Music and Sound Technician
Graveney School
Wandsworth
- £18,217.77 per year
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- £18,217.77 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2024 to July 2025
- Apply by:
- 21 June 2024
Job overview
Would you like the opportunity to work as part of a team of highly experienced and ambitious colleagues?
We are looking for a Music and Sound Technician to support the vibrant and successful Music department at Graveney School from September 2024. This is a fixed-term contract until July 2025, where you will work 35 hours per week.
To be successful, you will be:
- Able to work well with both teaching/support staff and students
- ICT literate and interested in media/sound technologies and software
- Genuinely interested in students and supporting pupils to progress
- Diplomatic and considerate in your interactions with others
- Well-organised, good at time keeping and efficient
- Able to work independently to develop projects and see them through
- Able to act as a role model and ambassador for Graveney School
- Able to actively promote the Music department both internally and externally
Music at Graveney is exceptional and is a popular choice at KS4 and KS5 because of the strength and outstanding reputation of the department. Music plays a vital role in the life of the school, with a wide range of extra-curricular activities on offer and regular concerts throughout the year. Instrumental tuition is an essential contributor to the success of the department and is provided to over 450 students by 25 peripatetic teachers. Several students attend junior music colleges and are members of the LSSO and other London youth music ensembles. Recent leavers have gone on to study music at Oxford, Manchester, Birmingham and York universities, Trinity Laban, and Guildhall, as well as contemporary music institutions.
Graveney is an extremely popular and successful 11–18 School situated in Tooting, SW17 on a pleasant site with excellent facilities. We have a commitment to providing the best opportunities to all students and to developing the professional skills and career opportunities of staff.
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Designated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted in November 2022 and widely recognised as one of the top 100 state-funded schools in the country.
“Top-performing local school again, based on an aggregation of the five key accountability measures…” The Times
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At Graveney, we are committed to delivering a broad and exciting curriculum to all of our students. We are a school with the highest aspirations and ensure exemplary standards of behaviour. We consistently achieve outstanding examination outcomes at both GCSE and A level; however, we believe in far more than academic success. Our curriculum encompasses a full range of experiences that will develop our students into confident, resilient and successful young adults with the prospect of a great future.
For further information and to apply, please visit: www.graveney.org/recruitment
Electronic applications should be returned to recruitment@graveney.wandsworth.sch.uk
Closing date: Noon on Friday 21st June 2024.
The selection process will take place in person and will comprise a panel interview.
Please note that applications will be considered for shortlisting as and when they are received, and the Trust reserves the right to close the advert at any time.
Graveney Trust is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the well-being and safety of staff and students. All our employees, volunteers and contractors share this commitment, and we will carry out Enhanced DBS checks for all appointments, as well as ensuring that our rigorous pre-recruitment checks are strictly adhered to.
We foster an inclusive culture that promotes equality of opportunity and values diversity creating an environment where the rights and dignity of all members of our community are respected. We promote a culture that allows staff to grow and flourish, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
As part of commitment to this inclusive culture, we kindly ask that you complete the separate Equal Opportunities Recruitment Monitoring form in addition to the Application form.
Strictly no contact from agencies. Please respect this request.
Attached documents
About Graveney School
Graveney School is a non-denominational, co-educational secondary school with sixth form in Tooting, south-west London. There are 1,970 students aged 11-18 on the school roll, 709 of whom study in the sixth form.
Established in 1986, the school has held academy status since 2011. On joining Graveney, all students are placed into one of three houses: St John's, Ensham and Rosa Bassett. The secondary school is a short distance from Furzedown Primary School.
In February 2020, Graveney was again named by 'The Times' as Wandsworth's top performing secondary school at A-Level, based on an aggregation of the five key accountability measures, including percentage of pupils achieving EBacc, pupil progress, average points per pupil, average grade and average points.
Principal
Cynthia Rickman
Values and vision
The Graveney motto is "committed to excellence". Teachers provide the structure, encouragement and strategies to inspire and enable students to strive for high achievement in every aspect of their work and development. Additional study sessions are offered to pupils after school and during the holidays, in order to ensure that all have the opportunity to achieve.
Graveney has a long and enviable record of sporting success at local, national and even international level. The school understands the importance of leading an active life and the benefits this brings to pupils’ academic progress. All pupils in KS3 and 4 follow a broad and balanced PE curriculum. Sixth-form students are also provided with a range of opportunities to remain active.
Ofsted report
“The quality of teaching leads to exceptionally strong outcomes for students. There is a team of leading practitioners which impacts upon teaching and learning through professional training and research. For example, this team is leading a project running in collaboration with King’s College, London and a school project on teaching middle-ability students to improve practice.”
View Graveney School’s latest Ofsted report
Application Process
Applicants are advised to read ALL instructions and guidance on the application form prior to completion. Failure to do so may result in the form being returned to you, therefore causing a delay and missing the closing date for applications.
Wherever possible, please complete the application form electronically and include as much detail as possible; in particular:
- Section 7E (Education Training and Qualifications) Do include/account for ALL gaps in the chronology of your education and employment from secondary to higher education, as appropriate.
- Section 9 – Additional Information Please take careful note of the instructions under this section and provide as much information as possible to support your application.
Please do not submit a CV as an alternative to any part of the application form as it will not be considered.
Graveney Trust is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the well-being and safety of staff and students. All our employees, volunteers and contractors share this commitment and we will carry out Enhanced DBS checks for all appointments as well ensuring that our rigorous pre-recruitment checks are strictly adhered to.
We foster an inclusive culture that promotes equality of opportunity and values diversity creating an environment where the rights and dignity of all members of our community are respected. We promote a culture that allows staff to grow and flourish, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
As part of commitment to this inclusive culture, we kindly ask that you complete the separate Equal Opportunities Recruitment Monitoring form in addition to the Application form.
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