Director of Music
Queen's Gate School
Kensington and Chelsea
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019 or January 2020
- Apply by:
- 3 June 2019
Job overview
Queen’s Gate is a thriving GSA day school for girls aged 4 –18 and is ideally situated in Central London to take advantage of the many educational opportunities on offer. Music plays a central part in the life of our School. We have a strong choral tradition in both Senior and Junior Schools and have a large peripatetic Music staff offering lessons to a high percentage of pupils.
Applications are invited for the full-time position of Director of Music from suitably qualified graduates with an appropriate teaching qualification and proven experience as an excellent Music teacher up to GCSE and A Level. The successful candidate will inspire and further develop our curricular and extra-curricular Music programmes, including our Junior and Senior Orchestras. A passion for the subject, leadership and motivational skills, experience of administration of a large peripatetic staff, energy, enthusiasm and a sense of humour are all desirable qualities.
Our Junior School has its own part-time Music Co-Ordinator, but the Director of Music will be expected to lead, and contribute to, the musical activities in both the Junior and Senior Schools. It is also desirable that the successful candidate is an accomplished pianist.
An application form and further details may be downloaded from our website www.queensgate.org.uk/about-us/vacancies or requested from School. When complete d the application form should be sent together with a covering letter to the Principal, Queen’s Gate School, 133 Queen’s Gate, London SW7 5LE or by email to recruitment@queensgate.org.uk to arrive no later than Monday, 3rd June 2019.
Queen’s Gate is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo enhanced DBS checks and have references taken up with previous employers.
Attached documents
About Queen's Gate School
Queen's Gate School is an all-through independent day school for girls aged 4-18, housed in five Victorian buildings in South Kensington, London. There are around 500 pupils on roll, with a wide range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, reflecting the diversity of the city.
Queen's Gate School was founded in 1891 by Miss Eleanor Beatrice Wyatt in her parents' home. The present site was acquired in 2005. The school is an educational trust overseen by a board of governors.
Principal
Miss Amy Wallace
Values and vision
Queen's Gate School has high expectations and a commitment to ensuring that each girl achieves academic success, whatever her ability. It aims to create a secure, happy yet stimulating environment in which each pupil can realise her potential and develop a love of learning both in and out of the classroom. The development of self-discipline is promoted in an atmosphere where freedom of thought and ideas can flourish.
Great emphasis is placed on courtesy and concern for others. Girls are encouraged to take part in charitable work in their local community and further afield, enabling them to become responsible citizens.
ISI report
“Queen’s Gate is successful in achieving its aim to offer an education for life in a challenging environment where sound values and individuality are nurtured within a supportive environment. The happy, friendly atmosphere is palpable throughout the school. Pupils of all ages and abilities, including those with SEND or EAL, make good progress and achieve well.”
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