Curriculum Leader Music and Expressive Arts
St Cuthbert's Catholic High School
St. Helens
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPR/UPR +TLR2C (£7,015)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 31 January 2022
Job overview
Dates: Job start September 2022
Salary: MPR/UPR + TLR 2C (£7,015)
Contract type: Full Time Contract term: Permanent
Job details
As curriculum leader for music and expressive arts you will be fully supported by an experienced team of colleagues who share a vision of excellent teaching and learning, founded on collaborative planning, assessment and instruction, and who support each other to continually develop practice. We have an open-door culture and reflective ethos where we use research led practice to develop the very best outcomes for our students.
You will be able to demonstrate up-to-date knowledge of teaching, learning, curriculum and assessment. You will be responsible for maintaining the highest quality of monitoring and evaluation whilst improving the standards of achievement for all students. You will be confident in your abilities to teach across all key stages. You will be adept in creating an engaging, supportive and safe learning environment for all students. An ability to teach across all expressive arts disciplines is desirable.
To be the successful candidate you will:
• Demonstrate a passion for teaching and learning and the achievement of all groups of students
• A strong understanding of the curriculum for Music and Drama at all key stages and keep abreast of subject knowledge and developments
• Be able to develop a culture of high expectations within the department
• Have excellent interpersonal skills
• Be truly ambitious for our school and community
• Co-ordinate and manage extra-curricular provision and peripatetic lessons
Music and expressive arts at St. Cuthbert’s:
In the Music and Expressive Arts department we aspire to develop a curiosity for the Arts, develop students’ confidence, self-expression and cultural capital. We offer a wide and successful range of extra-curricular opportunities such as brass band, singing club, drama club and a range of peripatetic lessons. In 2021 we were awarded the Music Mark. At Key stage 3 students receive one lesson of expressive arts per week (drama or music). In years 10 and 11 AQA GCSE Drama and BTEC Music are currently taught as an option subject with a history of successful outcomes and results.
In terms of musical education, there are three main elements that are focused on; performance, composition and analysis. The curriculum at St Cuthbert’s aims to provide a deep understanding of each one of these, through a well-structured, progressive curriculum. By the end of Year 9, students will be ready to move onto a GCSE or BTEC level qualification in the subject, if they choose to do so.
Through the Drama Curriculum students will develop deep knowledge and understanding of performance genres, texts and styles, their context including the theatrical conventions of the period in which they were created through high quality and ambitious opportunities to demonstrate and apply their knowledge and understanding through Making, Performing and Responding to Drama.
Closing date for applications: Monday, 31st January 2022 at 9:00 am
Shortlisting: Monday, 31st January 2022 (PM)
Interview date: Thursday, 3rd February 2022
This post is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure Certificate.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Interested candidates can contact the Headteacher should they wish to discuss the position further, whilst visits to the school can also be arranged.
For an application form and further details please contact Cath Geden, PA to the Headteacher, by telephone 01744 678123, via email at hello@stcuthberts.com or visit www.stcuthberts.com
All completed applications to be sent for the attention of Mrs C Twist, Headteacher by email to hello@stcuthberts.com
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About St Cuthbert's Catholic High School
- St Cuthbert's Catholic High School
- Berrys Lane, Sutton, St. Helens
- Merseyside
- WA9 3HE
- United Kingdom
A warm welcome to St Cuthbert’s Catholic High School.
Here at St Cuthbert’s we are very proud of the supportive and nurturing environment we have created that inspires our students to develop and reach their full potential. As a Catholic community, the faith aspect of our school teaches Christian values of tolerance, care and respect, with our ‘Golden Rule’ “Treat others as you would like to be treated” (Matthew 7:12).
At St Cuthbert’s we are known for looking after all the young people in our care and treat every person that passes through the school as part of our ever-growing family.
Our dedicated staff forge great relationships with students, parents and the wider community alike and are always approachable and welcoming.
Throughout our 60-year history, we have always been at the heart of our community and we take that responsibility very seriously. Our community has and continues to rely on us for a wealth of resources. We support this by offering an environment that combines warmth and fun with a commitment to learning for our young people and their families.
We celebrate excellence in all of its forms. We equip our young people academically, practically, socially and morally, so they're ready for the next step in their lives, be that going to college, moving into apprenticeships or starting employment or training.
We also have various extra-curricular activities that run alongside our broad curriculum to allow our students to further develop their talents and interests.
We welcome the opportunity to guide your son or daughter through their school life and give them the best possible start on their journey to becoming a successful, capable and well-rounded adult in their community and beyond.
We are a voluntary-aided, 11-16, co-educational comprehensive Catholic high school in the St Helens Authority in the North West of England. There are over 900 students on roll of whom 45% are baptised Catholic, with 33% from other Christian denomination, and 22% from other faith or religious traditions.
We are proud to be a school at the heart of its community. We are a school with students who flourish as a result of the attentiveness to their needs and support given by all our staff. We are a school with students who are confident to take full responsibility for themselves and their actions and are quick to praise and celebrate the achievements of others. We work together as a Christian family to live the message of the Good News of Jesus Christ to love God and our neighbour.
We are St Cuthbert's. We are more than a school.
Our Golden Rule
"Treat others as you would like to be treated!" (Matthew 7:12)
Our Mission
St Cuthbert's is a Catholic High School, in which students, staff, governors and friends will work together as a Christian family to live the message of the Good News of Jesus Christ to love God and our neighbour (Mark 12:29-31) by:
learning to know and accept the love of God by the way we treat each other and work together (Matthew 7:12)
respecting and embracing all cultures and recognising that as individuals we are unique (Genesis 1:26)
developing the gifts, talents and aspirations of all students and staff (Matthew 25:14-30)
providing the best education for all students and helping them to live life in all its fullness (John 10:10)
accepting the support of those in our community who work for the good of the school (Luke 10:25-37)
reaching out to those who need our help in our world (Mark1:39-42)
protecting and taking pride in all aspects of our environment so that we become stewards of God's creation (Psalm 8)
Our Vision
A vibrant community uniquely created by God, which embraces everyone, especially those in need and celebrate difference. Enabled by a staff dedicated to our Catholic ethos and a culture of excellence, our young people will be inspired to know more, and be more..
Ofsted report
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