Teacher of Music, ARK SCHOOLS

Guardian Jobs; Chipping Barnet; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 50,000

Job description

About The Role
Music Teacher
Location: Barnet, London — a five minute walk from High Barnet tube station
Interviews: May/June
Start: September 2025
Salary: MPS £37,313 - £49,745
Contract: Full-time hours, permanent contract

We seek to appoint an enthusiastic and well-qualified Music Teacher to teach pupils across the range of ability. We would expect the successful applicant to contribute to the life of the school, for example through involvement in extra-curricular ensembles and concerts.

The successful candidate will teach at KS3, KS4 and KS5, and will be expected to contribute to the exciting co-curricular musical provision. We will develop every teacher that joins our team, providing one-to-one support, coaching and mentoring and access to extensive network training. There are many opportunities for leadership roles as our school grows, including within the music team and also whole school areas of responsibility, for the right candidate.

Benefits

• Bespoke professional development to all team members
• Opportunity to plan and moderate with colleagues in the same discipline, beyond our own school gates.
• Breadth of opportunities - many of our team have taken on leadership roles progressing from one of our sister schools.
• Benefits beyond the classroom including everything from shopping discounts to a supportive and comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

About Us
We are a non-denominational, mixed gender school based in a brand-new building with top class facilities. We serve a wonderfully diverse community and two-fifths of our pupils receive pupil premium funding.

We’re led by our values - Aim High, Have Integrity, Be Kind and Model Determination, and our team truly unite behind our vision. Curriculum is incredibly important to us and we’ve planned backwards from university readiness to give our pupils the very best in every subject discipline.

We timetable collaborative planning and love to engage in ‘productive struggle’. Every team member is supported with coaching and tailored professional development, whatever stage they are at in their career. Our extended school day (we finish at 4 four days a week and earlier on Wednesday) allows us to offer a broad, rich curriculum and timetabled enrichment for every child - but we never have meetings after school. Our team say: ‘All staff are incredibly supportive and positive, and it is a great environment to work in’.

Diversity and inclusion:
We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.

Safeguarding statement:
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage you to submit your application at your earliest convenience.