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Head of Music

  • Greenford, Middlesex
  • Salary negotiable
  • 3 applications
  • Job type: Contract, full-time
  • Date:
  • Reference: 21182918
Organisation Description

An outstanding school in the Ealing Borough is looking for Head of Music to join their department on a long term Maternity Cover basis.

Job Description

The successful candidate will be required to do the following:

- To lead and co-ordinate Music courses as offered by the Department 

- To support, monitor, develop and hold to account other staff within Music 

- To enrich the curriculum through individual student support, instrumental lessons, school concerts and performances 

- To provide internal assessments and mark schemes and report on student progress 

- To research future developments at equivalent level 

- To promote good behaviour amongst students to create a purposeful learning environment in the classroom, assisting colleagues in the curriculum area to achieve this. 

- To liaise with people with responsibility for adjoining courses 

- To maintain records and set assessment criteria

- To decide examination entry and predict grades 

- To act as Line Manager to NQTs/BTs in Music 

- To promote key school initiatives and strategies: Literacy, Numeracy, Behaviour policy, G&T, Business and Languages specialism, Training school etc.

Person Specification

The successful candidate will meet the below criteria: 

- Understanding and/or experience of current developments in the secondary curriculum 

- Understanding of current approaches to assessment, recording and reporting procedures at various levels, including tracking student progress via the use of data

- Knowledge of the implications for teaching in a multicultural environment 

- Knowledge and awareness of the extended schools programme

- Knowledge of the impact of ICT and Virtual Learning Environments in the field of education 

- Ability to liaise with other teaching staff and work in co-operation with colleagues 

- Ability to motivate pupils through the use of a variety of teaching methods and the setting of appropriate goals and monitoring of progress 

- Ability to assess, monitor and report on students’ progress 

- Ability to effectively manage, organise and control students’ working 

- Ability to successfully encourage students to the highest standards of individual achievement

- Ability to adopt flexible teaching and learning strategies 

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