Head of Junior School Music & Performance
Wimbledon High School
Merton
- Expired
- Salary:
- Salary in line with GDST ML1 Teacher pay scale, according to experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required for September 2021 or January 2022
- Apply by:
- 23 June 2021
Job overview
Wimbledon High School is seeking an inspirational and committed music specialist to join our fast-paced and vibrant Junior School.
The Head of Music & Performance will inspire all our pupils in the pursuit of both the classical and choral traditions, as well as contemporary music and music technology. They will champion music as an integral part of the Junior School experience at Wimbledon High School and take responsibility for leading a varied and ambitious schedule of performances and showcases throughout the school year, as well as driving forward a stimulating and broad co-curricular music programme.
Music is at the heart of Wimbledon High, providing opportunities for all our pupils to explore their creativity and imagination in a variety of different ways. With over 25 ensembles rehearsing weekly, musical performances can be heard throughout the school each day of the week. We encourage all girls to be active musicians, whether it be by playing in a high-level auditioned ensemble or engaging with more informal musical opportunities.
The ideal candidate will have experience of delivering an ambitious and high-quality music curriculum for pupils aged 4-11, with experience of leading a varied and ambitious programme of performances. They will also possess excellent knowledge of what makes an ambitious and high-quality junior school music curriculum, with an awareness of what makes a highly desirable co-curricular music programme.
About Wimbledon High School
Wimbledon High School is a highly academic school for girls aged 4 to 18, located in the heart of Wimbledon, less than 20 minutes from central London.
Since 1880, Wimbledon High School has been educating girls to go out into the world and make a difference. We’re incredibly proud of that heritage, and the fact that we are a beacon school of the Girls’ Day School Trust.
As part of the Girls’ Day School Trust, the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:
- Competitive salaries and pay progression
- Access to extensive professional development opportunities
- Training grants for qualifications
- Generous pension schemes
- Free life assurance benefit
- A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
- Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
- A Cycle to Work scheme
- Competitive terms and conditions of employment
For further information and to apply please click the apply button.
The closing date for applications is midday, Wednesday 23 June 2021.
Interviews will take place on Monday 28 June 2021.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.
About Wimbledon High School
An academically successful school, with meaningful partnerships placing us at the heart of our community, Wimbledon High School is a hub of intellectual activity, fun and laughter.
We are proudly a flagship school of the Girls' Day School Trust, experts in educating girls, from 4 to 18. We like to challenge and inspire our students through an innovative focus on 'play' in our Junior School and 'playful scholarship' in Seniors, which sees us embrace problem-solving, critical and disruptive thinking and creativity in and out of the classroom. It may seem a contradiction but at Wimbledon High we are as serious about play as we are about academic rigour – and indeed, believe that the one cannot exist without the other. A highly selective school, with outstanding results, our students do nine GCSEs and 3 A levels, giving them time and space to explore around, over and above the curriculum. We go off-timetable one afternoon a week for our partnerships work, which sees over 200 visiting pupils get involved in activities and which was noted as a significant strength of the school in our recent ISI inspection.
A vast array of co-curricular clubs and activities allow students to find their thing: passions and interests that they will take with them through life, as on their journey of discovery about themselves, they learn what is important to them. Excellent pastoral care, under our GROW programme, is embedded in everything we do; we teach girls to believe in their own agency and use their voices for good.
Our school aims:
Stepping in: we aim for every girl to feel known, supported, confident and able to shine at Wimbledon High.
Striding out: we aim for every girl to leave us prepared to shape the society in which she lives and works.
We will do this, across the school by:
· Encouraging resilience, independence and kindness
· Nurturing curiosity, scholarship and a sense of wonder
· Promoting excellent teaching and learning
· Running a broad, inspiring co-curricular programme
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