Director of Music

Due to an internal promotion, we are seeking to recruit a full-time, permanent Director of Music to commence in post from August 2025. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, innovative and inspirational professional who has the aspiration, integrity and ability to support, promote and develop music across the school and achieve the Headmaster's vision for the future.

The successful candidate will be an ambitious professional with a proven track record in subject leadership, progress and attainment. The Director of Music will be able to demonstrate a sheer love of music and be committed to nurturing talent and implementing educational excellence across Strathallan School.

The Director of Music at Strathallan School is expected to uphold the school's values and ethos, acting as an ambassador. In this middle management role, the Director will lead, manage, and develop the Music department in line with the school's strategic aims and objectives. They will ensure the department's effectiveness according to the Headmaster's expectations. The successful candidate will provide a clear vision for the department, inspire and enthuse both pupils and colleagues, and serve as a role model. Additionally, the Director of Music will play a key role in organising events that promote music development and enrich pupil experiences.

Music lifts the spirit and gives voice and expression to our feelings and emotions and at Strathallan, it is supported, encouraged and celebrated precisely because of these very human needs.

In November 2024, Strathallan School's Cover of Skerryvore's 'Take My Hand' went Global. Endorsed by Skerryvore themselves, the band has extended an exciting invitation for the school to join them on stage for a future performance

• For the full advert, job description and person specification for the Director of Music position, please see the attached job brief.
• Further details of the School are available on the School's Website.
• The deadline for applications is Thursday 1st May with interviews to take place shortly after the closing date.
• Application covering letters should be no more than three pages. Please ensure to complete an online application form and attach your CV. If you wish to provide the panel with an additional page with links to recordings or pieces, please attach to your application. Please also ensure to provide two employment references.
• The selection process will include a tour of Strathallan, interviews with key stakeholders, informal meetings with the current Director of Music and the Music department, a teaching observation, and conducting and accompanying a piece of music.
• If you would like further information on the role, please contact recruitment@strathallan.co.uk

Set within 153 acres of beautiful Perthshire campus, Strathallan School has been doing education differently for over 100 years. Strathallan's reputation as a leading co-educational boarding and day school is longstanding, attracting pupils from across the UK and around the world with outstanding programmes in academics, sports and the arts.

There are around 600 pupils of ages 5-18, divided between Strathallan Prep School and Strathallan Senior School. There are three senior Girls' Houses and the four senior Boys' Houses and a junior boarding house, and approximately 65% of pupils are full boarders.

The School is situated in the beautiful Earn Valley on a self-contained wooded estate of 153 acres at the edge of the village of Forgandenny. Perth is the nearest town some ten minutes away by car and access to the motorways puts Edinburgh (45 mins), Glasgow (1 hr) and the Scottish Highlands within easy reach. The school is well-resourced with a mixture of traditional and modern buildings.