Assistant Director of Music - The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School

About the job

The Saint John Southworth Catholic Multi Academy Trust was established in September 2021 by its founding members, the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School and St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Cadogan Street.   Our mission is to create a community of schools, built in solidarity and operating by subsidiarity, to give our pupils all they need to grow.

 

The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School is seeking an inspirational, committed, and well-qualified

 

Assistant Director of Music

Start: September 2022

Salary: Teachers’ MPS/UPS, plus TLR 2b allowance

Inner London Pay Scale

 

The successful candidate will have high expectations of pupils, experience of teaching a broad range of abilities to include A Level Music, be a confident, performing musician and willing to contribute extensively to the musical life of the School. The successful candidate will be supported fully in their career and professional development.

 

This is an opportunity to join one of the most successful and high-profile school Music departments in the country. The Vaughan’s Schola Cantorum boys choir, is prominent in London’s professional musical life. More than four hundred instrumental and singing lessons are given each week and there are a wide variety of ensembles and orchestras. Academic music is strong, with large numbers of pupils choosing to study music at both GCSE and A Level (there are currently 24 A Level Music students). The School has an impressive tradition of pupils winning Organ and Choral Awards at Oxbridge (six places to read Music at Oxford in the last two years) with many students continuing their musical studies at university.

 

The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School has a strong Catholic ethos, a pan-London intake, a tradition of outstanding academic outcomes and a strong regard for good behaviour, self-discipline and self-improvement among its pupils, whatever their background or ability.

 

Pupils grow and flourish in every way here. They are extremely proud to be part of this strong and caring school community. Leaders and staff have very high expectations for all pupils. They work together to help pupils develop into well rounded individuals who love learning and achieve highly. Ofsted 2021

 

HOW TO APPLY:

Applications and supplementary forms are available here on our website (www.cvms.co.uk/Staff-Vacancies). Applications should be sent via email to hrteam@sjscat.co.uk by Friday 11 March 2022.

 

As we often have many applicants, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are short-listed for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been short-listed for interview on this particular occasion.

Short-listed candidates will be called for interview upon receipt of application and we may therefore appoint before the published closing date. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied in your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check.