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Head of Choirs, Ensembles & Performance

Head of Choirs, Ensembles & Performance

Newton Prep School

London SW8

  • New
Salary:
Competitive salary + excellent benefits
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
January 2025
Apply by:
27 September 2024

Job overview

Newton Prep is a successful and dynamic school for children between the ages of 3 and 13 situated at the heart of one of London’s most exciting areas in Nine Elms; conveniently situated close to Battersea Park and Queenstown Road BR stations and the new London Underground Northern Line Battersea Power Station. We have high standards and expectations and are interested in education in the fullest sense. We seek to ensure that our pupils benefit from a proper balance of academic excellence, fun and activity combined with strong pastoral support.

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated, inspirational person to lead our wide range of choirs and music ensembles. Following the recent promotion of our Director of Music to Headship, we are seeking someone with a track record of inspiring children to participate in music performance.

At Newton Prep many children, of many ages, love to sing in one of our choirs. Our Training Choir is an outstanding, auditioned choir, who have performed at cathedrals across the country and have gone on choir tours to Cambridge and Dublin; we have a Junior Choir (for pupils in Years 3 and 4) a Senior Choir (for Years 5 and 6) and a Vocal Group (for Years 7 and 8). Beyond that, we have numerous ensembles - including strings, guitar, woodwind and brass. Academic music lessons, performances, recitals and productions all form an important part of life at the school. You would be responsible for implementing and leading a vibrant and varied programme of musical activities. A sense of music at Newton Prep can be experienced.

We are keen to hear from candidates who will bring creativity and flair to the children’s music experiences. Ideally, you should be an excellent pianist, who can accompany the children and play at important school events. You will need an appropriate teaching qualification i.e. (BA (Ed), BEd or PGCE) or proven experience in a relevant setting.

We offer a competitive salary above the national teachers’ scale for inner London; opportunities for professional development; contributory pension scheme; free on-site parking; staff gym; free school lunches; cycle to work scheme; free ‘travel to work loan scheme’.

Full details of the post and an application form can be obtained from the School’s website www.newtonprepschool.co.uk or by phoning the HR Department on 020 7720 4091 ext. 1255.

To apply, please complete an application form and email this to the HR Assistant at hrassistant@newtonprep.co.uk

The closing date for applications is 9.00 am on Friday 27th September 2024.

Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 7th October 2024. However, the School reserves the right to interview and appoint this position ahead of any advised application closing date should an appropriate candidate be found. Therefore, it is advisable to submit applications as early as possible.

Newton Prep is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be expected to undergo an enhanced DBS disclosure check including a Barred List check.

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+44 20 77204091

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In a London landscape crowded with prep schools, Newton Prep stands out. The school, founded in 1991, has an unbeatable combination of size and eclecticism, coupled with extraordinary facilities and outside spaces. Its position at the heart of Central London’s most burgeoning development, Newton is a short walk away from the Nine Elms to Battersea riverfront. This hosts the bustling new ‘town’ around the rebuilt Battersea Power Station; a new extension of the Northern Line tube now means the school is within five minutes of three stations.

When arriving, visitors and prospective parents always comment on Newton Prep children: they are well-educated, of course, but noticeably curious, kind and articulate. Above all, in this modern world, they are equipped with the best of British values: pupils are encouraged to think for - and be - themselves.

Academic success is central to all that is taught. More than that, however, the school ensures children are equipped with a sense of self, resilience and hopefulness. We encourage children to think outside the curriculum. Whether it’s piano lessons, judo or Boggle, children need ways of engaging: we aim for our Newton Prep children to enter adolescence feeling that they already have more to contribute than just academic achievements. Yes, we need to get them into the right schools, but not at the total expense of their well-being, character and love of learning.

Inspiring a love of learning is central to Newton Prep’s offering. With a huge all-weather pitch capable of supporting four fixtures at a time, a 120-seat recital hall, a music technology suite, recording studio, 300 seat auditorium, three gymnasiums, bustling art studios, dance studios, two libraries and three hands-on science labs, children are encouraged to “do” as well as “learn”. We have an oasis of a garden where our children perform Shakespeare, hunt for mini-beasts and conduct scientific experiments.

Despite the excellence of their education, Newton Prep children are notable for their lack of arrogance; there is no sense of entitlement here. The kindness and generosity shown by the pupils towards their peers is remarkable; we are particularly proud of the engagement between the older children and our youngest pupils.

This spirit of community is also built into the Newton Diploma, our revolutionary humanities curriculum for Years 7 and 8. This is a cross-curricular, rigorous and exciting programme which allows pupils to explore links between subjects, extend initiatives for service and leadership, and breathe real fire into their intellectual curiosity.

We are not a blazers-and-boaters kind of school. As a school only thirty years young, we are not limited to looking back at the past to inform what we do in the future. We focus all our present energies on ensuring a bright future for our bright children. We want Newton Prep children to enjoy their precious childhood years.


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