Director of Music
Westminster Under School
Westminster
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive salary
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required for September 2022
- Apply by:
- 2 February 2022
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in a dynamic and vibrant school where pupils are highly motivated and the academic standard of our music education is extremely high.
The successful candidate will teach a reduced timetable across the 7-13 age group and will ensure high standards of teaching and learning are continuously developing along with an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum.
The Director of Music will also oversee the organisation of performances, concerts and events and they will also be responsible for training and updating members of the department, such as VMTs, with regard to safeguarding policies and procedures in collaboration with the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Deputy DSLs.
The successful candidate will need to be an experienced teacher and leader, as well as a dedicated team player with an enthusiastic, dynamic approach.
Applications for this position are encouraged from both the maintained sector and the independent sector.
About the School
Westminster Under School has been in existence since 1943, providing an independent preparatory education for boys aged 7 to 13.
Since 1981, the Under School has been situated in Vincent Square, Westminster, overlooking the School’s playing fields. Our central London location is a huge asset, adding a significant cultural dimension to the education of our 285 boys.
Ultimately, Westminster Under School is a busy, passionate and purposeful place, where boys greatly enjoy the activities of learning and are given the support and guidance they need to develop as intelligent, compassionate and inquisitive individuals.
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The closing date for applications is midday, Wednesday 2 February 2022.
Interviews will take place week commencing Monday 7 February 2022.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date for applications, so an early application is encouraged.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation.
Westminster Under School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
About Westminster Under School
Westminster Under School is a great environment for happy and purposeful pupils. Our aim is to produce well-rounded individuals with a love of learning and an enthusiasm for life. We expect the boys to be hard working and active participants in their lessons, but we place equal importance on the boys embracing extra-curricular activities at the School.
We want our pupils to enjoy their time at School and we believe that one of the best ways to achieve this is by providing stimulating, challenging lessons. The boys are encouraged to think for themselves, to engage fully in classroom discussions and to take pride in their work. We aim to foster a love of learning in all our pupils and a love of teaching in those who educate them.
Westminster Under School is a day school with approximately 260 pupils aged between 7 and 13. The Under School was founded in 1943 in the precincts of Westminster School in Little Dean’s Yard, just behind Westminster Abbey. The 17 boys with whom it began rapidly became 60 in number and by 1950 there were 80 boys in the Under School. The boys had to compete for space with the senior school pupils who had returned from evacuation at the end of the war, but in 1951 the Under School acquired its own premises in Eccleston Square. Numbers of pupils continued to rise during the 1960s and 1970s and in 1981 the School moved once again to its present site overlooking the Westminster playing fields in Vincent Square.
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