Teacher of Music - Dr Challoner's Grammar School

Buckinghamshire Council; Amersham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000

Job description

Teacher of Music - Dr Challoner's Grammar School

Location: Amersham

Term time only: No

Salary Type: MPS/UPS

Salary details: MPS/UPS plus Fringe allowance (with the possibility of a TLR 2.3 allowance)

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full or part time (0.6fte+)

Interviews to be held: To be advised.

About us

Dr Challoner's has 1368 students, of which 452 are in the Sixth Form. We are regarded as one of the leading grammar schools in the country, and in 2024 Ofsted confirmed their 2019 judgement of Outstanding. As lead school for the Astra Teaching School Hub (Buckinghamshire), we provide an exciting range of professional development opportunities.

Music, both curricular and co-curricular, plays a very important part in the life of the school, and the successful applicant will have the opportunity to contribute to this further, teaching Music across the school. The opportunity for additional responsibilities, with a Teaching and Learning Responsibility allowance, may be available for a suitably experienced candidate.

About you

You should have a degree level qualification in Music, QTS, experience of teaching Music to at least GCSE level, and a thorough knowledge of the requirements of the National Curriculum and examination requirements.

Other information

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.

Please send completed application forms to the email address below.

Dr Challoner’s Grammar School is committed to safeguarding, and successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe In Education guidance, we will carry out online searches to research information on shortlisted candidates to determine suitability to work with children and keep them safe. This is not part of the shortlisting process; if there are any findings of concern, you will be given the opportunity to address them at interview.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

1. All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
2. All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e., that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure form and return it prior to the interview.