Teacher of Music

Richard Rose Central Academy is based in the heart of the beautiful border city of Carlisle on the edge of the Lake District. We provide high quality education to 11-18 year olds from across the City and benefit from a £30m new build.

The high expectations we place on our students and staff, supported by one of the best learning environments in the county, has had a significant impact in terms of improving results. As we continue our journey to becoming an ‘Outstanding’ school, we will accept nothing but the very best from the Central Academy community and make no apologies for the demands we place on our students in terms of behaviour and commitment. Our nurturing and supportive culture ensures the best possible outcomes for all students at all levels. At Central Academy we challenge everyone, every day, to be the best they can be in everything they do.

It is an exciting time to be a member of staff at Central Academy. If you would like to come and visit the school, please get in touch.

The Role

We are seeking to recruit a professional and talented Teacher of Music to teach across KS3 and KS4. There may also be the possibility to teach some drama as part of this post. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a successful, and rapidly improving academy. We are driven by a forward thinking philosophy and a vibrant, positive culture. In a friendly and welcoming school, with supportive colleagues, you'll be able to make a real impact on our academy, and on the lives of children across the country. 

We want you to be part of our professional, supportive and friendly team. We have been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted which shows that we are an ambitious and rapidly improving Academy.  It also gives us some further insight into how we can continue to work towards becoming an Outstanding school. The full report from the most recent inspection can be found on our website.

We are an inclusive employer and are happy to consider flexible working practices, part time or a job share if they will benefit you and the students of the Academy.

About You

You're an inspirational practitioner, knowledgeable regarding the curriculum, and an exemplary pedagogy practitioner. Pro-active, flexible and enthusiastic, you bring the innovation and commitment to teach music across KS3 and KS4. Keeping your subject exciting, relevant and enjoyable, you'll create an ambitious, innovative and motivating classroom. You'll inspire and challenge your students so that they develop into highly effective, independent learners and achieve their individual potential.

Reward

Central Academy is part of the United Learning Group. Being part of United Learning, one of the leading school groups in the country, we offer unrivalled career development opportunities and support to ensure you achieve your ambitions.  United Learning has teamed up with Perkbox to offer you over 250 exclusive benefits, all through their easy-to-access platform and mobile app. Featuring a huge range of perks from discounted cinema tickets and holidays, to money off meals out at restaurants and savings on food, gym memberships, technology and clothes shopping. They also offer salary sacrifice schemes such as Childcare Vouchers and Cycle to Work – which offer tax and NI savings on new bikes and nursery care. 

United Learning and the Academy are equally ambitious as we strive to bring out ‘The best in everyone’.

If you would like to have an informal discussion or tour of the Academy, please contact Linda Farish, Principal’s PA, on 01228 822060 or at Linda.Farish@rrca.org.uk

United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.  This post will be subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Our Group

Richard Rose Central is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.