Head of Music
Ark Soane Academy
Ealing
- Expired
- Salary:
- £35,368- £55,626 (Ark MPS / UPS plus TLR)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 1 September 2023
Job overview
Job title: Head of Music at Ark Soane Academy
Location: Acton, London — a five-minute walk from Acton Town tube station
Contract: Full-time hours, permanent contract.
Start date: September 2023.
Salary: £35,368- £55,626 (Ark MPS / UPS plus TLR)
Opportunity for an exceptional candidate to be a Head of Music, shaping a new Ark secondary school in Ealing.
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The role
We are looking for a passionate, highly effective Head of Music who can lead the development of our music department to being one of the best in the country. The growing music department at Ark Soane is a vibrant, active hub where students take part in a rigorous, diverse, and fulfilling curriculum. This curriculum is designed to inspire students with a love of music and musicianship, critically engage with the language of music and learn from the best in the musical canon.
We are looking forward to moving into our brand-new high specification teaching spaces which will be full of exciting new resources to extend our music provision ever further. These include a performance suite, a recording studio and a music technology workshop as well as extensive facilities for individual and group practice and tuition.
We highly value musical education as a vital part of Ark Soane students' broader cultural education. In addition to the taught curriculum students take part in strings, brass, saxophone and samba clubs as well as singing groups, orchestra and musical theatre. Over one third of students in the school are currently learning to play a musical instrument and the music department regularly organises performances at our Exhibition Evenings.
Teaching music at Ark Soane means creating thoughtful encounters with diverse musical genres. We recognize the need for depth and ensure that all students have a well developed understanding of rhythm and melody before engaging in composition and use of technology. We work closely with other Ark schools through the Ark Music Programme which provides plentiful opportunities for student collaboration and for high quality professional development.
We believe that every member of staff deserves to be developed, and routine coaching for all staff underpins student progress. If you join us you can look forward to being part of a team where your time and professionalism are highly valued and where your voice is welcomed in shaping the future direction of the school.
Our warm strict approach to school life allows students to make rapid progress in music uninterrupted by distraction. The Music curriculum model includes the taught curriculum (developing skills and knowledge with increasing complexity and depth) alongside performances, enrichment opportunities, trips, and competitions that ensure personal expression and individuality are truly cherished. You can look forward to joining an exceptionally warm, collaborative and experienced team. You can expect the highest levels of dedication and commitment from your students and unwavering support from the school leadership team in securing this.
Our staff are committed subject experts and are given the capacity and the training to ensure that their curriculum delivers knowledge-rich mastery through effective planning and intellectual preparation.
Ark Soane Academy is part of Ark, one of the UK’s most successful school groups, with a network of 37 schools in 4 locations across the country.
We opened to 180 students in September 2021 and currently have 360 Year 7 and Year 8 students in the school. This year we will move into our brand new school building. Joining Soane now is a unique opportunity to become part of a thriving, collaborative and growing team who all hold the highest expectations of student behaviour and effort and are all deeply committed to the success of our students and of the school.
As a proud member of the network, we offer:
• Twice as many training days as standard
• Weekly staff training designed to meet the needs of the school
• Coaching for every teacher
• Protected co-planning time
• Access to high-quality, regular professional development
• Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across the network.
You will:
· Have an unwavering determination to deliver excellence for pupils from all starting points.
· Share the Ark Soane beliefs, vision and mission and be aligned with the Ark six pillars underpinning it
· Be committed to Ark’s ethos of high expectations for every pupil in both academic achievement and personal development.
· Be committed to continually improving classroom practice and raising attainment.
· Manage behaviour effectively to create a positive, calm and purposeful climate for learning
· Have the drive, skills and resilient character required to help build a new school
· Combine subject matter expertise with a passion for teaching your subject
· Be reflective about the Academy and committed to securing its continued development
· Value and support practices driving continued progress across the network of Ark schools
Applications will be viewed periodically, and candidates are encouraged to apply right away so that we can close it early. For further information or any technical queries, please contact HR member Swannie Ki at hr@arksoane.org
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in our academies. In order to meet this responsibility, we follow a rigorous selection process which will include questions about safeguarding. This process is outlined here, but can be provided in more detail if requested. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
About Ark Soane Academy
Welcome to Ark Soane Academy.
We are a brand new, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school which opened in Ealing in September 2021.
Ark Soane, like all Ark schools, is designed around six core ideas: excellent behaviour; a curriculum that enables student mastery of learning so all students can achieve exceptional results; high quality teaching; development of student character and forming strong habits; raising student aspirations so they seek to achieve to their fullest potential; and developing our teachers to become leaders in education.
We are proud to be named after John Soane – the great architect and educator who is closely associated with the area. He believed that architecture students of his day needed to be well versed in literature, mathematics, classics and history among other subjects and that they should explain their ideas with “clearness, correctness and effect”. We aim to provide that standard of education to all our students: a challenging curriculum taught with kindness and with the opportunity for students to express themselves with pride and with the highest standards of speaking and literacy.
We know that every child can succeed and we will insist on their success by expecting the highest standards from them: a commitment to work hard at all times; a commitment to learn from every opportunity; and a commitment to behave impeccably to maximise time for learning. We also know that children encounter barriers to their learning and we work with children and their families to overcome these. We know that high expectations combined with kind support provides Ark Soane students with every opportunity to succeed.
We know that children are curious and that they deserve to be stretched with a challenging curriculum that demands effort and resilience. Our curriculum provides a strong foundation to develop students’ knowledge and provokes their curiosity and interest in further study. Our students know why what they are learning is important and are prepared to work relentlessly to master that knowledge. We know that struggle is an essential part of learning and we provide additional lessons and support for those who struggle in any topic so that we leave no child behind.
We know that children who love school will be able to access the university and career of their choice. We have recruited an outstanding, passionate and committed team of founding teachers who are experts in their fields and are determined to foster a love for their subject to enable our children to be successful. Our teachers know individual students’ strengths and areas for development and work tirelessly for their success.
We know that children can learn from every activity and every encounter. All Ark Soane children participate in carefully chosen extra-curricular activities designed to grow their independence, their academic skills and their compassion. All children have opportunities to attend universities and meet employers from Year 7 upwards and will be supported to meet their high aspirations.
In September 2021 we opened our doors to 180 year 7 students who have the privilege of being the only year group in the school and the opportunity to shape Ark Soane for future generations. In September 2022 we are delighted to be welcoming our second cohort of students to the school and to be opening our full premises.
We are committed to delivering a highly challenging curriculum in a calm and purposeful environment with great teaching, outstanding behaviour, kindness and respect for all our students.
We look forward to welcoming you to our school.
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