What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications
Appropriate Degree Essential
Qualified Teacher Status Essential
Evidence of a range of supportive professional development Desirable
Evidence of post-qualification development Desirable
Experience
Essential
Experience of working with young people in the 11 to 19-age range
Experience of teaching in a comprehensive school Desirable
Curriculum
Essential
Evidence of clear ideas about the delivery of the Music curriculum to all abilities
Experience of teaching Music
Enthusiasm for the subject areas
Clear understanding of programming fundamentals
Understanding of the importance of the inter-relationship between all areas of the curriculum in a secondary school
Willingness to deliver the Academy’s PSHE programme
Evidence of the production of learning resources
Desirable
Knowledge of KS3 and KS4 Music curriculum
Ability to teach A level
Knowledge of using data for student progress
Ability to contribute to extra-curricular activities
Understanding of current curriculum issues with particular reference to the teaching ofMusic
Management
Essential:
Understanding of good classroom management techniques
Ability to be part of a Faculty team and a Pastoral team
Desirable:
Evidence of effective classroom management strategies
Evidence of being an effective member of a team
Parents and the community
Essential:
Understanding the importance of the partnership between parents and Countesthorpe Academy
Desirable:
Evidence of involvement with Community groups and/or Parents
Personal qualities
Essential:
Willingness to participate in CPD to enhance subject knowledge and pedagogy
Ability to develop good relationships
Good communication skills
High level of commitment to the Academy
Ability to work in a team, follow instructions and be self-organising
Record of good attendance
Desirable:
Evidence of good working relations with a range of people
Evidence of a willingness to work hard
Be able to demonstrate that she/he can work as part of a team and be able to meet deadlines and achieve targets
What the school offers its staff
Bringing Learning to LiFE
We have a compelling desire to provide high quality, personalised and rounded education for everyone, right in the heart of our local community. We believe that no school can be deemed successful unless all those around it are also successful, popular and flourishing. Hence, we believe that dynamic, mutually accountable collaboration and challenge between local schools as members of the LiFE MAT is the cornerstone of our future success.
Each of our schools needs to be seen as a leader of, and vital to, its local community; each school is regarded as fundamental to the identity of its surrounding community. In this capacity we will relentlessly promote the values of inclusion and the celebration of diversity, alongside personal responsibility and respect.
Values:
• Ensuring that every student achieves positive, life changing outcomes
• Providing a whole education: academic excellence co-existing with an exceptional commitment to activity beyond the school gate
• The relentless pursuit of excellence by;expecting this of every person, every day; recognising and celebrating behaviours that lead to great progress and promoting and celebrating elite performance inside school and in the wider world
• Valuing and promoting the celebration and understanding of diversity and qualities of our staff and students
• Ensuring that all students and staff feel known, appreciated and supported
• Committing whole-heartedly to collaboration within, between and beyond our academies
• Ensuring our curricula are agents for the promotion of our values
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.