Head of Music

Job overview

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join an outstanding and ambitious founding team at King's College School, The Bahamas, Inspired's premium school on the island paradise of The Bahamas, which continues to grow following its opening in August 2022, and which will inaugurate its boarding house in August 2025.

We seek an exceptional Head of Department for Music with a passion for education, dedication, creativity, and outstanding experience from the best schools worldwide.

The successful candidate will be tasked with growing the department at the school, building a first-class peripatetic and co/curricular provision, and will be teaching across Junior and Lower Senior school.

This role will commence in August 2025.

Key Responsibilities:

• Creating Engaging Lessons: Plan and deliver lessons that inspire and challenge all students and are in line with the school's curriculum, policies, and external assessment requirements. You will individualise and differentiate learning, ensuring each student is stretched, supported, and makes outstanding progress.
• Supporting and Assessing Progress: Regularly assess students' in-class and at-home learning, providing targeted feedback to drive progress and ensure all students are challenged and supported in reaching their potential.
• Building a Positive Learning Environment: Establish a classroom and school environment where students are invested in each other's flourishing, feel valued and supported, and are ready to take risks in their learning.
• Collaborating and Sharing Best Practices: Work closely with colleagues as an active member of our learning community, sharing best practices, collaborating with colleagues, and dedicating yourself to your own professional development to ensure the highest standard of education for our students.
• Contributing to School Life: Play an active role in the school's co-curricular programme, helping to create a well-rounded, enriching educational experience. From leading clubs to contributing to whole school initiatives, you will help shape the broader life of the school.
• Collaborating with Parents: Maintain open and constructive communication with parents, building strong partnerships that support students' progress so that each child feels like an individual, well-known and respected.
• Leading the Department: Oversee the Music department, ensuring a high standard of teaching and learning, and driving innovation in curriculum development to ensure it meets both internal standards and external assessment requirements.
• Mentoring and Developing Staff: Provide guidance and professional development opportunities to department colleagues, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment.
• Strategic Planning and Management: Lead the strategic direction of the department, managing resources efficiently, and ensuring alignment with the school's academic goals and broader vision.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A genuine passion for education, with the ability to engage, motivate, and positively impact young people.
• A proven track record of excellence in personal, academic, and professional achievements.
• In-depth expertise in and passion for their subject and the ability to inspire students and support outstanding progress.
• Expertise in assessing student progress, providing targeted feedback, and enhancing student performance, including in external assessments.
• Experience in providing pastoral care and promoting student wellbeing, with a strong focus on individual attention and high standards of welfare.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to work both collaboratively with colleagues and independently and a track record of establishing strong, positive relationships with families.
• A commitment to their own continuous professional development.
• Proven leadership experience in an educational setting, with the ability to inspire and develop a high-performing team.
• Strong decision-making skills and the ability to manage a department, ensuring excellence in teaching and student outcomes.
• Experience in curriculum development and department planning, with a track record of innovation and successful implementation.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills, able to plan and prioritise a varied workload, meet deadlines, and work well under pressure.
• PGCE, QTS, or equivalent, with excellent academic credentials and, ideally, evidence of post-graduate study.
• Experience of boarding is a plus.
• Energy, enthusiasm, and a positive, flexible, and resourceful approach to working in a dynamic school environment.

The School

King's College School, The Bahamas, opened in September 2022 in Nassau. It is the only school in the region that is part of a leading global group of premium schools. The King's group offers over 50 years of academic excellence combined with proven best practices from Inspired Schools across six continents.

For this 2024/25 academic year, the school welcomed over 250 students from Pre-Reception to Year 9. An additional year group will be added every year until Year 13.

The school is housed in a newly built 10-acre campus of architectural significance. It offers the highest quality educational facilities, ensuring that students benefit from a learning environment designed for how students learn in the modern day.

Facilities include light and airy classrooms, state-of-the-art science labs, a multipurpose hall, a 25-meter swimming pool, football pitches, tennis courts, padel courts, dance, drama, and art studios, an adventure park playground, and plenty of green spaces and shaded areas for students to enjoy.

Why join us?

Inspired is a high-growth organisation with over 13,000 employees and offers you the unique opportunity to be part of a founding team, collaborate with passionate educators, expand your skills, and grow in a role that inspires you in a stunning location.

You'll be joining other dedicated professionals with unrivalled access to extensive guidance, support and growth opportunities – and, most importantly, providing your students with the very best start in life. In addition, you will benefit from:

• The unique opportunity to impact education within The Bahamas and within Inspired as part of the founding team of one of the group's leading schools. 
• Industry-leading professional development.
• Being part of Inspired's award-winning team, which includes globally renowned educators and specialists.
• Exceptional internal career mobility within King's College School, The Bahamas, and Inspired's broader family of premium schools.
• Working within state-of-the-art facilities designed by some of the leading educationalists and architects in the world.
• A warm and friendly culture.
• Competitive tax-free salary and benefits.
• Relocation support.
• Free school places for children.

Safeguarding

Any successful applications will be required to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and an enhanced DBS check and completing any relevant safeguarding assessments.

Equal Opportunities

Inspired Education is an equal opportunities employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.