Director of Music
Godstowe School
Buckinghamshire
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2021
- Apply by:
- 14 May 2021
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic Director of Music who will lead our Music Department and will build on all the successes that our pupils and staff have achieved.
Godstowe is a thriving, busy school enjoying a famous reputation in its field. Approximately a third of our pupils are boarders. The School prepares children for entry, mostly at 13+ but some at 11+, into the leading independent senior schools. The School prides itself in academic excellence, whilst being non-selective at entry.
Music is one of the key areas in which our pupils excel. Godstowe pupils have gained some of the most prestigious music scholarships at Senior Schools and have consistently excelled at recognised examinations, such as ABRSM and Trinity College of Music. Whilst many of our pupils are musically gifted, for everyone at Godstowe, playing music and singing is fun. The children simply enjoy learning and performing, with astounding success.
We are looking for an inspirational person who will lead the musical effort of the School and who will be well supported by a team of highly talented and gifted teachers. The successful candidate will be a creative thinker, an analyst, a practitioner, a communicator and a practical organiser. Communications with all members of the School community are key – this is a high profile role within the School where personal presentation and the ability to liaise at all levels are substantial ingredients for success.
If you are ready for a challenge, have vision and the determination to succeed, as well as a proven record of successful teaching, we want to hear from you.
For more details about the position and how to apply, please visit the Godstowe website, at www.godstowe.org/vacancies
Closing date: Friday 14 May 2021
Godstowe is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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About Godstowe School
Something Special is happening at Godstowe
Godstowe was founded by two strong, progressive women, originally in fact as a school whose purpose would be to prepare girls for the move down the hill to Wycombe Abbey School. Their vision was for an innovative, academic and broad education for girls and, without a doubt, this continues to live on in today’s school.
Our ethos is simple. All we want is for our girls and boys to be Confident, Happy and Successful. Indeed, if the first two are true, the third will almost certainly follow. Success is defined in many ways, and we mean successful in the broadest sense: successfully kind, successfully courteous as well as successful in achieving a wide range of goals. We keep our pupils busy and engaged, we entertain and intrigue them, encourage them, and excite them. Happy children are easy to teach.
With outstanding, highly qualified teaching staff as well as a strong and experienced pastoral team, excellent facilities, wonderful surroundings, a non-selective intake policy and a more positive, exuberant and industrious atmosphere than you will find in other schools, it is likely that most of our children will be happy to learn, happy to stretch themselves, happy to support each other, and happy to do whatever they can to take an active part in their own education. Why push children through the curriculum when they can be inspired to make their own journey, choose their own routes and arrive at their destination under their own steam?
Our pupils love their time at school. It never ceases to amaze me just how much highly motivated and enthusiastic people can willingly contribute, and we don’t just mean the girls and boys, we mean the staff and the parents too! Godstowe is alive with opportunity. Remember, to learn a lesson you need to live it.
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