Teacher of Music

The Wensum Trust is seeking to appoint an ambitious, enthusiastic and imaginative Music teacher to join our Performing Arts department at Hellesdon High School, to complement the friendly, supportive and dedicated team of 4 which makes up our Performing Arts department. The successful candidate will need to provide our students with an outstanding education in music, and work collaboratively with staff in our school and across our Trust to maximise opportunities for music performances. We welcome applications from candidates who would enjoy contributing to the wider life of the school, including involvement in our school production and annual concerts. Our extra curricular events are highly regarded at Hellesdon and a valued aspect of our Performing Arts department. This post is full time but 0.8 will be considered. The successful candidate will be required to teach music to mainly KS3 with a possibility of KS4 or 5 depending on experience. The appointed candidate will have excellent subject knowledge, demonstrate innovative teaching and have the commitment to raise the achievement of students at all levels. Successful candidates will preferably have some technical skills to deliver our Music Tech curriculum and be willing to improve on these if required. As part of The Wensum Trust, we believe that our shared duty is to help every child to develop into high achieving, confident, healthy, caring and resilient members of their family and community. We want our schools to be healthy environments where both children and staff can develop and where strong, positive relationships are key. Our school, therefore, practises a relational approach with children, our families and our communities. We are particularly interested in working with people who share Our Qualities; who will work effectively and flexibly as part of a team. At Hellesdon High School we are committed to evidence-informed classroom practice and a knowledge rich curriculum in every subject. We believe that empowering students with knowledge is the best way to help all our young people to become creative, well-round, successful life-long learners. Being a part of The Wensum Trust’s family of schools offers employees unique experiences to work alongside our strategic partners and to collaborate with a wider network of staff. We believe in investing in employees as individuals, by providing training opportunities that help to develop both existing and new skill sets, to encourage career progression at all levels. We value our staff and are committed to supporting their wellbeing. We have an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which all staff can access 24 hours a day. The EAP provides counselling services, legal information and guidance, musculoskeletal services and online resources such as nutrition diaries, healthy eating plans, personal coaching questionnaires and tools and fitness programmes. We care about bringing together the most able people, to help us achieve our vision of