Teacher of Music

Hoe Valley School; Old Woking; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-regarded educational institution in Old Woking is seeking a passionate Teacher of Music to join its Performing Arts faculty from January 2026. The successful candidate will teach Music to students aged 11-18, inspire creativity, lead musical activities, and contribute to a bespoke curriculum that enhances student engagement and achievement. The role promises a supportive environment focused on high academic outcomes while prioritizing staff well-being.

Benefits

Longer school holidays

Bespoke CPD programmes

Work/life balance initiatives

Qualifications

• Passionate about music education and student development.
• Proven track record in teaching at KS3, KS4, and KS5.
• Ability to lead musical activities and events.

Responsibilities

• Teach Music across ages 11-18 and develop a vibrant curriculum.
• Ensure students' progress through effective assessment and feedback.
• Manage and engage students with high standards of behavior.

Skills

Inspirational teaching

Assessment and feedback

Curriculum design

Classroom management

Collaboration with parents

Education

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Job description

We are seeking to appoint a passionate, talented and rigorous Teacher of Music to join our dedicated Performing Arts faculty from January 2026. The successful candidate will have the exciting and unique opportunity to work with a KS3, KS4 and KS5 curriculum that is bespoke, challenging and fit for the needs of 21st Century life. They will be an inspirational teacher with a proven track record of leading students to achieve outstanding results, sharing the School's vision and the belief that all young people can achieve at high levels. They will play an integral part of the Performing Arts faculty offering a wide range of opportunities for all pupils to be involved in the musical life of the School.

Teaching and Learning

• To teach Music at any level, within the age range of 11-18
• To nurture the talents of all pupils through inspirational teaching
• To contribute to the design of the curriculum to ensure it is exciting, relevant, challenging and personalised
• To ensure that all students are making good or outstanding progress and that teaching and learning is of a high standard
• To contribute to CPD across the School and share best practice via sharing planning and resources and following an 'open door' teaching policy
• To ensure Music has a high profile across the School through offering vibrant and exciting learning opportunities
• To organise and direct School musical activities such as choir and orchestra and concerts
• To ensure that resources are organised and available to promote a purposeful environment for teaching and learning to take place, through a mix of traditional teaching techniques, integrating ICT where appropriate and via work ready based projects.
• To ensure that classrooms within the faculty present a stimulating environment through the display of students' work and other exemplar materials
• To lead intervention programmes during the School holidays, before / after School or during weekends as required
• To deploy other adults effectively within the classroom, involving them, where appropriate, in the planning and management of student learning

Progress and Attainment

• To ensure assessment, feedback and monitoring is SMART, accurate and clearly moves students' learning on across all teachers within the faculty
• To standardise marking with colleagues both within the School and with partner schools
• To rigorously analyse student data to inform planning and intervention programmes
• To lead and attend internal and external meetings as required
• To feedback to students and parents / carers in line with the School policy

Behaviour and Safety

• To collaborate closely with parents to ensure that they are aware of their child's progress, engaged in their development and in supporting them in their vision for the future
• To ensure the absolute safety of all students on and off site
• To model and enforce excellent standards of behaviour within and beyond the faculty
• To monitor students achievement, attendance, uniform, punctuality and behaviour and to respond promptly to issues in line with the school's policies
• To participate in the School's pastoral system as required

School Improvement

• To support the School's marketing and recruitment plan through attending events, contributing to marketing materials and via high quality interactions with feeder primary schools
• To embody the School's values both on and off site
• To coach and mentor colleagues as appropriate
• To take on any other duties as reasonably required by the Senior Leadership Team.

The above list is not exhaustive and may be subject to amendment in due course in discussion with the relevant employee.

Hoe Valley School

Hoe Valley School is:

• An oversubscribed secondary school that opened in September 2015 to serve the local community of South Woking
• Delivering innovative and exciting lessons to years 7-13
• Committed to ensuring our students leave us with excellent academic outcomes, the skills to be 'work-ready' and the traits of excellent global citizens
• Following the National Curriculum, where Maths and English are taught every day
• A Google School with ICT fully embedded in all curriculum areas
• Committed to learning which is relevant with links to the 'real world' of business, higher education and the local community
• In a state of the art, new School completed in September 2018 on Egley Road, Woking
• Committed to supporting our staff to have a good work / life balance by offering longer school holidays, bespoke CPD programmes, minimising paperwork and meetings, and ultimately by trusting our staff to deliver excellent outcomes