Teacher of Music

Location

Cambridgeshire | United Kingdom

Job description

TEACHER OF MUSIC

Main Scale or UPS

Full-time

Required from September 2024

Cromwell Community College is a good school which aspires to be an outstanding school. We look to our Music department to be a driving force towards this aspiration.

We are looking to appoint an inspirational music teacher to join our successful team at Cromwell Community College.  The music team have been especially successful in recent years, and boast a broad curriculum that delivers GCSE Music, GCSE Music Technology and A level Music in a number of specialists, well-resourced classrooms. We are also introducing a performing arts qualification in September with a Music element. In 2019 we were successful in bidding for a Wolfson Foundation grant to build a specialist Music Technology suite with the latest technology. We also have a number of practice rooms on site and a recently refurbished auditorium for performances.

We are a popular, growing and successful school.  Music at Cromwell is popular with pupils at both GCSE and A-Level, and is striving to become outstanding.  Pupils enjoy their lessons and staff are hardworking, enthusiastic and committed. We are committed to enriching the music curriculum for our pupils, via excellent links with local Music hubs and primary schools including our own primary phase pupils.  Cromwell Community College is an all-through school with the addition of our primary provision which presents exciting opportunities to work across phase.

If you are enthusiastic, ambitious and passionate about music and recognise its importance for the development of all pupils, and will strive to provide excellent results in our already successful faculty, we would like to hear from you.  We actively welcome applications from ECTs looking for their first teaching position, as well as from experienced colleagues looking to develop their career further.

We can offer you an excellent opportunity for career progression both within the college, and the Trust, as well as a supportive professional environment with a highly visible and ambitious leadership team.

The Active Learning Trust is a family of primary, secondary and special schools based across Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. Since our creation in 2012 we have worked successfully in partnership with our schools to ensure the very best outcomes for every child and young person who we have the privilege to teach. At the heart of our Trust are the dedicated teams of teaching and support staff based in our schools, supported by the leadership and expertise of our Central Team. To find out more about The Active Learning Trust please visit

The Academy and the Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people. We expect all staff to actively share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to the taking of satisfactory references and enhanced criminal record clearance in line with the need to create and maintain a safe culture in our recruitment.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students, appointment will be subject to DBS check and satisfactory references.

Applicants are thanked for their interest in Cromwell Community College.  

We are unable to accept CVs.

Full details and applications available from:

Mrs C Buckle, Human Resources Manager, Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, Cambs, PE16 6UU.

Tel: 01354 692193

Email: [email protected]

Application pack available online at:

Cromwell Community College - Vacancies (cromwellcc.org.uk)

Closing date: Wednesday 20 March, 2024 at 12.00 noon

We only accept applications submitted online via MyNewTerm, our chosen applicant tracking system, and which are completed before the closing deadline. Active Learning Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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