Head of Music
| Posting date: | 16 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,870 to £56,154 per year |
| Additional salary information: | + TLR2b |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 November 2025 |
| Location: | Hounslow, London, TW3 1AX |
| Company: | Lift Schools |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | KGA103221_1760540308 |
Summary
Lift Kingsley
Cecil Road, Hounslow, London, TW3 1AX
Salary: MPR / UPR + TLR2b + Wellbeing Cash Plan + Car Scheme + Pension Scheme (TPS) + Additional Benefits
Hours: Full time, Permanent
Start date: Flexible start date
We're seeking an exceptional, dynamic, and creative Head of Music to bring energy, vision, and ambition to our vibrant department. You'll shape an inclusive and inspiring curriculum, spark a lifelong love of music, and create performance opportunities that showcase our students' talents - both in school and across the wider community.
This exciting role also offers the potential to support music provision across other schools within our trust, helping to develop a shared culture of musical excellence and creativity.
What You'll Do
- Lead a Music Department with creativity, direction, and purpose
- Design inspiring lessons and unforgettable musical experiences
- Build vibrant choirs, bands, and school productions that celebrate student talent
- Create partnerships with local arts organisations to enrich our offer
- Collaborate with colleagues across schools to strengthen music education beyond our own walls
About You
- A qualified music teacher with leadership experience and a record of excellence
- A visionary educator who can ignite passion, creativity, and confidence in every student
- A collaborator who thrives in a team and believes in the power of music to inspire and connect communities
About Lift Kingsley
Lift Kingsley, is a 'Good' 11-18 secondary school that has made remarkable progress in recent years. Our school has grown significantly and is now full in every year group, with waiting lists across all years-a testament to our success, positive culture, and exceptional student behaviour.
At Lift Kingsley, we are proud to be an inclusive and supportive community school, committed to giving every student the opportunity to achieve academic excellence.
This is more than a school-it's a place where you can make a tangible difference in the lives of young people, helping them to reach their full potential and prepare for bright futures.
Who is Lift Schools?
We're a diverse and inclusive network of schools with one clear mission; to provide an excellent education to every child - in every classroom, every day. And we do this across each of our 57 schools. As with our students, we want our team to be empowered to do their best work, supported by the best leadership they've ever had.
We acknowledge and appreciate the exceptional efforts of everyone here in making this an incredible organisation.
We offer you:
- Career development and training: Access a wide range of statutory and developmental training to boost your career.
- Our partnership with One World powers our innovative Instructional Excellence Program. We also offer a comprehensive range of CPD programs, including Ambition Institute's Early Career and NPQ offerings, tailored to both individual and network needs.
- Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
- Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives.
We can offer a flexible start date available for the right candidate, this role is a full time, permanent position.
Closing date: 13 November 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme