Head of Music

Location: Essex

**Salary**: UPR/TPR plus TLR 2b £5024

Contract type: Full time, Permanent

**Closing date: Monday 6 March 2023**

**Interview date: Friday 10 March 2023**

**Start date: Easter or September 2023**

This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative leader with strong curriculum understanding to join us as Head of Music and continue to grow Music provision at Helena Romanes School from EYFS to 6th Form as part of the all-through school.

You will have a varied, dynamic and strategic role as Head of Music. You will provide strong leadership to your team, with a clear focus on continuing to drive improvements in teaching, curriculum design and students’ progress across the department. There will also be the opportunity to develop the extra curricular provision including working with other departments across the school.

We would love to hear from you if you are an inspirational, dynamic and creative individual who makes learning fun and challenging, and who is looking to join a supportive and enthusiastic team in beautiful rural surroundings.

Helena Romanes is a thriving, all-through school for children aged 4-18, situated in the beautiful North Essex countryside. It has good communications to London and the South East, and it is approximately 7 miles from Stansted Airport.

At Helena Romanes we value the personal attributes of hard work, positivity and kindness, and we are looking for someone who can model these values.

We are an inclusive school where every student is valued and has the opportunity to shine. We currently have 1294 pupils at the school.

This is an exciting time to join the school
- In September 2021, the school opened a Primary phase, with children in Reception and Key Stage 1. Together with the expansion of the Sixth Form, the school will grow to become an all-through school of 2000 pupils from ages 4 to 18.
- It is planned that the school will relocate to a world-class, purpose built site, close to our current location in Dunmow, in September 2025.
- Helena Romanes has made excellent progress with the support of Saffron Academy Trust towards being judged by Ofsted as a Good school. Working with the talented senior leadership team that is in place across all phases of the school, and drawing on the commitment from staff to provide the best possible outcomes for the pupils.

The Governing Body is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating diversity safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

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