Music Teacher

Crestwood are recruiting for a Music Teacher to start at Easter 2022 but there is room for a flexible start date for the right candidate.

This is a permanent role, full time basis on MPS/UPS

We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 700 employees and over 5,000 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands.

These are exciting times for Crestwood as we are oversubscribed in Years 7, 8 and 9. Crestwood School is very proud to advise all stakeholders that our most recent Ofsted inspection rated the School as 'Good with Outstanding Features' - February 2018. We are a fully inclusive school with high expectations of all our students.

We are looking for a suitably qualified, motivated and enthusiastic Music Teacher to join us in our journey towards ‘Outstanding’.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivational Teacher of Music with the ability to play and perform to a professional standard who understands effective student learning through challenging, high quality and exciting teaching methods.

The successful candidate will possess the expertise to inspire and engage students, and will be determined to get the best from our diverse cohort of students, ensuring they make their very best progress. This will be achieved through planning and delivering engaging lessons, which will inspire our learners to succeed with the opportunity to each across KS3 to KS5.

Applications are welcomed from talented and aspirant individuals who genuinely enjoy teaching and who have a commitment to continuing to improve students’ achievement and attainment. We are ambitious for our students and take great pride in being a positive and supportive learning community.

Applications are welcomed from newly qualified as well as more experienced professionals who possess the necessary drive and commitment to work with our students to contribute to the continued improvement of the School.

Please see attached job description for more details.

 Closing Date:  17th December 2021 5pm

Please contact Zoe Trevis at ztrevis@crestwood-s.dudley.sch.uk if you would like more information regarding the role or to book a viewing.

We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2021-  https://bit.ly/3sFula8 

This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020).  This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974 

Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide