Job details

• Job role: Teacher - View all Suitable for early career teachers jobs
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Music
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,601.00 Annually (Actual) 0.6 Teaching - MPS/UPS (suitable for ECTs) + 0.4 Technician - Grade 4, Point 7 -11 (Term-Time Only)

Job summary

Teacher of Key Stage 3 Music and Performing Arts Technician

• Contract term: Permanent
• Contract type: Full-Time
• Scale: 0.6 Teaching - MPS/UPS (suitable for ECTs) + 0.4 Technician - Grade 4, Point 7 -11 (Term-Time Only)

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a thriving and popular school located close to the Universities in central Manchester and is an ideal place to start or enhance your career.

What we can offer you

• The opportunity to join our very successful and over-subscribed school of 1500 students aged 11-18, supported by a hugely talented and hardworking staff team;
• Employer-funded membership of HSF Health Plan Core Scheme, helping you and your family (dependants under 21) to cover the costs of everyday healthcare, plus access to HSF Assist which includes a GP Advice Line, Virtual Doctor, Counselling, Legal Helpline and Perkbox benefits;
• Excellent professional development and guidance - we welcome applications from ECTs;
• Opportunities to work closely with the senior leadership team on strategic whole school developments, including teaching and learning and pupil premium initiatives;
• Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme Scheme and Greater Manchester Pension Scheme, with excellent employer contributions;
• Staff Wellbeing Fund for initiatives, activities and social events that support staff mental and physical health, plus wellbeing benefits such as Cycle to Work and free use of the Fitness Suite;
• Excellent facilities in new and refurbished buildings, supported by the latest resources to support learning, plus free on-site parking, canteen facilities, and staff room;
• We are a socially inclusive and equal opportunities school and committed to and actively promote equal opportunities for all our students and staff.

What we want from you

• Experience and an understanding of safeguarding and child protection issues, or be willing to undertake training in these areas;
• Numeracy and literacy skills at least equivalent to RQF Level 2; good ICT skills are also desirable;
• Experience of classroom teaching is desirable and knowledge of the teachers’ professional standards is essential;
• A good knowledge of music technology, practical music-making and a willingness to learn new skills is essential;
• Knowledge and experience of maintaining a wide range of equipment & resolving technical issues;
• Recording skills and experience of controlling a sound desk, particularly to support the recording of BTEC and GCSE music/drama exams;
• Efficient and effective administration skills and experience to organise peripatetic music lesson timetables, ensembles and trips and events;
• Evidence of a well-organised, adaptable and positive approach to work with competing priorities and deadlines, ideally in an educational setting, with experience of using SIMS and/or Classcharts;
• Supportive of the school's excellent staff attendance and punctuality record which in turn supports student attainment;
• A values-driven practitioner who is supportive of the Christian ethos of our school.

CVs will not be considered - please complete the MyNewTerm online form. For more information about our school please visit our school website: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]. The closing date for applications is 09:00 on Monday 11th May 2026. Interviews will be held in the following week (w/c 18th May 2026).

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The school operates a Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy. The successful applicant will be subject to appropriate child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Teaching posts are offered subject to the acceptance by the candidate of the Governors’ Agreement for Employment, Clause 8 of which reads: “The teacher agrees to support the Church of England character of the foundation of the school.”

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), medical, online and social media, prohibition from teaching, right to work, satisfactory references, suitability to work with children.

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

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About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

• School type: Academies, Church of England, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1503 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] website

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] was opened in 1984 with the foundation motto of “Faith in the City, Value in People, Excellence in Education”.

Today, over thirty years on, [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is an outstanding place of learning, promoting the education of students in a community which is positively Christian but welcomes the children of parents of other faiths. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]’s most recent full Ofsted Inspection took place in January 2014, and we were judged to be ‘Outstanding’ in all categories and ‘Outstanding for overall effectiveness’.

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] benefited from a £21.5 million Wave 4 BSF Buildings & ICT Investment, which comprised an 80% rebuild and 15% modernisation. The latest capital development, the £3 million brand new [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Sixth Form Centre, opened in September 2016, and will have a capacity of 240 students, eventually taking the school student population up to 1460.

Located adjacent to Manchester University, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester Museum, the Science Park and the Royal Northern College of Music, we are easily accessible from all parts of the city and are close to the many amenities of the city centre and excellent transport links. We make good use of our proximity to both universities, theatres, galleries, museum, the RNCM, the Aquatics Centre and Sports City.

The School's overall aim is to provide a Christian environment in which young people are safe, secure, cared for and happy, and are able to develop into articulate, confident and well qualified citizens of the world.