Whether this is the first step in your teaching career, the next step towards greatness or somewhere in between, you will find OHS a workplace like no other.
Working alongside brilliant and inspiring colleagues, you will have the opportunity of teaching and interacting with wonderful, inspirational and intellectually curious girls as well leveraging the unique benefits of being a member of the GDST, the UK’s largest and most effective secondary school teaching network. With plentiful opportunities for progression and development – whether your interests lie in stretching the most able children, in pastoral support or in the world of extra-curricular activities – the only real question is where will you focus?
Visiting Teacher of Piano
Self employed
Required as soon as possible.
We are looking for an outstanding piano teacher to join our thriving Music Department, within a highly successful girls’ school (Years 7-13). Initially this will be for around one and a half days per week.
The role
The successful candidate will be an outstanding musician, an effective communicator, and an inspiring teacher, able to teach the piano from beginner to post grade 8 standard.
You will teach individual piano pupils throughout the school age range (Year 7-13), with a balance between beginners and more advanced players. Depending on the interests and skills of the appointee, there may also be opportunities to work as an accompanist for grade exams and concert performances by individuals, choirs and ensembles.
You will be engaged on a self-employed basis, term time only. You will be responsible for creating your own timetable, in line with school guidelines, to ensure weekly lessons of 35 minutes are taught to your pupils. The number of pupils will vary due to demand but is likely initially to be approximately 15 per week.
The school
Oxford High School is a high-achieving selective girls’ day school, and was Independent Girls’ School of the Year in 2023. The Music Department is popular and active, with approximately 250 individual music lessons per week delivered by 27 visiting music teachers. Our linked Prep school also has an active and successful Music department, and students often arrive in the Senior school having already achieved good standards of playing and singing. The department offers a broad range of ensembles, from beginner to advanced level. The senior ensembles regularly perform in prestigious venues around Oxford. Practical and academic exam results are exceptionally strong; our most advanced pupils frequently gain places in national ensembles, and a number pass diplomas before they leave the school.
Further details of the position and the application form are available by clicking the apply button. Please include a covering letter addressed to the Director of Music, Dr Peter Foster, explaining why you are interested in the post and what you can bring to the school.
The closing date is 23.59 hours on Thursday 28th November 2024.
Interviews will be held on Thursday 5th December 2024.
About Oxford High School
Since its foundation over 140 years ago in the heart of Oxford’s historic city centre, Oxford High School has been innovative and pioneering in its approach to girls’ education.
Today, Oxford High School is a happy and vibrant place to work: our girls are highly motivated and ambitious, supportive yet self-aware. From our youngest Reception pupils through to our longest-serving members of staff, there is a real sense of pride at being part of the Oxford High community.
As well as our commitment to girls’ education, we are committed to investing in our staff’s personal development through training and learning initiatives and via the GDST network.
As part of the Girls’ Day School Trust, the leading and largest group of independent girls’ schools in the UK, we offer a variety of benefits, which include:
- Competitive salaries and pay progression
- Access to extensive professional development opportunities
- Training grants for qualifications
- Generous pension schemes
- Free life assurance benefit
- Free school lunches
- A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
- Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
- A Cycle to Work scheme
- Competitive terms and conditions of employment
Oxford High School and the GDST (Charity No 306983) are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service