Teacher of Music

Start date: 1 January 2025

Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
36, Lichfield Road
Sutton Trinity
Sutton Coldfield
B74 2NH
Telephone number: 0121 250 5400

Contact email: recruitment@bishopveseys.bham.sch.uk

Contract type: Permanent

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join one of Britain’s top state schools, judged OUTSTANDING in all aspects by OFSTED in May 2024. We are seeking a dynamic and inspirational teacher who has the ability to engage, enthuse, and motivate able pupils. You will love music, be passionate about learning, and demonstrate a range of behaviour management strategies and teaching skills. You will possess excellent communication skills to teach throughout the age range. We encourage applications from ECTs or experienced teachers to join a department which:

• delivers outstanding outcomes for young people and is keen for further success
• has a friendly, supportive, talented, hard-working teaching team
• has a strong commitment to the extra-curricular life of the school, having been nominated three times in recent years for the best music department nationally at the Music and Drama Education Awards

In return we can offer:

• the opportunity to work with highly motivated, dedicated, and enthusiastic students
• commitment to continuing professional career development and support
• the opportunity to work in a caring and nurturing environment and to get involved in a broad spectrum of extra-curricular activities

If you are interested in working at the leading edge of education, believe that everyone can succeed, and are prepared to work hard, we want to hear from you.

Informal enquiries and visits are welcome. Please contact Meahwish Mahmood, HR Manager at recruitment@bishopveseys.bham.sch.uk.

Applicants seeking part-time positions are welcome to apply and will be given full consideration.
Interviews will take place on Tuesday 22 October 2024.

Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

How to Apply

For further details and an application pack please visit our website. Informal enquiries and visits are welcome by contacting the Recruitment Team at recruitment@bishopveseys.bham.sch.uk.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions.

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.