Director of Music
Nene Park Academy
Peterborough
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- Salary:
- Leadership
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 20 May 2019
Job overview
Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust
Director of Music L1-5
Salary is negotiable for outstanding candidates
September 2019 or earlier by negotiation
As part of our continuous drive for improvement at Nene Park Academy, we are looking to appoint an ambitious, hardworking and talented leader with a proven track record of success, to the role of Director of Music.
The successful candidate(s) will have:
• A healthy restlessness for improvement
• An infectious desire to be the best that they can be
• A passionate and uncompromising commitment to student engagement and achievement
• A track record of ‘Outstanding’ leadership and outcomes
• Excellent leadership and people management skills
• Experience of converting vision into reality
• An expectation that successful appointment will lead to challenging opportunities for further professional development within the Trust.
Reporting directly to an Assistant Principal, the successful candidate will be responsible for the strategic direction of Music at the academy, have significant influence and responsibilities, as well as the opportunity to make a considerable impact on the future lives of our students.
This is a varied and challenging role which is fundamental to the successful development of Nene Park Academy, its ethos and the success of our students, with a particular brief to increase the profile and success of Music and will involve working with other like-minded professionals within the Performing Arts faculty to extend the boundaries of learning within this discipline.
This person will work closely with the Principal and Assistant Principals to develop a compelling vision for Music. An ability to think strategically (as well as operationally) and implement impactful change is critical, as are exceptional communication skills, both on paper and in oral presentation. The post-holder will be expected to inspire high levels of commitment and engagement in their colleagues and our students, demonstrating excellent musical ability across a range of instruments and aspects of musical study, along with the ability to deliver appropriate qualifications which are tailored to the needs of their cohorts.
Nene Park Academy is a good school, poised for further success. Its location lends itself to a vast number of opportunities, particularly in the realms of Music. With determined and visionary leadership Music and the Performing Arts will become one of Nene Park’s USPs! If you have what it takes to lead these disciplines in the next exciting stage of their development, please submit your application together with a supporting statement that should address the following question: ‘Why you, why here, why now?’
If you would like to discuss further details, please contact the Principal of Nene Park Academy, Robin Grover, RGrover@neneparkacademy.org
For any other queries, please contact Karen Umpleby, HR Officer, NPA, kumpleby@cmatrust.net
The closing date for applications is 9.00 am on Monday 20 May 2019.
Interviews will be held on Friday 24 May 2019.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All staff will be subject to an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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About Nene Park Academy
Nene Park Academy is an educational community whose philosophy embraces the challenges of academic excellence, responsibility and leadership, spiritual awareness, and participation in a wide variety of activities. At Nene Park Academy we quite simply strive to know and support every student to enjoy their learning and be the absolute best versions of themselves.
We are committed to developing students reading, writing and oracy skills; we want to remove barriers to speaking, listening, reading & writing as quickly as possible so students can access, enjoy, and achieve their full potential at school.
Nene Park Academy moved into new and remodelled school buildings across a two phased development beginning in 2012 and finishing 2013. This was then added to with a new wing in 2018, to increase its capacity, due to the Academy growing in popularity and success. In addition to this we have recently completed an extension to our Sixth Form Centre so that our Sixth Form facilities match the aspirations and high expectations of our students at post-16. They have been described as ‘World Class’, which is fitting, given that we have achieved World Class School Status in January 2023.
Results continue to rise year on year reflecting the impact of the wholesale changes that has transformed education on this site. In April 2018, Ofsted judged the school to be ‘Good’. As a result of this continued improvement and the recent GCSE results of our students returning a positive Progress 8 score of +0.11, and the A Level results of our students being regularly in the top 25% of schools nationally, our academy is now oversubscribed, with 98% of students securing a place with us, putting us as their first choice. It is our intention to be the academy of choice for our community and Peterborough, and whilst we are well on the way to achieving this, we are always looking for the next team member who can bring that little bit extra and help us to capitalise on the next improvement opportunity.
Our Pastoral system is based on a very successful House and vertical tutoring approach. We believe that our task as teachers is to develop students’ full potential, both inside and outside of the classroom. We encourage them to work hard at their studies and join in the extensive range of extra-curricular opportunities provided by dedicated staff. We aspire that every student is properly known, valued, and supported.
Our staff are hardworking and supportive. We thrive on new challenges, and we work closely together to ensure our students feel happy and safe; our experience tells us that young people work most successfully in a school community that is caring and friendly, yet firm and clear in its expectations and standards.
Alongside the educational impact of partnerships, the school has developed unique community partnerships including one with Peterborough United Football Club, with the school now hosting the first teams training ground as well as the Posh Youth Academy, who all attend the school for their formal education. There is also a very successful Education with Football programme for Post 16 students who are able to study an academic curriculum alongside an enhanced competitive football programme that allows them to train and represent the academy and Peterborough United Foundation against local and national football teams such as West Brom, Chelsea, Watford and Derby to name a few. The girls squad are double EFL champions, with one of the past squad members securing a university soccer scholarship to North Carolina.
We are constantly looking for driven, enthusiastic, and skilled professionals to join our team in providing an exceptional education for our students.
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