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The Basildon Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to DBS and health checks.
We wish to appoint an exceptional Teacher of Performing Arts tojoin our Lower Academy.
The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic and dedicated Music specialist,looking to join a thriving and collaborative Performing Arts team.
Salary: £35,317 - £54,063 (M1 - AL3 Academy Qualified Teachers Scale)
Position Available: September 2026
Contract: 0.4 days
Our academy operates across two sites.The Lower Academy specialises in the teaching of our Key Stage 3 students, whilst The Upper Academy specialises in teaching Key Stage 4 and 5.
Our KS3 Performing Arts curriculum comprises 80% Music and 20% Drama, with all KS3 students receiving one Performing Arts lesson per week. You will deliver a broad, ambitious, and engaging curriculum that prepares students for future GCSE Music study and enrichment opportunities.
The department has grown rapidly and is proud to have achieved recognition as a Music Mark School, developed strong partnerships with Essex Music Services, and successfully introduced its first GCSE Music cohort. Academy students benefit from a school band, choir, brass band, music summer school, and regular participation in community and local events. Peripatetic music tuition is also exceptionally popular. Students have access to two dedicated music classrooms, two rehearsal rooms, and a dedicated drama studio.
The successful candidate will be able to teach and develop students' skills in composition, performance, keyboard, ukulele, notation, and music literacy, and demonstrate strong practical musicianship across a range of genres and styles.
We pride ourselves on being a truly inclusive academy and this is actively underpinned by our motto 'Aspire Believe Achieve'.
The Academies offer staff tailored and effective support to meet their professional development needs, ensuring they are provided with opportunities that challenge them at a high level. All staff take ownership of their own learning journey and are given opportunities to reflect on their own practice, as well as supporting others through being members of Teacher Learning Communities. There is an open-door culture that encourages teachers to 'drop in' on colleagues, therefore promoting good practice within the schools.We are dedicated to the SSAT Embedding Formative Assessment CPD programme for the next two years, while also supporting staff in advancing their expertise and leadership through a variety of internal and external programmes, including the complete range of NPQ courses. Our strong track record demonstrates our success in developing staff from ITT to Headship.
Staff are well supported and are proud to work here.Ofsted 2023
If you can engage, motivate and challenge students to make exceptional progress, then please download and complete ourapplication form and return it to our Recruitment & Cover Coordinator, Olivia Faustino -recruitment@basildonacademies.org.uk
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications or are able to fill the position faster than originally anticipated.
Information about the School
The Basildon Academies is focused upon developing the whole child; our curriculum has been developed to enable our students to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills so that they will become lifelong learners. This includes opportunities for linguistic, mathematical, scientific, technical, human, social, physical and artistic learning so that students make progress in a wide range of subjects.
We set high expectations of all our students and this, in turn, ensures we create a positive climate for learning in which every student can reach their full potential. Our Academy is a calm, orderly and purposeful environment where students enjoy their learning, make good progress and feel safe.
Our Sixth Form is a major part of the academy with the structure modelling itself on developing independent learning skills like those seen in universities which allows students to continue their studies in their specialist subject areas. Students are very much encouraged to become mature adults being engaged in many aspects of the life of the academy which further develops those much needed skills to go on into university or the world of work.