Teacher of Music 0.6FTE
Parkside Community School
Derbyshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 20 May 2024
Job overview
This vacancy is an excellent opportunity for a talented practitioner, who can have impact and make a positive difference to the lives of our young people. You will be joining Parkside at an exciting time in our incredible journey, as in April 2023 Parkside Community School joined Embark Federation as part of their trust and in November 2023 the school appointed a new Headteacher. The school benefits from a skilled and committed staff and since 2019, Key Stage 4 external examinations show pupils’ progress to be amongst the highest in the Local Authority with Y11 Progress 8 outcomes at +0.48 in 2023, the second highest in Derbyshire. Our last OFSTED Inspection in September 2022 stated that we continue to be a good school and we strive to continue to provide the very best life chances for all students in our community.
The school will seek to invest in the successful candidate, offering extensive CPD opportunities to secure a permanent position. A CPD plan will be designed to ensure career progression in line with aspirations and personal goals.
If you are interested in applying for the post, further information can be obtained by visiting the school website: www.parkside.derbyshire.sch.uk or by contacting the School on 01246 273458. Applicants are encouraged to visit the school prior to the closing date.
Completed application forms can be submitted electronically to srussell@parkside.derbyshire.sch.uk or via TES portal. Additionally, Derbyshire County Council online portal can be used. Please include, in the form of a letter of no more than one side of A4 Arial font size 12 pt, details of how you meet the requirements of the job description and person specification.
Interviews
It is intended that interviews will take place on Wednesday 22 May 2024
Closing Date: 9am on Monday 20 May 2024
Attached documents
About Parkside Community School
- Parkside Community School
- Boythorpe Avenue, Boythorpe, Chesterfield
- Derbyshire
- S40 2NS
- United Kingdom
We are an Ofsted Good School (2022) that is continually developing and improving to move forward to provide the very best experience for our staff, pupils, and community.
Parkside Community School is a good school with sustained improvement over time. In 2022 the school achieved a progress 8 score of +0.61, following a score of +0.59 in 2019 when performance figures were last published. This makes Parkside the highest achieving school in Derbyshire for progress in three of the last four years in which performance figures have been published.
Underpinning our success are our valued, passionate, and dedicated staff team who benefit from manageable workloads, extensive opportunities within continuous professional development programmes and a fun, driven and exciting working environment.
Our ethos and collective purpose is to ensure that pupils, staff, families and the wider community fully commit to ‘Caring about the choices that will shape your future’. We are absolutely committed to supporting every member of staff to thrive and achieve the level of performance, career progression and fulfilment their care, ambition and commitment demonstrates.
The intent of the Parkside Curriculum is to be leading edge, facilitating the best academic and personal development outcomes for our pupils. Our Parkside Support Centre is driven to provide all necessary support to ensure our pupils can learn, participate, and feel they belong to Parkside.
Parkside has and will continue to positively serve to change life chances for pupils, and we are forever grateful to all those who contribute to this process.
Please take time to view our school website to learn more about our wonderful school. http://www.parkside.derbyshire.sch.uk/
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