, more resilient and our future is focused on blending the leadership and teaching expertise whilst maximising the use of shared resources. This will allow strategic flexibility to optimise our resources in the most effective way to allow our children to thrive and advance. Together the Weavers Federation are working towards building an amazing, shared leadership team, providing quality education and support for our children and families. We have strengthened our practice and built our federation teams.

What are the federation principles whilst we learn to work together?

High Ambition: To inspire all our children to have a love of learning so that they strive to achieve and be successful in doing so.

Broad Horizons: To provide a stimulating, progressive curriculum which offers enrichment opportunities for all children respecting their rights, responsibilities and individuality.

Proud Traditions: To take pride in our unique schools, celebrating each school’s traditions whilst growing in partnership to develop a new shared learning culture.

Integrity: Choosing to do the right things, based on wisdom, research and values, even when it’s hard or no-one is looking so that we have trust between us and the community.

Swanlea School is a large, vibrant and thriving secondary school in the centre of London. With approximately 1000 students on roll and a further 210 at KS5, staff at Swanlea work alongside outstanding colleagues to achieve outstanding student outcomes in all key stages.

In April 2024, OFSTED graded Swanlea as outstanding in all categories for the third time in a row. Prior to this in July 2015, we were awarded Teaching School status as part of our journey to achieving excellence and we continue to strive to deliver outstanding outcomes across all key stages and subject areas. We are committed to the continuous professional learning of all staff.

At Swanlea School, our mission is to be exceptional in Teaching, Leading, and Learning. Our mission focuses on developing well-rounded individuals who are equipped for success in a diverse world. Our core values at Swanlea School are to Respect, Aspire, and Achieve.

At Swanlea, we aim to:

- Cultivate socially confident, responsible, resilient, and independent learners.

- Create respectful, empathetic, and active citizens who value the principles of democracy, liberty, and the rule of law within British society.

- Develop young people who are highly numerate, literate, and articulate, instilling in them a lifelong love of learning.

- Promote cultural capital and celebrate diversity, fostering an understanding and appreciation of differences among individuals.

- Nurture aspiration and ambition, challenging all students to reach their full potential and preparing them for the global workplace.

- Support student wellbeing, safety, and healthy lifestyles, helping them manage their academic, personal, and social lives effectively.

Social Confidence:

Personal Development is a process that involves the world of the young person. In this subject strand, pupils have opportunities to explore a range of topics and develop Whole Curriculum Skills and Capabilities. Pupils learn about:

- Self-Awareness

- Personal Health

- Relationships.

Personal Development encourages pupils to become personally, emotionally, socially and physically effective, and to lead healthy, safe and fulfilled lives. It also encourages them to become confident, independent and responsible citizens, making informed and responsible choices and decisions throughout their lives.

The PD programme enables all students to understand the demands and expectations of modern society outside of a domestic and academic environment. These lessons encourage students to think about their present behaviours and what they can do to make informed choices regarding safe and respectful behaviours in society, career pathways, further education, health and well-being.

Lessons address critical information creating a window for students to broaden their horizons and elevate their ambitions. Students experience a range of aged-related lessons, where they engage in discussions, pair/group work, as well as building literacy skills such as writing on demand and comprehension. These deepen their understanding of key concepts in the three strands. Consequently, pupils develop holistically and with confidence, resilience and are better informed to be active citizens in British society.

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