Teacher of Music

Outwood Academy Ripon has been part of the Outwood Grange Academies Trust since 2011 and is an exceptional place to build your future. Our school-based community is welcoming and friendly; students and staff make excellent progress together.  

Ripon is a thriving community with a magnificent cathedral making it one of Yorkshire’s most loved cities. The city’s history is entwined with the church and its proximity to the beautiful Fountains Abbey. Ripon is a delightful city with riverside and canal sidewalks that reach into the countryside and buildings that span the last thousand years.

We are seeking to appoint an inspiring and enthusiastic teacher to join our Music department. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced teacher, or an early career teacher (ECT), looking to start your career and expand your experience. Our inspiring, inclusive and dynamic Academy is the place for you. 

We expect all colleagues to bring out the best in each and every student. Our diverse curriculum has something for everyone, with extra guidance for those requiring additional support, and we do whatever it takes to ensure young people develop a sense of responsibility – towards themselves, each other, their community and the wider world. We are extremely proud of the achievements of our students and staff who have consistently achieved excellent GCSE outcomes. Do you have drive, determination and ambition for this rewarding role as a Teacher of Music? Are you passionate and motivated to provide young people with the best possible education whatever their background or ability? If you are looking for a new challenge we welcome your application.

Music Department

The Music department at Ripon is housed in a very large and very well-resourced room with a suite of mac minis/keyboards (running garageband) around the perimeter, an alcove that houses class sets of guitars/ukuleles and percussion instruments. This allows the main body of the room to be completely flexible. The room has three rooms directly off it, two of which are currently used as practice rooms, the third, an office/store room. The current music teacher has worked hard to improve and maintain the resources. 

We want Music lessons at Ripon to be really practical in nature. Throughout the trust, the vast majority of music lessons are about listening to, making or playing music. We want each lesson to be a really enriching experience that sets students on a path of a lifelong love of Music.

We have been teaching the Pearson Tech award in Music for the past two years, but planned to move to EDUQAS GCSE from this September. Results have been traditionally strong in the music department over a number of years, and the successful candidate will work with the subject director to maintain this strong track record.

The successful candidate will be the main music teacher in the school, but our SENDCO is a very experienced music teacher who currently teaches some KS3 Music and Drama. The music room sits directly above the DT and Art departments and these departments are full of really friendly, collaborative colleagues.

As in all OGAT secondary academies, the programme of study is fully resourced with high-quality materials supported and produced by Subject Directors and staff across the trust who know the specifications well. We aim to help all our teachers to become ‘experts’ in preparing students for GCSE examinations, using our thorough and systematic methods devised over many years. 

We have the benefit of support from the OGAT family of schools, the Outwood Institute of Education (OIE) who provide ongoing CPD, support, materials, advice, coaching and who model lessons alongside us to develop our expertise. 

If you are interested in joining our Music Department, please contact Jonathan Morgan, Senior Director of Performing Arts (j.morgan@outwood.com) who would be pleased to tell you more, either by email or telephone, and we would be delighted to welcome you on a visit if you would like to see us in person.

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Closing date: Midday on 12 April 2024.

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Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.