Part-Time Primary Music Specialist — Lead Choir & Events in Rochester

About the role

Part-time (three days per week) Primary School Music Specialist teaching specialist Music lessons from EYFS to Year 6.

Salary: Main Pay Scale

Closing Date: midnight on Monday 13th April 2026

We have an extremely rare and unique opportunity available at St. Andrew’s School, an Independent School in Rochester. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and inspirational Music Teacher to join us from June 2026 or September 2026. This would be the perfect opportunity for a secondary trained teacher to gain experience with primary aged children or a primary trained teacher to specialise in the teaching of Music. The role will involve teaching all classes from EYFS to Year 6.

This is a part time, permanent role, working 21 hours per week (three full days) (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday). As well as teaching the weekly class Music lessons and leading our Junior Choir, the Music Teacher will be responsible for taking the lead at our End of Term musical celebrations, our annual Concert, House Singing Competition and events throughout the year. We are keen to hear new ideas for the development of Music too!

If you are passionate about teaching and learning, have a love of music and singing and would like to join a friendly team who are dedicated to providing a stimulating environment in which children can reach their full potential, then this could be a position for you.

We are looking for someone who will:

• Be creative, dedicated, enthusiastic and inspirational
• Have high expectations of both academic achievement and behaviour
• Promote a love and enjoyment of Music
• Be proactive in organising trips, events, competitions and enrichment opportunities
• Be capable of delivering excellent lessons
• Be a team player within a happy, hard-working staff
• Be excited to lead and develop our Junior Choir
• Ensure ICT is effectively integrated into teaching

We can offer:

• An excellent variety of music resources, including class sets of recorders, ocarinas, ukuleles and Drumba
• Pupils who are polite, confident and keen to do their best
• Small class sizes
• Excellent opportunities for continuing professional development
• Exceptional support from the SLT and colleagues
• Supportive parents and staff who want the best for our children
• Free lunches
• A staff laptop
• Discounted Pre-School/Main School fees for your own child/ren

Please complete your application by midnight, on Monday 13th April 2026. Interviews will take place on Friday 17th April 2026.

How to apply: To be considered for this vacancy, applicants are required to complete and submit a fully completed application form through our website.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this position. Candidates must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.

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About the organisation

St Andrew's in Rochester, Kent, is a co-educational non-selective school for children from 3 to 11. It was founded in 1951 with clear and simple aims: to offer an affordable education with the emphasis on the ‘three Rs’ – reading, writing and arithmetic – and to promote traditional values. Under the proprietorship of Education Development Trust, which acquired the school in 1999, St. Andrew’s has flourished and has held dear its values – even though society may have changed around it. The school is renowned for its excellent pastoral care and its unfailing and outstanding success in placing pupils at prestigious grammar schools.