Whole School Music Teacher August 2025

Job Description

• Promote the ‘mission’ and philosophy of the school ensuring that children are working towards being truly bilingual, international citizens.
• Ensure that planning, preparation, recording, assessment, and reporting are of the highest quality and meet the varying learning and social needs of students.
• Be flexible and adjust to the needs of the school, actively contributing to the school development plans and growth.
• Demonstrate thorough curriculum knowledge, teach, and assess effectively.
• Be able to teach Whole Music EYFS to Year 13
• Use the student tracking and monitoring process to advance student learning and enhance professional practice in line with the school’s aspirations and priorities.
• Take personal responsibility for professional development.
• Effectively communicate the school’s narrative, being an ambassador for our school at all times.

Required Skills/Abilities

Qualification/ Training:

• Qualified to degree level or above in Music plus PGCE/QTS – Essential

Experience:

• Experience of teaching a UK National Curriculum– Essential
• Experience of teaching IB and IGCSE Music-Desirable
• Proven track record with at least two years’ teaching experience – Essential
• Good classroom practice and interpersonal skills – Essential
• Demonstrable evidence of innovating and adapting curriculum to engage children and enable them to reach their potential – Essential
• Working in partnership with parents – Essential

Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills – Essential
• Ability to teach different age-ranges and English proficiency levels – Essential
• Ability to engage children and enable them to perform highly – Essential
• Use of iSAMS – Desirable
• Evidence of commitment to continuous professional development – Desirable
• Confident global citizen or a willingness to become one – Desirable
• Understand the complex and demanding environment of an international school community – Desirable

Others:

• The ability to integrate technology into the classroom experience to enhance and extend the learning of students
• Successfully teach students using technology in a virtual/hybrid environment
• Strong proficiency with 365 office for producing reports, analysing data and preparing resources.
• Good cross-cultural, interpersonal and communication skills to interact with diverse nationalities and cultures.
• Excellent analytical skills – with the passion and drive to demonstrate and quantify success.
• Results orientated with the ability to consistently map efforts against identified KPIs.
• Excellent time management skills and flexibility in dealing with multi-functional tasks.