Teacher of Music

Start date: September 2024

Sixth Form Colleges’ Association Teaching scale: currently £30,500 - £47,133 pro rata (actual for 0.6 FTE £18,300 - £8,280 per annum)

An opportunity has arisen to work at an Ofsted Outstanding sixth form college. Wyke Sixth Form College is recognised for its educational excellence, placed in the top 5% for progress at A level and ranked the second highest provider of students to Oxbridge in the Yorkshire and Humber region. The college’s reputation attracts students from across Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. Wyke has grown significantly over the last decade, accommodating 2400 exclusively level three students on a modern £30M university-style campus. At Wyke, we put the student first and all decisions centre around staff working together to meet their best interests. 97% of our current teachers and support staff recommend working here. Come and join the amazing learning culture that creates “The Wyke Experience”.

Wyke is looking to recruit a committed and inspiring teacher of Music skilled in engaging students and creating an environment conducive to achievement. The successful candidate will:

• Be keen to embrace our culture of high standards and a commitment to development

• Be a skilled teacher who delivers engaging lessons that draw the best performance from students

• Have the ability to build strong relationships with students and colleagues and understand the factors that lead to high levels of student achievement

• Potential to teach on the Btec Digital Music Production (Extended Certificate): Have an understanding of the music production sector with a focus on music and sound for media and DAW production

• For Btec Digital Music Production: Have strong technical skills, including the ability to use Ableton, mixing and mastering and studio recording techniques

• Potential to teach on the ALevel Music course: Have an understanding of the skills required within Appraising, Composition and Performance

• For ALevel Music: Have strong technical skills, including Sibelius software and knowledge of all relevant musical elements (Harmony, Melody, Structure etc)

• Ideally contribute to music enrichment including ‘Wyke Sesh’, Orchestra, other performances, liaising with peripatetic staff and the College production

• State your specialism within your application

Applications from those who possess the qualities listed above but have not yet completed their teaching qualification and wish to do so will also be considered. Complete funding for teacher training and additional paid working time to shadow others may be available for those who have recent industry experience.

The college has a very strong music department with students consistently having achieved excellent results in recent years. Teachers within the department support students with a range of extra-curricular activities which have helped contribute to the department’s strong outcomes and students’ commitment to the subject. Music performances by bands, singers, the college orchestra, choirs and ensembles are a valued and regular feature on the College calendar. The successful candidate will contribute to these performances which take place both at internal and external venues.

We offer a forward-thinking, welcoming college with supportive management and a modern environment. Benefits include a strong programme of staff development and membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme. We are lucky to work with great students who are here to learn and 97% of staff said they would recommend the College as a good place to work in the Autumn 2023 Staff Pulse Survey. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and we welcome applications from a diverse range of applicants. We would love our staff ethnicity and cultural profile to closely match the student population we serve.

The College takes safeguarding extremely seriously and a full range of pre-employment checks as set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education including a satisfactory enhanced DBS with barred list check and an online search will be required for this post. All posts at the College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and it is an offence for those barred from working with children to even apply for a role at the College.

For further details and to apply online, please see below or visit www.wyke.ac.uk/about-wyke/staff-vacancies . If you have any queries about applying for the role or require paper copies of the information please contact personnel@wyke.ac.uk, or call 01482 346347.

The closing date for received applications is 9a.m. on Wednesday 15th May 2024. Interviews to be held on Tuesday 21st May 2024.

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