Curriculum Leader: Music
Queen Elizabeth High School
Hexham
- £30,000 - £46,525 per year
- Expiring soon
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- MPR/UPR + TLR 2b - £5,351
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1 September 2024
- Apply by:
- 13 May 2024
Job overview
We are seeking an inspirational and dynamic Curriculum Leader of Music to make a significant contribution across both Hexham Middle School and Queen Elizabeth High School. We are looking for a driven, enthusiastic and creative professional who places pupil success at the heart of what they do. The Curriculum Leader of Music is responsible for shaping our pupils to be respectful young people who have a strong engagement in their music learning and who have high aspirations for themselves and their futures. This is a very exciting opportunity to lead music provision across the trust and to drive forward an engaging, progressive curriculum and extra-curricular journey from Year 5 to Year 13.
Hadrian Learning Trust comprises two co-located schools set in the historical market town of Hexham. In September 2021, we moved into brand new school buildings with state-of-the-art learning facilities. We cherish the strong partnerships that exist between pupils, parents/carers, staff and the local community making these successful, friendly and welcoming schools. Pupils across our trust have an eagerness to learn and achieve very well academically. We pride ourselves on the care we give the children in both middle and high school.
You will be at the forefront of leading the music curriculum from Key Stage 2 to 4, with scope to build on the very positive provision in place across both schools. You will lead the consistent implementation of an ambitious curriculum to ensure the intended impact for all pupils. You will work with colleagues, learners and their parents/carers to build strong, positive relationships to enable all pupils to fulfil their potential. You will be ambitious for the success of all learners and will establish an environment where high expectations are embedded across your teaching team.
We place a high value on our activity programme beyond the classroom and are proud of the many and varied enriching activities that form part of our educational offer. We have high expectations of behaviour and attitudes and strive to enhance the personal development of our pupils through a well-sequenced curriculum experience. We invest strongly in our teachers’ professional development and the successful applicant will be well-supported to become the best they can be. As Curriculum Leader of Music, you will have a central role in the vast and varied extra-curricular programmes in both schools to ensure that all pupils have opportunities to develop their skills and interests.
The successful applicant will access a supportive induction and continual professional development package.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to obtain a satisfactory Certificate of Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please see the job description for more details.
If you wish to apply for the role, please submit an application form and cover letter to recruitment@qehs.net.
If you wish to have a confidential discussion about the role, or would like to arrange to visit the school, please do not hesitate to contact our recruitment team on 01434 610362 or send an email to recruitment@qehs.net.
Closing date for applications: Monday 13 May 9.30am
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About Queen Elizabeth High School
- Queen Elizabeth High School
- Whetstone Bridge Road, Hexham
- Northumberland
- NE46 3JB
- United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth High School
Hadrian Learning Trust was established as an academy converter in 2016. The Trust currently comprises Queen Elizabeth High School (with circa 1300 students aged 13-19) and Hexham Middle School (with circa 460 students aged 9-13).
Queen Elizabeth High School provides the highest standard of education to the people of Tynedale. We are an excellent school with a sixth form which outperforms most other state and voluntary-aided schools and colleges in the North East of England. Our success is due to having a shared ethos and a strong partnership between students, parents and the local community, and we want to recruit the best staff to help us achieve our vision of being the best school in the region.
Academic Performance
Our attainment is high. In 2019, our Attainment 8 score was 53.3, with a Progress 8 of 0.29. While proud of our students' success, we are far from complacent and aspire for our Year 11 students to make the best progress possible. Our sixth form is truly outstanding and invites comparison with the best state schools in the country. With an average grade of B at A-Level, and an average vocational grade of distinction*-, over 160 students each year progress from our sixth form to a range of universities including Oxbridge and the Russell Group. A number of our students also progress to exciting apprenticeships and vocational schools / conservatoires for a range of disciplines. We have been placed 2nd out of all state schools in the North-East of England for two years running in the Sunday Times Parent Power listings (based on attainment at GCSE and A Level).
Reasons for Our Success
Our curriculum currently offers a greater choice of subjects than most schools. Our Year 9 courses prepare students for their GCSE studies whilst at the same time ensuring that students receive a broad and balanced education. The advice and guidance offered to students ensures that the GCSE courses chosen by students best suit their needs and abilities. The size of our sixth form and the subject expertise of our teachers allow us to run a range of exciting courses at KS5. Our historically strong performance in maths attracts over 60 students each year to study maths and a further 15 or more to study further maths. Our vocational offer in sport, music performance, media, IT, health and social care and business allows students the opportunity to go on to study specialist vocational degrees at university.
Our last Ofsted inspection (April 2019) recognised our achievement in producing well-rounded and happy students. Each year, physics students visit the CERN Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland and our Human Rights group travels to the Tashi Lhunpo Tibetan Monastery in India. One of our great strengths as a school is our links with the local, national and international communities, whether this is through sport and arts or through our charity work, Fairtrade group, hospital concerts or foreign visits. This year our students will participate in foreign exchange visits linked to schools in Spain and Germany. We also run an annual expedition to Morocco. Our renowned commitment to the performing arts can be seen through our weekly youth theatre and fantastic productions such as “Les Miserables” in December 2019. Our musicians put on concerts in autumn and spring and we have numerous choirs (including a boys’ choir) which perform at Hexham Abbey and to the local community. The opportunities for our students to take part in sport are considerable and they compete at a very high level whether individually or in teams. Our rowing team competes and is successful nationally and the school has produced Olympic athletes and rowers.
Moving Forward
Continuing professional development is bringing about significant improvements in leadership and teaching, and a very strong Pastoral Team ensures that barriers to learning which affect outcomes for students are reduced. Our key to success in recent years has been to recruit the best staff we can and to provide a supportive but challenging environment in which they can develop as professionals.
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