EYFS Music Teacher (part-time)

Closing date for completed applications: Sunday 4th June 2023

Interviews to be confirmed.

Self-employed and free lance music teachers, please enquire by emailing: hrm@dhprep.co.uk

We encourage you to apply before the closing date as we reserve the right to arrange interviews and close this advert before the closing date if we receive applications from exceptional candidates.

School Context  

Devonshire House is a large co-educational prep school (550 on roll) in Hampstead, north London, on the cusp of a transformational period of positive change, intent on offering an outstanding education in every sense for its pupils and their parents. The school has just acquired a fifth building, giving more scope for outdoor play and sport, as well as doubling specialist teaching room capacity. The values of the school are unashamedly traditional, whilst its outlook on teaching pedagogy is very much modern. Devonshire House aims to recruit the best teachers and leaders available and retain them by providing an attractive package and huge scope for career advancement. This is augmented by its engaged governance as part of Dukes Education, which promotes inter-school collaboration and collegiality.

Summary of the role

 The post holder will be responsible for teaching music for Early Years pupils at Devonshire House School. The post holder will work closely with the Head of Music to ensure early years music provision at Devonshire House remains at a consistently high standard.

Job Description

Main duties:

• Teaching Music lessons for our Early Years Department 
• To support teachers with end of Autumn and Summer term performances
• Keeping appropriate records of pupils’ attendance and academic progress
• Writing reports on children’s progress and achievement (summer term)
• Attendance at staff meetings as reasonably called by the Headteacher
• Attendance at official staff development and training events as arranged by the Headteacher
• Attendance and participation in official school events
• Work with the other staff and Headteacher to ensure Devonshire maintains our strong commitment to the protection, welfare and safety of our children.

Person Specification

 QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Essential:  

• GCSEs or equivalent at a Grade C/4 and above in Math, English
• Relevant music qualifications and/or experience

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

Essential:  

• An excellent track record teaching music
• Evidence of further relevant professional development
• Confidence and understanding of safeguarding and child protection statutory legislations and school protocol.

Desirable: 

• Experience in an independent school
• Experience teaching music to early years

Devonshire House Preparatory School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Devonshire House Preparatory School is an equal opportunities employer. If the candidate has lived in a country other than the UK for a period of 3 months or more since the age of 18, a foreign criminal policy check will be required irrespective of whether they worked in those countries. All applicants need to have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for the role.

In addition, the school may carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on the shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any incidents or issues that are publicly available online, which we want to explore with the applicant at interview. The online check forms part of the school’s wider safeguarding due diligence which aims to prevent and/or deter individuals who may be unsuitable to work with children from working in a school environment.