This role is responsible for the successful running of the music department, leading and managing peripatetic staff within the department effectively. The post holder is required to play a full and active role in the broader School life, such as weekend activities. All new academic staff, who are non-residential, are required to commit to one evening duty every two school weeks in one of the boarding houses by arrangement with the Assistant Principal (Pastoral & Welfare).

Start Date: 1 January 2025

Hours: 0.8 FTE (approx.). This is a part time post based on a normal working week of Monday to Friday throughout term time. The school will try to accommodate all teaching into 4 days each week, but cannot guarantee this in any particular year.

Role purpose:

• To be responsible for the successful running of the department
• To lead and manage peripatetic members of staff as appropriate
• To teach (Key Stage 3 and 4 music to include (I)GCSE Music and ABRSM Grade 5 Theory) in line with the prevailing curriculum offer
• To contribute to the highest academic standards at The Royal Ballet School
• Support the aims and ethos of the School
• To lead the School Choirs and prepare students/ensembles for a range of performance opportunities across the academic year.

MAIN DUTIES

Curriculum:

• Producing an annual Departmental (Curriculum) Review and Handbook in line with the School's objectives
• Selecting appropriate specifications (where relevant) and devising, producing and updating Schemes of Work for these
• Promoting and monitoring student progress
• Ensuring appropriate preparation for public (external) and/or internal examinations
• Providing up-to-date information on the subject for the School's website, and for current and prospective parents
• Ensuring that subject provision is in line with current best-practice and developments in the subject.