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Graduate Musician in Residence

Graduate Musician in Residence

Colfe's School

Greenwich

  • £25,000 per year
  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Apply by:
6 June 2023

Job overview

Graduate Musician in Residence, September 2023 for one year

Colfe’s (www.colfes.com) is a selective independent day school located near Greenwich and Lewisham, just over 10 minutes from London Bridge, which caters for over boys and girls aged 3 – 18.

 

We seek an outstanding and enthusiastic musician to join the Music Department as a Musician in Residence for one year. This full-time, term-time only post would suit a recent graduate, an undergraduate due to graduate this summer or a professional musician with a strong interest in education. They will join the thriving musical life of the school and work in teaching facilities which are modern and well-appointed. This role demonstrates the school’s continuing support and development of its already strong Music Department.

 

The successful candidate will be an inspirational, energetic and proactive individual with strong keyboard skills and a willingness to get involved in all aspects of the musical life of the school. We anticipate that they will spend approximately three days each week in the Senior School and two at the Junior School.

 

Previous experience of teaching is not essential but strong applicants will possess a suitable range of personal qualities and interests. In the absence of previous experience, the successful candidate will be invited to spend some time (paid) at Colfe's in June or July for in-house training.

 

The workload will be tailored to suit the particular strengths of the appointee but will include some or all of the following:

·          Taking an active part in the co-curricular programme;

·          Supporting GCSE and A Level pupils;

·          Taking music lessons, supporting ensembles and helping with administrative tasks in the Junior School;

·          Rehearsal and performance with appropriate ensembles;

·          Supporting theory classes;

·          Assisting students in their preparation for practical music examinations;

·          Assistance with administration and with the organisation and delivery of rehearsals, concerts and musicals;

·          Promoting and encouraging active involvement in the musical life of the whole school, including attendance at some evening and weekend events;

·          Keyboard skills will be an advantage.

 

The salary for this role will be £25,000

 

Application procedure:

The recruitment process will require all applicants to complete an application form, accompanied by a letter of   application, and details of two referees, who will be contacted prior to interview, in accordance with the School’s Safer Recruitment procedures.  

 

The application should be submitted either by post to: 

 

Mrs A Ross                                                                             Or electronically to: recruitment@colfes.com  

Human Resources, Colfe’s School 

Horn Park Lane, London SE12 8AW

 

 Applications should be sent as soon as possible and by Noon, 6 June at the latest. Colfe’s reserves the right to appoint to this post before the closing date if necessary. 

 Colfe’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers, prohibition from teaching and the Disclosure & Barring Service.

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About Colfe's School

THE AIMS OF THE SCHOOL

At Colfe's we aim to:
• promote excellence in all areas and to develop each pupil’s abilities and character to the full;

• provide innovative academic teaching which adds value and fosters learning and scholarship of the highest quality together with a wide range of cultural, sporting and extra-curricular activities;

• nurture an awareness of spiritual and moral values amongst our pupils in accordance with the Christian principles of our Founder, Abraham Colfe;

• maintain a balanced community of children from varied backgrounds within the context of an academically selective school;

• promote a purposeful and disciplined atmosphere in which boys and girls are encouraged to achieve their full potential, staff can find vocational fulfilment in their careers and all can use their talents for the greater good of the community and society as a whole.

Colfe’s School

Colfe’s is one of London’s oldest schools.  It can be traced back to the 15th century but took its name from Abraham Colfe, Vicar of Lewisham, who re-founded the school in 1652.  In his will, he entrusted the care of the school to the Leathersellers’ City Livery Company, which governs the school to this day.

In 1977 the school became independent; after 25 years as a voluntary aided boys’ grammar school.  For over twenty years now, Colfe’s has been co-educational, with roughly equal numbers of boys and girls: over 1,250 pupils in all, from ages three to 18. The Leathersellers’ Scholarship programme enables us to select a number of scholars each year on fully-funded bursaries for direct entry to the Sixth Form. In so doing we draw on strong working relationships with a number of local comprehensive schools in two of London’s most deprived boroughs: 10% of pupils in a typical sixth form year group qualify for free school meals.

Colfe’s former site in Lewisham was destroyed in the Second World War.  In 1963 the school moved to its present location in South East London.  All parts of the school from Nursery to Sixth Form share the site.  The facilities are excellent: the  school has an abundance of green space on site as well as a performing arts centre, sports centre with full-size swimming pool, two additional extensive sports grounds and a dedicated forest school for younger pupils nearby.

Entrance is selective and academic standards are high, with more than 88.9% of A levels graded A*-B last year. More than 68% of pupils achieved GCSE grades 9-7, with 20% receiving the highest grade 9 - well above the national average. Pupils regularly gain places on the most competitive courses at university, including Oxford and Cambridge and Russell Group universities such as Bristol, Durham, Warwick and Leeds to study a variety of subjects from English, Economics and Maths to Medicine and Music. Sport, music and drama are strong and all staff are expected to engage with the thriving extra-curricular programme.

Colfe’s is proud of its long history but not burdened or defined by it.  It is very much a school of the present day.  The teachers are relaxed (without being casual) and professional (without being stuffy).  The culture is one in which pupils are encouraged to respect one another and to learn from each other.  Colfe’s doesn’t try to force pupils into a single mould – there is no recognisable ‘Colfe’s type of pupil’.  They are lively and willing to have a go.

Locally and nationally the school enjoys a strong and growing reputation for all-round quality and innovation.  

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