Teacher of Music

Job Description

Teacher of Music - Part-Time Maternity Cover

Pay Range: Teacher Main Scale / Upper Pay Scale

We are seeking to appoint a well-qualified Teacher of Music to join our experienced team of teachers. The position will suit an experienced or newly qualified teacher.

The start for this post is September 2019 and is for 3 days per week. The post is fixed term for one year to cover the absence of the substantive postholder on maternity leave. Should the employee return to duty early, your appointment will cease with at least one week's notice.

We're looking for you if you have:

· Qualified Teacher Status

· Ability to teach "outstanding" lessons in Music

· Experience of support staff and students in maintaining high standards

· Commitment to safeguarding and child protection.

If you are a dynamic, newly qualified teacher or a teacher with experience, who would like to work in a supportive and collaborative environment and you feel that you have the enthusiasm and commitment required to join our school, please apply.

(The full details can be found in the attached Job Outline and Role Specification).

What we can Offer:

· A competitive Salary

· Employee benefits: Pension Scheme, Holiday Pay, Employee Assistance Programme and Childcare Voucher Scheme

· A full continuous Professional Development Programme

· Training Opportunities through our membership of The Sigma Trust.

Additional Information:

We are a very successful school, which has a 'Good' Ofsted rating and positive Progress 8 scores for the past 3 years. The Stanway Schoolis expanding; all the buildings are new, including brand new performing arts block which opened in September 2018.

For additional information about our school, please visit The Sigma Trust website http://www.sigmatrust.org.uk/academies/stanway.asp

Please note that CVs cannot be accepted, you need to complete the attached Sigma Trust Application form.

Closing Date: 2nd June 2019.

The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. A disclosure/status check will be sought from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.

Information about the School

About The Stanway School The Stanway School is a heavily over-subscribed 11-16 comprehensive school with over 1,300 students currently on roll, the vast majority of whom live in Stanway and the surrounding villages to the west of Colchester. The school is a specialist school in Humanities and Maths & Computing. We have undertaken a huge rebuilding programme and the Creative Arts block, the latest phase of our expansion project, opened in September 2018. By 2021, all year groups will be full with 280 students following this expansion of the school buildings. This is an exciting time to join an already successful school that is looking to continually improve practice: staff are enthusiastic and many take part in voluntary research groups into key areas of school life; students are well-behaved and achieve results above expectation; the culture of the school is calm and purposeful. In March 2012 The Stanway School converted to an academy and in September 2016 joined the newly formed Sigma Trust, a partnership of schools located in North East Essex covering both Colchester and Tendring.

Jonathan Bland Headteacher The Stanway School

Safeguarding The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.