Primary Music Leader
Mossbourne Parkside Academy
Hackney
- Expired
- Salary:
- Upper pay scale plus TLR
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2024
- Apply by:
- 16 May 2024
Job overview
Interview dates – TBC
Location – Mossbourne Riverside Academy, East Bay Lane, London, E15 2GW & Mossbourne Parkside Academy, Sigdon Road, London, E8 1AS
We are delighted to offer the opportunity for a skilled, enthusiastic, and inspirational Teacher and Leader to join our Federation as Primary Music Leader from September 2024.
This is an exciting role that will provide applicants with the chance to demonstrate their enthusiasm for delivering the very best learning and life opportunities for our amazing children, and to be a key partner with a shared commitment to the academy’s ethos.
The successful applicant will be passionate about teaching Music, have real enthusiasm for the Music curriculum and be thoroughly competent in the teaching of Music at EYFS, KS1 and KS2. They will be well organised, energetic, and willing to go the ‘extra mile’. They will hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), have a proven track record of successful teaching across a range of key stages and fundamentally believe that all students will be able to succeed in Music.
If you are passionate about innovative education, have a commitment to personal excellence, and are ready for a new challenge, we welcome your application.
Further details are outlined below.
Aims of the Programme
- For every pupil to access high-quality tuition free of charge.
- For every pupil to read music by the time they reach Y6.
- For every pupil to be thoroughly prepared to achieve a Grade 1 in their chosen instrument.
Scope of the Programme
The programme will be offered to every pupil as part of regular curricular arrangements. We believe that by developing pupils’ musical ability we support them in enhancing other key skills as well as their social and cultural capital.
To provide pupils and families with the best provision we need to add capacity and expertise. The post holder would work across both primary academies and lead on the curriculum provision and, by January 2023, have a clear programme in place. Over time, they would work with the Federation’s Director of Music and coordinate the provision across all phases, from EYFS to KS2.
Please note that CVs or incomplete application forms will not be considered. All other applications will be considered; however, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Mossbourne Federation reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated deadline.
Attached documents
About Mossbourne Parkside Academy
Mossbourne Parkside Academy
At Mossbourne Parkside Academy (MPA) we continue to build on The Mossbourne Federation ethos of exceptional education for all of our pupils. With learning at the heart of everything we do, MPA continues to raise expectations and achievement in Hackney and its neighbouring boroughs with the belief that all pupils can fulfil their true potential. Our pupils receive great lessons and enjoy a vibrant curriculum. Our outstanding teaching staff provide pupils with a happy and caring learning environment and have high expectations for behaviour and manners throughout the academy.
The Mossbourne Federation
The Mossbourne Federation is a thriving network of Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form academies providing the children of Hackney with an outstanding education from 4 to 18 years of age. We deliver the highest quality of teaching & learning across a broad curriculum, underpinned by high expectations of every student and by our Federation values of: Excellence, No Excuses and Unity. Our staff strive towards a common goal: being the best we can be, ensuring every student, every teacher and every member of staff fulfils their potential. We value continuous improvement, are always learning, and always looking for a better way to do things. We are a supportive family that shares experiences, knowledge, and ideas in an environment that welcomes input and challenge.
Set within the metropolitan borough of Hackney, all Mossbourne Federation academies are in close proximity to London Overground stations, providing a no-fuss commute for colleagues living in other London boroughs. London’s fashionable ‘East and West Ends’, are also only a short distance away.
The Mossbourne Federation is actively seeking to increase the proportion of our workforce who come from diverse backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people of Black, Asian, and other minority ethnic descent. Injustice, discrimination, and intolerance go against the core tenets of the Mossbourne ethos. We actively reject discrimination in our academies through continuous review of our working policies & practices across the federation, including at board level. We are committed to developing and supporting inclusivity, diversity, and anti-racism in every facet of what we do.
The Mossbourne Ethos
The Mossbourne Federation is the realisation of Sir Clive Bourne’s dream to provide the children of Hackney with an outstanding education. Over the past twenty years, the Federation has nurtured Sir Clive’s dream by fostering kind, courteous, hard-working, and well-rounded learners by providing an outstanding education based on the core values of ‘Excellence’, ‘No Excuses’ and ‘Unity’. Through upholding these core values, Mossbourne schools are without exception, exceptional.
The Federation’s calm working atmosphere creates well-rounded individuals who excel in the arts, on the sporting field and academically. All learners, regardless of ability, benefit from the innovative and enlightened approaches to teaching and learning within The Mossbourne Federation.
Working for The Mossbourne Federation
Working for a Mossbourne Federation Academy means being part of a community of exceptional practitioners. Colleagues are warm, welcoming, and supportive of each other. As one of the country’s leading federations, of course expectations of staff are high. In return, we engage with, and support our workforce, with great benefits and by creating an inspirational working environment which nurtures the development of personal and professional excellence.
Benefits
Federation staff are rewarded through a comprehensive benefits package, that is explained further in our applicant pack and includes:
- Benenden health membership, to support health and wellbeing, fully paid by the Federation
- Discounted gym membership with the ability to spread membership costs
- Free staff fitness classes
- Cycle to work and season ticket loan schemes
- Free lunches (T&C`s apply)
- Discounts at local restaurants
- Saturday pay programme
- Special leave scheme
- First rate professional development and career opportunities
- Staff appreciation awards and events
- The Mossbourne Allowance (conditions apply)
See all our current Primary, Secondary & 6th Form vacancies here: https://www.mossbourne.org/vacancies/
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