Instrumental Teacher (Upper & Lower Strings )

£30 per hour on a casual employment contract, minimum 10 weeks per term, hours vary according to demand 

This post is a casual employment contract requiring the successful applicant to commit to a minimum of 10 weeks per term.

Required for: September 2021

Closing Date: 9am Monday 5th July

Interviews: Wednesday 7th July, but we reserve the right to interview before the closing date.

For full details please visit our website, or contact Lara Samuels on recruitment@jcoss.barnet.sch.uk

Our Vision: JCoSS is an academic, aspirational learning community, known and respected for our pioneering spirit, our humanity and our excellent outcomes.

Our Ethos: If you think you know what working in a Jewish school might be like, be ready to think again.  Our outward-looking and pluralist Jewish ethos combines an embrace of open-minded values with a deep love of the varied riches of Jewish tradition.  The staff and leadership team includes different faiths and none at all levels, and the school has a culture of purposeful good humour and humanity. We are a school like no other.

Our Results: We have a track record of outstanding academic results and our 2019 outcomes earned us the title of Sunday Times Greater London State Secondary of the Year 2020.  44% of A level grades were at A*or A, a quarter of the cohort scored at least two A grades, while 70% of Level 3 vocational grades were at Distinction or better.  2020 results were higher still, even under the algorithm. In both 2019 and 2020 half of GCSE grades were at 7 or higher, a third of students achieving at least 8 GCSEs at grade 7 or better.  Our ALPS grade has been consistently 2 at both A level and GCSE, and our 2019 ‘Progress 8’ score was 0.68. Seven students gained places at Oxbridge in 2020, and (as is typical) students secured places for Medicine, Art, Architecture & Media and other competitive courses at prestigious institutions.

Staff Benefits: We appoint on potential as well as experience, and we are committed to supporting staff development.  Several non-teaching colleagues have trained with us as teachers; our rich CPL programme includes full induction for new teaching staff including NQTs, NPQH/SL/ML programmes, and financial support for MA courses, Action Research projects and many other opportunities.  Additional responsibilities are always considered for suitable candidates and we offer NQTs employment for the last few weeks of the summer term.  Our admissions policy includes priority places for the children of all staff*. Our website details a huge number and variety of staff wellbeing initiatives. https://jcoss.org/recruitment/staff-wellbeing-at-jcoss

* (Children, Jewish and non-Jewish, of JCoSS staff who have a permanent contract of employment and have completed two years of service on the last day of the summer term of the academic year prior to application)

Our Location & Community: The school is in beautiful new £50m buildings overlooking the Green Belt.  It is easily accessible from Northern, Piccadilly and Overground rail links, public buses run past the entrance and a school coach service (available to staff) serves our whole catchment area.  We attract students from eloquent and supportive communities across North London and Hertfordshire. We have approval for an additional building, allowing us to expand our intake to 217 per cohort, in response to significant long-term over-subscription. We expect to start building this academic year.

This Role:  We are seeking highly motivated, enthusiastic and well-qualified teachers of Upper and Lower Strings to join our team of instrumental tutors. We are interested to hear from instrumental teachers who are specialist teachers of any orchestral stringed instruments and who have the ability to teach both violin and viola or cello and double bass. The ability and/or an interest in coaching/directing ensembles would be an advantage. We are introducing a new string strategy to increase the uptake of these instruments and the successful candidate should be willing to contribute to the development of this strategy.

A subject within the Creative and Expressive Arts Faculty, Music is taught once a week to all students in Years 7 and 8. Students opting for Music in Year 9 have 3 lessons per fortnight. There is strong uptake for both GCSE and A level Music and many of our students go on to study music at some of the top universities in the country. The Music Department has excellent facilities and resources, including a range of orchestral instruments that can be loaned to students receiving instrumental lessons and a Bluthner grand piano. Students are provided with opportunities to perform at Assemblies and in the end of term concerts.  Instrumental teaching is an important aspect of the JCoSS Music Department and many of our students perform to a very high level both in school ensembles and as members of borough or junior conservatoire orchestras.

JCoSS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  All posts are subject to satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) clearance.

For information, including an application pack, please click 'quick apply' or email Lara Samuels on recruitment@jcoss.barnet.sch.uk  or call our 020 8344 2220.

Shortlisted candidates will be notified by email and only shortlisted candidates may receive feedback.