Head of Music
The Mount School York
York
- Expired
- Salary:
- The Mount School Teacher Pay Scale + Management Allowance
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2017
- Apply by:
- 18 May 2017
Job overview
Leading academic independent day and boarding school requires for September 2017
HEAD OF MUSIC
We are currently seeking to recruit a Head of Music. This is an exciting opportunity to take an already extremely successful department into the next phase of its development in a school that has a vision for growing our Performing Arts offer.
The Mount is a thriving boarding and day community set in 16 acres of beautiful grounds located ten minutes’ walk from York’s historic city centre. The School offers excellent facilities and comprises a Junior School for girls and boys aged 2 to 11 and an all-girls Senior School with girls up to the age of 18.
The Mount has a longstanding academic reputation with pupils going on to study at a range of Russell Group universities including Oxbridge and Ivy League universities. In 2016 forty-two percent of Year 13 pupils went on to study STEM related subjects. There is a wealth of talented musicians at The Mount and many pupils come to the School on Music scholarships. Drama and Sport are also major strengths of the School.
The Head of Music is in charge of Music across the whole school working closely with our Junior School Music specialist. The ability to teach both GCSE and A Level Music is essential.
We are an ipad school and all pupils and staff have ipads. All staff are required to make a commitment to give to the extra-curricular programme of the School and a large number of musical activities take place each day.
For information and an Application Pack, please email jdealtry@mountschoolyork.co.uk or call 01904 667500
The closing date for applications is Friday 19 May (9.00am)
Interviews to be held Tuesday 23 May
The Mount 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.
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About The Mount School York
The Mount School York is a high achieving day and boarding school for girls aged 3 to 18. We are leaders in educating girls and understanding their needs, inspiring confident young women, enabling them to believe nothing is beyond their reach.
Creating an environment where every girl is valued, enabled to flourish and given the confidence to know they can achieve is at the heart of The Mount School ethos. Mount School girls learn to think for themselves, developing both resilience and empathy. Girls grow at their own pace, free from pressures to conform, they become self-assured and happy young women with the ambition and confidence to succeed.
In our last ISI Inspection, The Mount School was judged to be excellent for both ‘pupils’ academic and other achievements’ and ‘pupils’ personal development’, excellent being the highest grade achievable. The inspectors commented on the ‘exuberantly confident’ girls and the ‘sense of empowerment’ they exhibited. They also noted on the ‘ethos of tolerance and care for others found throughout the School’, an ethos permeating form our Quaker Heritage.
Our bespoke and engaging curriculum is tailored to motivate and enthuse girls from Early Years to Sixth Form. Girls are given a strong foundation of knowledge and a variety of learning. Within our inspiring all-girls community each girl develops to her full potential. Pupils learn to think independently, and discover their passions, leaving them ready to make a positive contribution to our changing world.
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