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Subject Leader for Music

Job details

Start date: 1^st September 2025

JMHS are seeking to appoint an ambitious, creative and dynamic Subject Leader for Music to teach up to KS5. The main responsibilities are to: 

• Lead the Music department so that all students have excellent and enjoyable learning and acheive their personal best within a safe, respectful and supportive environment
• Lead the implementation of a Music Curriculum that fully meets the National Curriculum and exam board specifications for GCSE and A Level
• Develop an ambitious and inclusive enrichment programme for Music
• Ensure all students are engaged in Music lessons, work safely and with excellent behaviour.
• Take responsibility for assessment and the progress of students in Music
• Complete all responsibilities of a classroom teacher

We are committed to developing our staff through first class induction and high-quality professional development. As a result, a large proportion of JMHS staff have achieved promotion to middle and senior leadership positions. 

JMHS was last inspected by OFSTED in November 2022 who confirmed our good grading and whose comments included: 

• Pupils behave well. They are polite to their teachers and considerate of their peers.
• Parents rate teachers’ high expectations because they push pupils to do more. Many say teachers go ‘above and beyond’ for their children.
• Pupils can do unusual stuff at this exciting school.
• School leaders have constructed a rich and engaging curriculum.

 

JMHS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check and further pre-employment checks will be conducted in accordance with KCSIE. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an on-line Google search.  

For more information contact

We welcome visits from prospective applicants. If you would like to have a tour of the school, please email Dean Wyatt Assistant Headteacher dean.wyatt@jmhs.hereford.sch.uk 

Full details of this post and an application form can be downloaded from: https://www.eteach.com/job/subject-leader-for-music-1463743 

Application forms should be emailed to vacancies@jmhs.hereford.sch.uk. 

Please note that only applications submitted on John Masefield High School application forms will be considered, we do not accept CVs.

Please note: We reserve the right to interview prior to the closing date so early applications are advised.

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