The Trust
Kenilworth Multi Academy Trust has a vacancy for a Head of Music at Kenilworth School and Sixth Form from September 2025.
Kenilworth School and Sixth Form’s latest Ofsted report of November 2023 rates the school as Outstanding in all five areas, maintaining our Outstanding status from the Ofsted inspection of 2013. In September 2023 we moved into a newly built, bespoke school on Glasshouse Lane, Kenilworth.
The school is well resourced to support the delivery of the subject. The post holder will join a supportive team with opportunities for professional development.
Our educational ethos encourages our students to be responsive, resilient, to have reasoning, be reflective and resourceful in their learning.
The Role and Department
The Music department is busy and thriving with a Head of Department and two teachers. We are an Incorporated Society of Musicians Bronze Award department as well as a Music Mark department. We were nominated by the Warwickshire Music Hub to become a Music Mark department in recognition of the value and commitment the school has placed on music education.
The subject is popular at GCSE, where we follow the Eduqas specification. In addition to GCSE, we also deliver the WJEC Vocational Qualification in Performing Arts (Music Technology pathway) at Key Stage 4. This has proved to be a popular option group, so an experience of teaching Music Technology would be advantageous but not essential.
Our flourishing extra-curricular programme includes The KPO (Orchestra), Brass Ensemble, The Jazz Messengers, Year 10 Male Voice Choir, Key Stage 3 Choir, Mix Masters (Music Technology session), Rock Up and Clariflotax Woodwind Ensemble. These ensembles all perform in our annual Winter and Spring concerts in addition to selected soloists.
The Music department works very closely with the Drama department to put on our annual whole school productions. Past productions include Legally Blonde, Our House, The Wizard of Oz and most recently Oh What a Lovely War! This academic year, we have already staged Matilda Jr with Key Stage 3 and 4 students, and we will be presenting Little Shop of Horrors in July with Key Stage 4 and 5 students. A continued commitment to support our extra-curricular programme will be required.
We regularly attend live music performances, and the department is a member of the Warwick Arts Centre education scheme. After a concert there in December, we met with piano soloist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason for a Q&A session with our students from Year 8-13. On top of this, we have also attended the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, local Jazz Jam sessions and we have ties with local recording studios.
Facilities
The Music Department has 3 spacious teaching spaces, 2 of which contain 15 keyboards with headphones, a Yamaha Clavinova, a class set of ukulele and classroom percussion. The Music Tech Suite has 18 Mac Mini workstations, each running Logic Pro 11 along with Musescore. Each workstation has pair of 2 pairs of headphones connected to a Scarlett 2i2 USB audio interface. All 3 classrooms have a ViewSonic interactive TV and 2 traditional white boards.
We have 12 practice rooms, each of which a desk, chairs and a keyboard.
Instrumental Lessons
We have a close working relationship with the Warwickshire Music Hub who deliver our in school instrumental lessons. We have a team of 9 visiting peripatetic teachers who deliver 80 instrumental lessons a week, ranging from Drums, Guitar and Brass to Voice and Oboe and ‘Cello. Kenilworth School and Sixth Form is the Central Area hub for rehearsals and performances for Warwickshire Music ensembles.
Past students of Kenilworth School and Sixth Form have studied music at The Royal College of Music, Trinity Laban Conservatoire, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Edinburgh University and Durham University to name a few.
The successful applicant should be a strong leader, be aspirational, creative, dynamic, innovative and have a genuine engaging enthusiasm for the teaching and learning of music.
As a Head of Music, you should be able to teach music across all ability ranges from Key Stage 3 to 4 and lead a small department with two teachers of music.
We can offer you:
* Excellent CPD opportunities
* A supportive team of colleagues within the Department and across the school
* A positive, community school environment with an innovative learning culture
* A dedicated and forward looking management team, with highly skilled staff upholding high expectations and aspirations for our students
* Shared on-line resources to support the development of student learning
* A wide enrichment programme in which you can participate
* Employee well-being benefits via our healthcare programme to include health diagnostics, physiotherapy, 24/7 GP and mental health support, retail and gym discounts, free flu vaccination, a laptop, on-site parking and electric car charging points, plus use of an on-site fitness suite .
To Apply
Please go to Vacancies - Kenilworth Multi Academy Trust to download an application form,, person specification and equal opportunities form.
Please email your completed application to Deena Perry, HR Manager at D.Perry@kmat.org.uk .
Please note we cannot accept a CV as an application.
We reserve the right to close this advert early and invite candidates to interview before the closing date should we receive a sufficient number of applications, or a suitable candidate be found. We will be reviewing applications as they are received, therefore early applications are advised and welcomed.
Safeguarding
The Kenilworth Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and parents to share that commitment. Successful candidates will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check with Children’s Barred List check and obtain membership of the DBS update Service.