Director of Music
Reading School
Reading
- Expired
- Salary:
- TLR2c (an additional Recruitment and Retention Allowance is available for an exceptional candidate)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 1 February 2018
Job overview
The Governors are seeking to appoint a well-qualified, enthusiastic and experienced Director of Music at our successful, popular and outstanding school.
Music is one of our most important subjects, with the majority of students in School taking part in musical activities, for example a third of all students performed in this year’s House music competition. It is popular at GCSE and the School is committed to helping small groups at A Level achieve consistently excellent results.
Music competitions and performances attract large audiences and the whole community values the work of the department, which is well resourced and supported. Recent performances of the School Orchestra include complete and unabridged performances of Dvorak’s New World Symphony and Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony. More than a dozen other ensembles represent the School including at Jazz competitions, on residential tours and in national singing events.
A large number of students enjoy private music tuition on site which is delivered by both private teachers and Berkshire Maestros and the Music department benefits from a range of technology, practice suites and good-quality instruments.
Reading School is a most successful 11-18 selective boys’ school with a reputation for high standards of behaviour and achievement. Our mission is to develop academic excellence and to build good men, and we consider the values of excellence, integrity, leadership and community to be integral to our sustained success and to our future high performance.
For further details of the post and an application form please contact the Head’s PA, Caroline Mole on 0118 901 5600 or email: headspa@reading-school.co.uk or access information via our website: http://www.reading-school.co.uk/page/?title=Vacancies&pid=46
Closing date: Thursday 1 February 2018
Interviews: Friday 9 February 2018
Reading School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to a DBS check.
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About Reading School
- Reading School
- Erleigh Road, Reading
- Berkshire
- RG1 5LW
- United Kingdom
Reading School is an amazing place to study and work. Our School was founded in 1125 and, through its 900-year history, we have provided world-leading education to tens of thousands of students. With this rich heritage and depth of tradition, it should be no surprise that our academic reputation is second to none. Our Year 13 students are consistently awarded A* to B grades in more than 90% of their A-Level entries, and those sitting GCSEs regularly achieve the very top grades in more than 85% of their courses.
This is not what matters to us most though. We consider these outcomes a necessary, but insufficient measure of a student's education. Education is much more than grades, and learning is much more than retaining information. Education is the business of hope. It sustains society, nurtures culture, inspires innovation and enables the best in humanity.
Education matters, because people matter.
At Reading School, in all we do, we therefore seek to nurture curiosity, inspire service and build character. We promote honesty and community as well as excellence and leadership. We encourage our students to find resilience at the bottom of the ruck, humility on the podium, delight when encountering difference, patience when practice is tough and integrity when no-one is watching.
As a school of character, we believe that your actions can and will make a difference to you and others. We are a values-based organisation that focuses on growth and development. Our core values underpin everything that we do and our staff, both teaching and associate, role model these values.
If you are thinking about joining our team you can find out why it might be the right fit for you. Our team is proud to make a positive impact and strives to put values in to action – excellence, integrity, leadership and community.
Headteacher
Chris Evans
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