Head of Music

Head of Music - Cambourne Village College and Cambourne Sixth Form

We are seeking to appoint a skilful, enthusiastic and dedicated Head of Music from September 2024.

Cambourne Village College is an Ofsted 'Outstanding' rated, over-subscribed secondary school, eight miles from Cambridge. We opened as an academy of the Cam Academy Trust in September 2013. Our ethos is aspirational and inclusive, our staff is highly motivated, our pupils courteous and hard-working, and we have excellent facilities. A 350 place sixth form will be opening in September 2024, with 175 students in each of Years 12 and 13. Joining Cambourne Village College represents a unique opportunity to work in a newly-established school within a wider, high-quality Academy Trust that gives excellent possibilities for professional and career development.

This is a stellar opportunity to lead a thriving Music department. The incumbent Head of Department will join at a time when Music and the Performing Arts are tremendously well-established and going from strength to strength, the school having just secured Platinum Artsmark Award, with the Music department playing a very significant part in this.

The Performing Arts and Music facilities are impressive, with a purpose-built, 300+ seat auditorium which holds our concerts and productions, and a brand-new Performing Arts block about to open, comprising four Music classrooms, twelve practice rooms, and a Music Technology suite. Each classroom has a set of keyboards (one between two students), a set of ukeleles (one per student), and classroom percussion.

We are extremely proud of our thriving extra-curricular Music scene. This year, more than 100 students took part in our whole-school production of Beauty and the Beast, a collaboration with the Drama and Dance departments. Additionally, we hold a full Music concert at the end of each term, each with a varied programme. We also hold separate productions for lower-school students. Our orchestra is currently running at 40-50 regular attendees, and we run Junior choir and Senior choir, and a band. Over 200 students take instrumental lessons, and the Head of Department will line-manage the TLR holder for, but not directly implement, the programme of peripatetic instrumental teachers.

In September 2024, we will welcome our first cohort of A'Level Music students, and we hope, the following year, also to offer Music Technology at KS5. This is, therefore, an exciting time to join our school and to lead this highly valued, highly successful department.

The school has excellent IT resources and facilities, and all pupils and staff have their own iPads as part of successful one-to-one iPad scheme.

The full current curriculum for all current year groups can be viewed on the College website: Music - Cambourne Village College ). Full details are provided on the job description and person specification.

We do also accept applications via TES.

If you would like further information about this vacancy or to arrange a visit please contact the Deputy Principal, Emily Gildea; . Pre-application visits to the College are welcomed.

For further information, please contact the HR Department

Closing date: 09.00 on Wednesday 22nd May 2024

Interviews to be held: Friday 23rd May 2024

The college reserves the right to interview and appoint within the application window.

How to apply

Please complete the Teacher Application Form located on the Cambourne Village College website and attach a letter of application (consisting of no more than 2 sides of A4 when printed). In your letter of application, please explain:

· The reason for your interest

· Your relevant track record that confirms you could fulfil the expectations of the role Your reflections on how you could contribute to the further development of Cambourne Village College as a truly excellent school

Applications should be submitted to: The HR department via

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be carried out for the successful candidate.