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New Hall School requires:
Visiting Music Teacher - Piano (and Organ)
The School is seeking a skilful and experienced musician to be part of our dynamic Music Department. The successful applicant will hold a minimum of Grade 8 in Piano, and ideally Grade 8 in Organ, be passionate about music-making, and have the ability to inspire young musicians.
Visiting Music Teachers (VMTs) at New Hall School are responsible for administering their own timetable, including sourcing of resources and repertoire. They are supported by members of the Music Department and provided with access to school systems to timetable and register their students. VMTs set their own teaching rate and invoice parents directly. A nominal charge is payable to the School in exchange for the promotion of their services and use of the School's facilities. VMTs are expected to report on student progress to parents/guardians. Opportunities to support or lead an ensemble or musical activity may be available; this is remunerated separately.
New Hall offers an exceptional working environment, in a stunning Grade I listed building that was the former Tudor palace of Beaulieu. The School owns 140 acres of beautiful country parkland and heritage gardens. With a staff of around 300, New Hall is a warm, welcoming and supportive community. A new London rail station will open in 2025, at New Hall's front gate: Stratford, 26 minutes; London Liverpool Street, 34 minutes.
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until midday, Wednesday 14 May 2025
JOB ID: NH0601
Should you wish to have a conversation about this opportunity, please contact Mr Jonathan Turner, Director of Music, by email: j.turner@newhallschool.co.uk
For further details and to apply, please visit: www.newhallschool.co.uk/job-opportunities
New Hall School is committed to safeguarding students. There will be an enhanced DBS check prior to appointment.
Information about the School
New Hall is a Catholic independent boarding & day school for girls and boys aged 1-18. New Hall School operates the highly successful 'diamond model', where students are educated in co-educational classes from ages 1 to 11 and at Sixth Form. However, from ages 11 to 16 they are taught in single-sex lessons. Click on one of the four diamonds below to find out more about our divisions.
The main benefits of the 'diamond model' and five years of single-sex teaching, derive from the ability to tailor pastoral and academic provision more sensitively and expertly to the needs of young people going through the physical, emotional and social upheaval of adolescence. Young teenagers are liberated from the negative peer pressure of having to perform in mixed classes. The gender stereotyping of subjects is also removed. Girls and boys follow an identical curriculum and do not learn to perceive subjects as being more suited to either girls or boys.
The Sixth Form experience at New Hall is about expanding students' horizons, both in their specialist areas of study and, more generally, in terms of their personal development.
From the moment New Hall students first travel up the mile-long, tree-lined avenue that leads to the grand façade of the former Tudor palace, they will be given individual opportunities to grow, learn, be challenged and to develop into confident young men and women. New Hall is set in an idyllic and convenient location, on the outskirts of the City of Chelmsford, Essex, just 30 minutes by train from London and within easy reach of all major London airports.
As a Catholic independent boarding & day school, at New Hall with every student we aim to educate the whole person: academically, creatively and socially, in a community which also nurtures the spiritual dimensions of human life.