Music Support Teacher

Suitable for an educator with music qualifications or main-scale teachers

Salary scale: Pay depends on experience

19.5 hours per week, term time only

From September 2022

Equitas Academies Trust was formed in September 2012 and incorporates Chilwell Croft Academy (Primary) and Aston Manor Academy (Secondary). Both Academies are happy, exciting, and inspiring learning environments for their children who are from a vibrant mix of cultures.  The staff and Trustees have a great sense of pride in their schools and care passionately about the pupils they serve.

Chilwell Croft Academy is a Primary School that is well supported by staff and parents alike.  The Academy has made an extremely positive journey over the last 18 months and the Academy leaders and staff place a strong emphasis on positive attitudes, high-quality learning, and a strong team approach.  The school has an Ofsted rating of ‘Good’.  Chilwell Croft is a harmonious community where pupils from different ethnic heritages work together well and feel safe.it is a happy school where children are celebrated and kept at the centre of what they do.

To assist the Academy in our continued positive journey, we are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, creative, energetic music specialist to develop, plan, prepare and deliver teaching and learning to a range of pupils across the school. The successful applicant will also develop and enrich music through differentiated extra-curricular activities. You will inspire trust and confidence in pupils and will engage and motivate them to achieve their best. The successful candidate will have experience in facilitating and encouraging learning experiences through music activities within a wide range of environments including schools, theatres, clubs, and community settings.

As an employer, Equitas Academies Trust offers:

• A supportive and nurturing working environment 

• A commitment to CPD opportunities 

• Employee well-being benefits including access to a bus pass scheme, Voluntary Health

  Care Cash Plan and cycle-to work scheme, 1-2-1 Clinical Supervision for DSLs

• Employer contributions to Local Government Pensions Scheme (support staff) or

  Teacher Pensions Scheme (teaching staff)

• Pay progression cantered around a robust performance management process

• An inclusive and caring ethos. 

We pride ourselves on improving the lives of our students, as well as supporting the fantastic team who dedicate themselves to students every single day. This is an opportunity to really make a difference and enjoy a varied, challenging, and ultimately rewarding role. 

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being of all children and expects our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all pre-employment checks necessary to meet safer recruitment requirements, including a satisfactory enhanced DBS check, right-to-work check, and references. 

For further details and to download an application form, the Job Description / Person Specification please visit the school website https://www.equitasacademiestrust.com/work-for-us/. Please submit your completed application form to jobs@equitasacademiestrust.com