Music Teacher

About this Role

Main Scale or Upper Scale (with a potential TLR), Full Time,

Main purpose of role

We are looking for an inspirational and innovative teachers to teach Music at the school with a real passion for ensuring engagement in learning for all students, together with an interest in playing a part in the creation of our very popular school performances.

There is also the possibility for the right candidate to become Head of Department with potential TLR. 

Flexibke working available.

What skills / experience are required 

The successful candidate must have a passion about raising levels of engagement and achievement and want to make a positive difference on their students by going the extra mile. They will be a musician who is eager to explore a range of styles and skills with their students on a variety of live instruments and through music technology. Music and Music Technology are popular subjects across all key stages (3-5) and the successful candidate will have experience of teaching at a range of levels.

They will have the desire and enthusiasm to play an active and collaborative role in contributing to a strong culture of sharing best practices, resources, and ideas, and have the interpersonal and leadership skills needed to inspire and motivate both colleagues and students alike.

We will assess applications as they are received. We encourage early applications and reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive suitable applications and successfully appoint.

What we can offer

Cheney School is a popular, high-performing school located in the heart of Oxford serving a diverse community of students. We are what a comprehensive school was designed to be; we are very proud of our inclusive ethos and the fact that we provide a liberal, outward-looking education to students from all backgrounds, and a caring and supportive community for staff. You can read a welcome message from our Headteacher on our website: Cheney School 

If you are interested in what Ofsted has to say, our most recent report is here: Ofsted Report We have been a securely good school for years, and we have been improving consistently from that base since before the last inspection. As with every school, there are improvements to make, and we want an open-minded, outward-looking person to help secure further progress.

Visits to the school prior to interview are warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit with the or if you would like more information about the role, please contact Alexa Cox: aco@cheneyschool.org 

If you have any further questions about the recruitment process, please contact Vacancies@cheneyschool.org.

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The River Learning Trust and Cheney School name of school are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

The River Learning Trust and Cheney School name of school are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered