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Teacher of Music

Teacher of Music

Sir Harry Smith Community College

Peterborough

  • Expired
Salary:
MPS
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
April 2019
Apply by:
13 December 2018

Job overview

Teacher of Music

Part-time 60%

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will require a cleared Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.  

We are seeking to appoint an ambitious and inspiring outstanding classroom practitioner interested in joining our successful Music department and who must be an enthusiastic, inspirational and innovative classroom practitioner.  This position is suitable for a newly qualified teacher or an experienced educator who would be joining a strong, dynamic and forward thinking department.  

In October 2018, Ofsted recognised that Sir Harry Smith Community College continues to be a Good school.  They also acknowledged that we are “A vibrant, welcoming and caring school, in which pupils enjoy their learning and feel valued.”  

Sir Harry Smith Community College is an 11-18 Academy, proud of its traditional values and innovative approaches to Teaching and Learning and its standards of discipline and respect.  The College serves the market town of Whittlesey, seven miles outside of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire.  The College is part of the Aspire Learning Trust working together with Park Lane and New Road Primary Schools, also in Whittlesey, to help every child achieve their full potential, to prepare them for their next educational steps, to teach them kindness and respect for all and to equip them to play a full satisfying role in society.     

If you would like an information pack, please visit our website     www.sirharrysmith.cambs.sch.uk    Alternatively, email     angela.shaw@sirharrysmith.cambs.sch.uk      For more information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact Teresa Dolby, Assistant Principal on 01733 703991.    

Applications close noon, Thursday 13th December.    (We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date if we consider that we have received an appropriate number of suitable candidates for the post).  

Please send completed applications to    applications@sirharrysmith.cambs.sch.uk     Applicants are thanked for their interest in Sir Harry Smith Community College.  Please note that only candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted after the closing date.

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About Sir Harry Smith Community College

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Principal: Dawn White

Sir Harry Smith Community College is a mixed academy secondary school and Sixth Form for students aged 11-18.

The school was opened in 1953 on the site of Whittlesey Workhouse and is named after the Army General Sir Harry Smith who was born nearby.  The school converted to academy status in 2012 and is part of the Aspire Learning Trust along with local primary schools, Park Lane and New Road. 

Values and Vision

Sir Harry Smith is a Comprehensive Community College. We aim to create a friendly and caring environment. We believe that: 

• Everyone has a right to equal chances. 

• Everyone is of equal value. 

• Everyone deserves respect.

The following statements indicate something of the Sir Harry Smith ethos: 

• To provide the highest quality holistic educational experience for all, so that each individual student has the opportunity to enjoy a varied range of academic, cultural, artistic, physical and social activities.

 • To enable each student to become confident, resilient, responsible and ambitious in all areas of college life. 

• To offer an innovative, engaging and challenging curriculum and the highest quality of learning and teaching so that each student is able to attain the qualifications, which best prepare them for Post 16 opportunities and future careers.

 • To encourage all students to develop relationships based on mutual respect and understanding in order to make a valued contribution to the school and the wider community. 

• To provide a safe, secure and inclusive environment which nurtures and cares for each student as an individual and allows them to flourish. 

• To sustain the valuable partnerships developed between parents, primary schools and the wider community.

 • To celebrate and value success, effort and excellence for every child.

Ofsted, November 2014

“Students are proud of their school and behave with respect and consideration towards each other. Relationships between staff and students are positive.” 

“Behaviour is good and students feel safe in school. The gap between the achievement of disadvantaged students and that of other students in the school is decreasing rapidly.”

View Sir Harry Smith Community College’s latest Ofsted report

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