Graduate Music Assistant
Uppingham School
Rutland
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 21 February 2025
Job overview
The role
This is an exciting opportunity for a talented music graduate who is looking to develop their teaching skills and experience at a leading UK boarding school.
As part of a dynamic and highly experienced team, you will contribute to the musical development of our students, providing key support across academic and co-curricular activities. Your role will be tailored around your interests, skills and strengths, and will involve a range of responsibilities such as teaching, outreach, and musical support, including coaching and accompanying ensembles, orchestras and bands. You will also undertake some administrative tasks within the department.
Outside of the music department, there will be additional pastoral and co-curricular opportunities, with the chance to tutor in a boarding house or provide coaching support to one of our sports teams.
This role will commence in September 2025 for one academic year. Accommodation will also be provided.
About you
You will ideally be a performing musician, who is capable of turning their hands to a number of different musical tasks throughout the department. You will demonstrate your ability to coach and direct instrumental and/or vocal ensembles, motivating and inspiring students of all levels and abilities. Additionally, practical experience of music technology and production would be highly desirable.
Music at Uppingham School
Uppingham has long been considered to be one of the leading music schools in the UK. The department comprises five distinctive faculties – Singing, Strings, Keyboard, Wind Brass and Percussion and Jazz, Pop and Music Technology and there are around 350 individual music lessons taught across the school each week.
We also run a very busy programme of weekly recitals, ability-led concerts, masterclasses and larger public performances in the UK and abroad, with approximately seventy public performances each year. The Department has access to outstanding recording, recital, teaching and practice facilities, including 60 practice rooms, numerous grand pianos and three organs, facilitating a wide range of activities.
What we offer:
When you join us, you become part of a community that appreciates and supports its team members, you will enjoy a range of benefits that reflects our appreciation:
- 50% Contribution towards premiums for the School’s private health scheme
- Discount on School fees
- Discount at a local nursery in Uppingham
- 25% Discount on holiday club fees for children of Uppingham staff
- Westfield healthcare
- Westfield Rewards which gives discounts at various retailers, gyms, cinemas, and restaurants
- Contributory pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- In house Occupational Health Service
- Membership to dual-use Sports Centre (with a £25 annual joining fee)
- Free staff lunches during term-time
- Free annual Flu vaccinations
- Complimentary staff ticket for select School performances
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Recognised as a “Disability Confident” employer
- Recognised as a “Mindful” employer
- Recognised as “Investors in Diversity”
For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
Closing date: Friday 21st February 2025.
Interview date: Tuesday 4th March 2025.
Uppingham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful candidates must be willing to undergo full screening in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE), including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Issues relating to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils will be explored at interview.
About Uppingham School
Uppingham School is a mixed, Church of England independent secondary school with sixth form and boarding, located in Leicestershire. The secondary school, situated in Uppingham has approximately 791 students on record.
Uppingham School was founded in 1584, originally as a school for boys. In 1975 girls were admitted, and it became fully co-educational as of 2001. The majority of students attending the secondary school are boarders.
Headmaster
Dr Richard J Maloney
Values and vision
Uppingham School wants to provide students with a varied and stimulating curriculum, while nurturing them to become happy, responsible and respectful members of the community. The Leicestershire secondary school focuses on developing individual talents and nurtures students to achieve to the highest of their ability to reach their full potential. Extra-curricular activities are encouraged for pupils to gain experience outside of the classroom across sport, theatre and the arts. The school’s main vision is for all students to feel a sense of belonging.
Independent School Inspectorate
“Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes towards work and study. They have good literacy skills at all ages and articulate ideas and opinions fluently. Work is generally presented neatly and pupils’ note-taking is effective. They develop good numeracy skills and their capacity to think critically is notable. Creative abilities are well developed and their exploration of ideas is particularly marked in their enrichment activities. Pupils’ study habits are good. In the lessons observed, pupils worked very well with each other, and also worked well independently. They enjoy their work and this stems in part from the good-natured atmosphere in lessons. Pupils use information and communications technology (ICT) proficiently.”
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