Head of Music
Ravenscourt Park Preparatory School
Hammersmith and Fulham
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required from September 2020
- Apply by:
- 25 February 2020
Job overview
We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic musician with the vision and drive to lead music within our happy, friendly and forward-thinking school that is fully committed to striving for the best in all of our pupils.
Music is at the heart of our school; we have a number of choirs, orchestras and ensembles running throughout the 4 – 11-year age range and all of these groups have the opportunity to perform at a range of concerts and assemblies throughout the year. We also make use of the beautiful St Paul’s Church in Hammersmith for our Christmas Concert and our Summer Prize Evening.
The successful candidate will be leading a thriving music department which comprises the Head of Music, an additional part-time music teacher and our peripatetic staff. The Head of Music will be a skilled practitioner, able to teach music throughout the Primary age range, to bring out the best in our orchestras and choirs, to lead whole school assembly singing practices and to accompany and guide instrumentalists on the piano.
Ravenscourt Park Preparatory School is a successful IAPS Preparatory School in West London providing education of the highest quality for 420 boys and girls aged from 4 to 11 years. The School was last inspected by ISI in March 2016 and received the grade of ‘excellent’ in all categories.
Applications should be made by covering letter to the Headmaster, accompanied by a fully completed application form. Please email completed applications to careers@rpps.co.uk.
Closing date: midday on Tuesday 25th February 2020.
All applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of gender, race, religious belief, marital status or disability. Ravenscourt Park Preparatory School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applications will be subject to checks with past employer and an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service. Our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies can be found on our website.
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About Ravenscourt Park Preparatory School
Ravenscourt Park Preparatory School is a lively, coeducational and non-selective independent school for children aged four to eleven. Founded in 1991, the school provides an engaging education of the highest quality with a rich curriculum that is varied, exciting and forward -looking whilst also preparing our pupils for transfer at 11 years to some of the best and most selective Independent Schools.
At RPPS we ensure that we focus our support and attention on every single pupil who joins our community. Our non-selective, child-centered ethos ensures that we cater for the individual. We believe that all children will succeed when the curriculum inspires them and meets their individual needs, and when they feel valued, supported and happy.
My talented teaching staff and I are committed to nurturing a love of learning across the whole of the school and to bringing out the best in every single child for whom we have responsibility. We want our pupils to feel confident; confident to ask questions, to challenge, to try something new, to reach forward to challenging goals and experiences and to be happy even to learn from making mistakes.
At RPPS we also believe that forming strong and trusting partnerships with parents is paramount. We operate an Open Door policy, where parents’ comments, views, contributions and suggestions are seen as making a valuable contribution to the continuing improvement and development of the school. We also welcome parents’ direct support with activities such as hearing children read, accompanying day visits and at special events throughout the year.
The primary years for our pupils provide the foundation for future learning and at Ravenscourt Park Preparatory School we undertake to ensure that the years with us are happy, successful and fulfilling for each and every child. Our experience and undoubted successes to date confirm that laughter and learning go hand-in-hand and our pupils leave at the end of Year 6 ready for the new challenges ahead and with fond memories of their time with us.
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