Music Instructor in London

You will be instrumental in our mission to provide every scholar a great education and real choices in life, regardless of their background. A passionate practitioner, you will deliver high-quality, rigorous instruction that drives achievement and inspires a love of learning Music that extends beyond the classroom.

Key Responsibilities

• To support, develop and lead after school Music enrichment clubs such as Orchestra, Choir and Student Band.
• To support whole school events including, but not limited to, Prize Evening, AGFS Cabaret, School Musical, Black History Month Concert and the Christmas Concert.
• To support KS4 Music lessons offering 1:1 and small group tuition as directed by the Head of Music.
• Some teaching of KS3 Music for the right candidate.
• Working with peripatetic teachers to ensure our scholars are receiving bespoke support outside of their curriculum lessons, and delivery of music lessons as appropriate.
• Manage behaviour effectively to create a safe, respectful and nurturing environment so that scholars can focus on learning.
• Work collaboratively with both school and network colleagues as a committed team member, building successful, high performing teams.
• Participate actively throughout the school and network, by attending relevant meetings and CPD.
• Supporting the school with lunchtime and after school duties.
• Supporting a tutor group as directed by the form tutor.
• Work with colleagues, scholars and families to develop a strong school community.
• Follow all school rules and procedures.

Benefits

• Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale.
• Twice as many training days as standard.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers.
• Interest‐free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
• Gym discounts – offering up to 40%.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.

About Us

We are part of the Ark family of schools and benefit accordingly from outstanding networking and career opportunities and first‐class CPD. Staff wellbeing is one of our main priorities. We provide breakfast for staff each morning, lunch for early careers staff and have a 6pm/weekend work‐related communication cut off. Our systems and processes for communication, marking and feedback and assessment are streamlined and the approaches we take are research‐led and based on our local context. We offer a WFH day to HoDs for curriculum design and also offer external marking of scripts to support workload. Our full approach to staff wellbeing/workload can be found here.

This is a small school model (600 scholars aged 11‐16) because we believe that our close‐knit family community provides the optimum conditions for success. Scholar behaviour is exceptional with clearly defined and embedded routines. This means our teachers can focus their time on the things that matter – planning and delivering brilliant lessons for our scholars.

This is a strict no excuses, no mobile phone school. Phones are not permitted onsite at all. Scholars wear business dress to prepare them for a professional career. Our curriculum is traditional and academic, and we do not take shortcuts to seek to boost our position in school league tables – we do not, for example, offer equivalencies such as Btecs or Vcerts. We put high‐quality teaching at the heart of what we do. We are committed to providing staff with weekly high‐quality training. We run coaching for staff who want to see rapid progress in their discipline. Live coaching and current best practice in the field of education is central to our approach.

We don’t grade individual lessons or ask for lesson plans but we do place a primacy on curriculum design, independent learning and formative assessment. Our scholars enjoy a compulsory co‐curricular program on a Wednesday afternoon which includes a strong focus on community volunteering and we facilitate 6 drop‐down days per academic year ensuring scholars benefit from a range of life‐enriching experiences. Alignment with the school’s vision, values and approach to education is essential.

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.

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 on‐going 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.