Curriculum Team Leader For Music (TLR 2c)

REQUIRED FOR SEPTEMBER 2021

This is a fantastic opportunity to begin or continue your leadership journey in a well led, collaborative
and supportive faculty. Little Ilford is a friendly, inclusive and oversubscribed school in Newham
making a big difference to the lives of our diverse student community. In 2016 we moved into a brand
new state-of-the-art building. We have a strong reputation and high expectations of both students and
staff and consider this to be an exciting place to work and develop, where creativity and innovation
are nurtured. Our targets for attainment and progress are challenging, but staff have the focus and
determination to realise them for the benefit of our students. We really know our students, and focus
on them as individuals. Pastoral systems are strong and we value a curriculum offer and activities
that educate the whole child.

As a school we are absolutely committed to ensuring that all staff have access to comprehensive
professional development and have developed an exciting and impactful programme designed to
offer training that makes a real difference. We value a good home/work balance and do what we can
to support our staff in this respect.

We are looking for a committed, enthusiastic and high calibre leader who has exceptional subject
knowledge in music to join our energetic and dynamic team. You will lead a team of teachers and
peripatetic staff, ensuring that the quality of teaching and learning in music is outstanding, keeping up
to date with curricular developments, developing a comprehensive extracurricular offer and ensuring
that the subject is popular and successful within the option choices. You will engage and inspire our
students in the subject allowing them to make outstanding progress and achieve strong results.

We will support and develop you to become an outstanding leader and provide working partnership
opportunities with other schools and departments. We are an aspirational, reflective and creative
learning community where all adults are learners who take risks in order to achieve excellent results
for our students.

We look forward to receiving your application.

To apply, obtain further information or for an informal discussion please contact Mehz Karim on 0208928 3548 /email m.karim@littleilford.org 

We will shortlist as soon as the field is strong enough.

Little Ilford School, Rectory Road, Manor Park, London E12 6JB

The school 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 is required for all successful candidates.