Music Teacher - Part Time
Music Teacher – Part Time 0.5 (with the possibility of delivering peripatetic music lessons in addition)
Required from: September 2018
Contract term: Permanent
Hours: Part-time 0.5
Applications are invited from well qualified and passionate teachers for this opportunity to join a thriving and successful Music Department. Blackheath High School is an inspiring school characterised by the warmth of its community and its aspirational, outward looking approach.
Students attain excellent examination results and Music is a popular subject. The successful candidate will demonstrate equal passion for their subject and working with young students. Staff are expected to contribute to our co-curricular programme.
Rated “excellent” in our most recent ISI Inspection (2014), Blackheath High School is a dynamic and innovative school where co-curricular activities are valued, pastoral care is strong and achievement is high.
Blackheath High School is fortunate to be part of the Girls’ Day School Trust group of schools, with a long history of educating a rich social and cultural blend of students, thus reflecting the cosmopolitan character of London itself. Our ethos is aspirational, outward-looking and inclusive. We are fortunate to be located on the edge of the stunning Heath and within easy reach of historic Greenwich and Canary Wharf.
Salary is in accordance with GDST national scale (according to qualifications and experience), higher than maintained sector salary scale. Other benefits include a laptop, iPad, staff discount for own daughters and an interest-free season ticket loan.
As part of the GDST, the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:
- Competitive salaries and pay progression
- Access to extensive professional development opportunities
- Training grants for qualifications
- Generous pension schemes
- Free life assurance benefit
- A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
- Childcare vouchers, interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
- A Cycle to Work scheme
- Competitive terms and conditions of employment
Applications must be received by: 16 March 2018
Interviews will take place on: 22 March 2018
Blackheath High School and the GDST are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
