Teacher of Music and Performing Arts

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Teacher of Music and Performing Arts

College
The Victory Academy
Location
Chatham, Kent
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Salary
£26,458 - £41,063 per annum
Start Date
1st September 2020
Expires
12th July 2020 11:59 PM
Contract Type
Permanent
Job ID
1107248
Suitable for
ECT (NQT) Graduates
Start Date
1st September 2020
  • Contract Type :Permanent
  • Suitable for: ECT (NQT) Graduates
  • Job ID: 1107248

Teacher of Music and Performing Arts

£26,458 - £41,063 per annum

Full-time, permanent

Start Date: September 2020

 

 “The school’s strengths in art, performing arts and design technology inspire and motivate pupils” -Ofsted October 2017 

 

We require a Teacher of Music and Performing Arts to join The Victory Academy in September 2020. With this role, we will consider varying performing arts specialisms however you will be teaching across all disciplines.


The Victory Academy holds the Platinum Artsmark Award – held by less than 1% of schools in England.

For this role, we will consider applicants with a specialisms in Music, if you can also teach Drama and or Dance this will be an advatnage.

You will be a motivated and enthusiastic teacher who has a positive and open approach to learning. We are a mixed Comprehensive School for 11-19 year old students of all ability ranges, where everyone works and learns within its caring and supportive environment.

Our belief is that each person is unique – every member of our community has gifts and talents that we seek to grow and channel. Our job is to find and foster these for all. We offer a broad and balanced curriculum geared towards ensuring that our students will be dynamic members of society when they leave the Academy.


As part of The Thinking Schools Academy Trust, we benefit from working cohesively as a family of schools for the benefit of our children, and for the adults who work here too. The Trust supports with planning, trips, events, CPD and much more to ensure that all of our teachers are fully supported, enabling them to ensure that they can deliver the best learning that we can offer. Our mission is to “transform life chances”; at The Thinking Schools Academy Trust we believe education has the power to change lives and children only have one chance to get this right. To ensure all our academies focus on our mission school leaders translated our mission to core values that would be demonstrated and evident in all our Academies:

Child First, Aspire, Challenge, Achieve 


We can offer you:

  • Revised Teacher Payscale to retain and reward excellent teachers
  • A newly built school with a stunning teaching environment and state of the art technology
  • Outstanding CPD tailored to you, wherever you are in your career
  • Support from across the Trust to help you deliver outstanding teaching and learning through resources, mentoring and school visits
  • Access to the New Horizons Teaching Alliance, offering a wide range of robust and innovatory development resources and expertise
  • Reduced membership of a fully-equipped fitness suite and classes – located on the site of Holcombe Grammar School
  • A 24/7 employee assistance programme which provides counselling and support / advice on a wide array of areas
  • Onsite parking free of charge


The ideal candidate will:

  • Be a qualified Music and/or Performing Arts Teacher
  • Typically delivering extremely effective learning experiences to students.
  • Be experienced in planning an appropriate and challenging curriculum
  • Have a thorough knowledge of present curriculum developments, particularly those relating to Performing Arts
  • Be an inspiring teacher with real enthusiasm for the subject
  • Be able to motivate his/her pupils
  • Be committed to high standards for both staff and students
  • Be prepared to contribute to the extra-curricular life of the Academy
  • Have excellent knowledge/experience of teaching Performing Arts


Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Safeguarding Statement:

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. As per KCSIE we will also undertake online searches for all shortlisted candidates.

The Victory Academy

The Victory Academy

Part of The Thinking Schools Academy Trust

The Thinking Schools Academy Trust