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Teacher of Music

Ref: SCH-QM-0179 17 day(s) remaining
Establishment: Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Location: Ashbourne, Derbyshire Salary: MPS/UPS - £31,650 - £49,084 Department: Teaching Staff Job Type: Full Time
Closing Date: 25/04/2025 12:00 Interview Date: 30/04/2025 Start Date: September 2025

Additional Information

Contract Type: Permanent Contract Term: AYR - All year round Hours per Week: 32.50 Weeks per Year: 52.000 Pay Grade: MPS/UPS - £31,650 - £49,084

The Role

PURPOSE OF THE POST:

Purpose:  

  • Raise standards of student attainment and achievement within the whole curriculum area and to monitor and support student progress.
  • Be accountable for student progress and development within the classes taught.
  • Develop and enhance the teaching skills and strategies in line with the teacher standards.
  • Support and challenge student groups in their learning.
  • Help build independent life-long learners.

Main Duties

Teaching

  • To undertake an appropriate programme of teaching in accordance with the duties expected within the teacher standards.
  • Plan lessons to meet learning objectives.
  • Make effective use of data to plan learning.
  • Have a clear understanding of subject progression.
  • Give appropriate feedback through a variety of sources to promote further learning.
  • Carefully frame questions to ascertain understanding and promote further learning.
  • Use peer and self-assessment to further enhance learning.
  • Set clear curricular targets for each student/group.
  • Teachers are expected to support the personalised learning agenda, i.e. tailor education to ensure that every student achieves and reaches the highest standards possible.
  • Ensure that the desired standard of students’ presentation, effort and learning are achieved.
  • Take part in developing the department’s curriculum area with respect of any specific need.
  • associated with teaching and learning.
  • Participate in and contribute to professional development and appropriate in-service training.

Pastoral Provision

  • Monitor student attendance together with students’ progress and performance in relation to targets set for each individual, ensuring that follow-up procedures are adhered to, and that appropriate action is taken where necessary.
  • Ensure the behaviour management systems are implemented in your teaching so that effective learning can take place.
  • Act as a Form Tutor and to carry out the duties associated with that role as outlined in the tutor standards.

Communications

  • Ensure that you are familiar with the Academy’s aims and objectives.
  • Ensure effective communication/consultation as appropriate with the parents of students.
  • To liaise with partner academies, higher education, Industry, Examination Boards, Awarding Bodies, and other relevant external bodies as and when necessary to further enhance the learning of students.

Additional Duties

To play a full part in the life of the academy community, to support its distinctive mission and ethos and to encourage and ensure staff and students to follow this example.

Personal and professional conduct:

A teacher is expected to demonstrate consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct. The following statements define the behaviour and attitudes which set the required standard for conduct throughout a teacher's career. Teachers uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school, by:

  • Treating students with dignity, building relationships rooted in mutual respect, and at all times observing proper boundaries appropriate to a teacher's professional position;
  • Having regard for the need to safeguard students' well-being, in accordance with statutory provisions;
  • Showing tolerance of and respect for the rights of others;
  • Not undermining fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs;
  • Ensuring that personal beliefs are not expressed in ways which exploit students' vulnerability or might lead them to break the law.
  • Teachers must have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies, and practices of the school in which they teach and maintain high standards in their own attendance and punctuality.
  • Teachers must understand, and always act within, the statutory frameworks which set out their professional duties and responsibilities.

Why work for us?

  • At QEGSMAT, we value the hard work and dedication of our team members, and as such we believe that progression should be a simple process. That’s why we are proud to offer an Automatic Pay Review program, rather than the traditional annual pay and performance review, as part of our comprehensive benefits package.
  • Continual access to CPD opportunities. QEGSMAT works with a large number of organisations to develop staff to fulfil their aspirations and potential. We are committed to providing first-rate training and development to all our staff within this evolving Trust.
  • We are committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination, and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
  • QEGSMAT is a recognised Disability Confident employer.
  • All staff have access to our Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential, independent and unbiased information and guidance 24/7. This can also include bespoke counselling sessions for staff if needed.
  • All roles are subject to nationally agreed terms and conditions of service.
  • With access to Teacher Pension Scheme employer contributions of 28.68% for Teachers.
  • Family-friendly policies.
  • Access to Flu Vaccines.
  • Opportunity to work flexibly.

Benefits

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Qualifications

Qualification Title Grade
Degree or equivalent qualification in relevant subject
Essential
Qualified Teacher Status
Desirable
Evidence of relevant and ongoing CPD
Desirable

Skills

Experience
Teaching across the ability range
Essential
Teaching examination classes for KS5
Desirable
Teaching examination classes for KS4
Desirable
Personal Attributes
Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to be reflective and self-critical
Essential
A forward-thinking approach
Essential
A passion for teaching
Essential
Enthusiastic and committed
Essential
Highly motivated and able to motivate and inspire students
Essential
High expectations of students and colleagues
Essential
Display Calmness under pressure
Essential
Willingness to take on other roles and responsibilities within the department
Desirable
Experience/Knowledge
Ability to access and use classroom relevant research and inspection evidence to improve teaching & learning
Desirable
Strong command of subject knowledge
Desirable
Ability to use assessment data to inform planning and set targets
Desirable
Clear understanding of the Secondary curriculum and its assessment
Essential
Secure knowledge and understanding of the concepts and skills in specialist subjects
Essential
Ability to employ a range of effective teaching strategies, to illicit learning and have an understanding of assessment method
Essential
Relevant Skills
Ability to generate ideas and drives initiatives
Essential
Excellent role model for staff and students
Essential
Good communication skills.
Essential
Ability to establish good working relationships and effective teamwork
Essential

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Safeguarding Information

QEGSMAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is a criminal offence to engage or seek to engage in regulated activity or regulated work with children, if you appear on the DBS barred list. 

All appointments are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and applicants must be eligible to work in the UK. 

Further information about our commitment to Safeguarding can be found - https://www.qegsmat.com/documents/safeguarding 

Please be aware, the Trust may also consider performing an online presence check as part of their pre-employment checks. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). 

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Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

The Green Road
Ashbourne
Derbyshire
DE6 1EP

Sarah Smit

https://www.queenelizabeths.derbyshire.sch.uk/

Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School is an 11-18 Comprehensive school in the picturesque town of Ashbourne, Derbyshire.

The school has two sites very close to each other. The Green Road Campus and the Boothby Campus. Sixth form lessons are taught in the Boothby Campus.

 

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