Teacher of Music at Furze Platt Senior School

Expired

Job Reference #

EDV/2025/FPSS/90387

Location

Furze Platt Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7NQ

Contract Type

Fixed Term/Maternity Cover

Contract Term

Full-Time

Salary

MPS/UPS/Level plus London Fringe Allowance

Closing Date

9:00am, 6th May 2025

Start Date

September 2025

Positions Available

Positions Available 1

About this Role

Would you like to join a popular, oversubscribed school with excellent state of the art facilities?

We are looking for a capable and enthusiastic individual to join our Music department on a fixed term maternity cover contract expected to last one year. Our Music department works alongside Drama and Dance as a Performing Arts department. At Furze Platt, students enjoy a broad and balanced Music curriculum that covers a variety of musical styles, genres and approaches, which lead to healthy numbers of students taking Music for GCSE, and the successful candidate would be instrumental in developing our curriculum even further. The department boasts two specialist teaching rooms, six practice rooms, a recording studio and school theatre, and these are the perfect canvas for Music students to use to create inventive, dynamic and high quality work. The Music department also has a vibrant peripatetic schedule, which helps enthuse students in rehearsal and performance, meaning the Music department is one of the hubs of extra-curricular life of the school. In collaboration with Drama and Dance, Music assists in the production of concerts, school musicals and various other public events to showcase our students’ impressive talents. We are looking for a Teacher of Music to continue enthusing our young people in their musical education and in continuing the excellent levels of musical performance already present at the school. For further information about the Performing Arts department and Music Curriculum please click here.

Furze Platt is a highly successful and inclusive mixed comprehensive school serving the children of Maidenhead. At Furze Platt, 1500 students of all abilities develop the skills and qualities to enable them to excel in the future. We are an ambitious, high-achieving and fully inclusive school in which our students are challenged and supported to achieve excellence. We are well placed for access, with good transport links to and from London and surrounding counties. Our school is very well resourced and equipped with many new facilities benefiting students and staff.   These include a state-of-the-art theatre, gym, fitness suite and new three-storey teaching block incorporating science laboratories and classrooms. We have introduced ‘Laptops for learning’ this year, so all pupils have access to their own laptop.

We want our students to enjoy the time they spend with us by providing an education which is broad, stimulating and rewarding. We encourage all our staff to offer enrichment opportunities with over 50 clubs and societies being offered each term. We are proud of this range of extra-curricular opportunities including Duke of Edinburgh, ski and theatre trips, visits overseas to enhance language skills and historical knowledge and many others. 

We offer a friendly and harmonious campus atmosphere, with a Senior Leadership Team who genuinely want to see you succeed and develop. Career opportunities allowing you to grow professionally within Furze Platt. Furze Platt is the lead school for Teach Maidenhead, a teacher training partnership which offers School Direct teacher training giving staff the opportunity to develop their mentoring skills. ECTs are allocated a mentor, a reduced timetable and the opportunity to attend training sessions run by specialists from within the school.

We are keen to ensure that we support the physical and mental wellbeing of our staff. Discounted membership is available for the use of a fully equipped and well-maintained gym on-site. Staff are provided with a laptop and many have their own classrooms. We offer access to an employee advice service (Care First) which provides information, helpful resources, and a counselling service. We encourage community spirit and staff involvement through various social events, recent ones being sports after school and a Furze Platt fantasy football league. We also ensure that freshly brewed coffee is ready for you during break-time with edible treats to help you through the week!

Furze Platt Senior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.