Teacher of Music (0.8) - Maternity Cover

Welcome to Rhyddings, which serves the East Lancashire old mill town of Oswaldtwistle and surrounding area of Hyndburn. It has been at the heart of the community for over 85 years and although a smaller than average high school we cater for pupils from a diverse range of backgrounds. The school enjoys good transport links via the M65 corridor and adjoining networks of M6 and M66.

The school is in a period of transition, quite literally with a planned capital building programme.  Uniquely, whilst this is taking place the school has been temporarily off-site for the academic years 2019-2021, to allow for demolition and construction work. Therefore, we are currently based at Hameldon College, Coal Clough Lane, Burnley, for this academic year but return to Oswaldtwistle in September 2021.

Rhyddings are seeking an enthusiastic, committed, qualified teacher of Music to join an already successful and ambitious performing arts department.

We are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner who is both creative and challenging in their teaching. They will be passionate and committed to ensuring students maximise their potential and achievement. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to teach across our whole 11-16 age range and ability range.

This post is suitable for an NQT or experienced teacher, the school operates full salary portability.

The post is a temporary maternity cover, which we expect will start in October 2021 and end in July 2022 but the exact start date will be dependent on when the confinement commences. There will be an opportunity to shadow the post holder to ensure a smooth transition. The Department is part of the wider Performing Arts team, led by a Lead Subject Teacher. 

When we return to Oswaldtwistle, Music is suited in a newly refurbished Arts Block. Music is on the first floor and comprises a suite of practice rooms and a main teaching room equipped with keyboards, computers and is very well resourced throughout.

Pupils in KS4 currently study the RSL Level 2 Award and there will be a single option group in Year 11. Pupils at KS3 have a 60 minute lesson per week following the National Curriculum.

There are regular opportunities for pupils to perform and even during lockdown we held virtual online showcase events. Under more normal operation there are Christmas and Summer shows, the most recent musical we presented is, ‘We Will Rock You’.

All members of our community have access and use Office 365 including collaborative learning tools such as MS Teams and OneNote. The LST is responsible for curriculum design and delivery as well as being supported by their SLT Link. 

We have access to regular CPD both in school, external courses and through our local membership of the East Lancashire Teaching School Alliance (ELTSA) and nationally through the PiXL organisation. At the heart of forming a new MAT is to provide the best career support, development and opportunity to all staff. The Trust, if successful, will retain national teachers’ pay and conditions and follow the ‘Burgundy’ book.