Are you looking to develop your career in a thriving, friendly and supportive standalone academy where staff welfare is a priority?  Are you passionate about your students and committed to unlocking their potential in an academy that has high expectations of everyone?  If so, The Bishop of Winchester Academy wants you!

We are seeking to appoint a proactive and charismatic music teacher, to support all students in educational growth. As Teacher of Music, you will join a growing Performing Arts department committed to achieving exceptional outcomes from all year groups.

Ofsted have acknowledged the many strengths of our Academy. We are a friendly and welcoming academy who will ensure that whatever your career stage, you will be supported by an inspirational and forward-thinking team to develop further knowledge and enhance your teaching tool kit.  Four primary practitioners are already employed across the school, and we are keen to build on their outstanding work.

As a standalone academy, we believe in our teachers being able to do the role they are employed to do, which is to deliver engaging lessons to our students.  We therefore have an easy and structured behaviour system for our students and you to follow in lessons.  After this, we have dedicated teams who intervene and leave you to continue with the job you love doing!

We would be delighted to take you on a tour of the academy and give you the opportunity to meet the department and answer any questions you may have. 

The successful applicant will be welcomed into an experienced team of professionals to:

• Progress the departments to even greater successes
• Plan and deliver high quality and engaging lessons that will challenge and inspire our students
• Encourage students to have high expectations of themselves and their behaviour
• Be a positive role model and supportive mentor to students, making a lasting impact on their lives
• Teach a variety of lesson content, including BTEC to students of all abilities and key stages
• Support the continual development of Music within the Expressive Arts Department.

The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, recently recognised by Ofsted as prioritising ‘wider opportunities alongside achievement so that pupils “live life to the full.”’ (Ofsted 2023).  Operating from recently refurbished facilities, our shared mission to improve the life chances of all of our students is at the very centre of our work.

We put the welfare of our staff at the heart of everything we do and can offer you:

• Generous employer pension contribution at 28.6% basic salary from April 2024
• Early Friday finish at 1:00pm
• Supportive and practical marking policy
• Career development with a bespoke CPD programme
• Excellent newly refurbished teaching facilities, including an impressive ICT Suite and full equipped practice rooms, with free onsite parking and good local public transport links
• Employee Assistance Programme and Cycle to Work scheme
• Close proximity to beaches and the Jurassic Coast to assist your work life balance

To apply for this role, please visit the vacancies section of our website to complete an application form: https://www.tbowa.org/staff/vacancies/teaching-staff. Please email completed application forms to recruitment@tbowa.org, addressing your covering letter to Mr Paul McKeown, Principal.

The Bishop of Winchester Academy is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

Please be aware that due to the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ legislation we do not accept CVs.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than an advertised date if we have received applications that meet the criteria.