Head of Performing Arts (Music)

Responsible to: Headteacher/Deputy Headteacher

Salary: CST pay scale plus CST Responsibility allowance R3 (£7,916)

Start date: 1st September 2024

Post: Maternity leave cover or the potential of a fixed term contract for one year.

Purpose of the role

Trinity Academy is a highly over subscribed music and performing arts specialist school. It opened in 2019 and moved to a £24m building in 2021. The facilities include a 500 seater concert hall with grand piano and music specialist rooms. 

Trinity is a values based community that: 

• focuses on the learning of all students and staff (our ‘Head’)
• cares deeply for our young people and one another (our ‘Heart’)
• is committed to co-curricular enrichment (our ‘Soul’).
• Our stated goal is to be a +1 school for progress. As such, we are looking for a highly motivated, professional and well qualified leader to join us in realising our mission. 

This is a unique opportunity to run a performing arts department in a performing arts specialist school. This is a growing school and Trust and, as such, there are often longer term recruitment opportunities for the right candidate. We are looking for an outstanding, experienced musician looking to develop their leadership skills and excited by the opportunity of working within the Cathedral Schools Trust. 

Why choose Trinity Academy?

• Trinity is a ‘Good’ school with ‘Outstanding’ leadership and management and ‘Outstanding ‘Personal Development’ (Ofsted Jan 2024)
• Consistent behaviour and expectations allow you to focus on the craft and science of teaching
• Weekly coaching for all staff and weekly department co planning
• Exceptionally visible and supportive senior leadership team
• Hardworking staff and students who want to do well

We are committed to your professional development, as both teacher and leader. As a growing school there is considerable opportunity for career development both within the school and across the Cathedral Schools Trust.

Applications are welcome from experienced teachers with the vision and ability to work in an outstanding department. 

If you would like to find out more about the school please visit the school website .

Please note that we will only consider applications through iTrent and will not consider CVs so please ensure that your supporting statement on the application meets the requirements of the person specification. We encourage you to be succinct and to restrict your supporting statement to no more than four pages in length. 

Closing date: 17th April 2024

Interviews: 1st May 2024

Due to the high levels of applications for roles at Trinity, we are unable to register receipt of applications. Candidates will be contacted if they are successfully shortlisted for interview. If you have not heard from us by the interview date, you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We reserve the right to appoint before the deadline for an exceptional candidate.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. All posts at Trinity Academy are subject to pre-employment checks including, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity.  

The school may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media account names/handles, as part of the interview process.

The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include: 

• Ability to ensure and deliver effective safeguarding
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The school is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

Cathedral Schools Trust is an equal opportunities employer and recognises the strength in diversity. Our schools have a wide range of cultural, socio economic and religious influences and we use this to ensure that we broaden our understanding of each other and the world.  

Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability or age, and maternity, marital or civil partner status. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.  

We are a life-friendly school and support our employees in achieving a balance in life and meeting their commitments beyond school.

For further information about our Recruitment and Safeguarding procedures, please refer to the school website.