We are looking for an outstanding vocal leader to work with our partner schools, supporting classroom and co-curricular singing, and to lead key singing events throughout the year. This role is to cover up to one year’s maternity leave from Summer term 2025.This includes leading CPD work, targeted support for school choirs, devising singing resources, and directing massed singing events for primary school singers. We are keen to find someone with specialism in singing with KS1 and KS2 children, an understanding of the music curriculum for these key stages, and excitement about the potential to provide musical opportunities and raise aspirations for children and young people, particularly those who have limited musical experience.
This role also involves work within Radley College as part of the choristership team, helping to train the probationer choristers (who are drawn from local primary schools), and support the choristership team more broadly in rehearsals. There is also scope for involvement in other areas of singing at the College.
Music Flood is a thriving partnership between 14 primary and secondary schools in the Radley/Abingdon area, involving thousands of children every year. Music Flood has one aim: to put music in every school, every day. With highly publicised inequalities in funding, training, confidence and provision for music in schools, our cross-sector partnership is a powerful tool to ensure every child benefits from an inspiring music education. The project is supported by Radley College, Abingdon Music Centre and Oxfordshire Music Education Partnership.
We will need a certain amount of flexibility, which can be discussed at interview. In an average week we anticipate the equivalent of around two half days (or one whole day) on site in Radley College or in person at local primary schools, plus planning time and administration. This must include Thursday afternoon from 3pm until 6pm. This is a term-time only role, with reduced hours during state-school term time (where this is outside of Radley term time). Extra time will be required by arrangement for the lead up to particularly significant events (e.g. where more intensive rehearsals might be needed), and on notable days throughout the year where major events occur. These are planned many months in advance.
This role could be combined with the music partnerships coordinator role, advertised separately.
Closing date for applications is 12 noon, Friday 10 January 2025 but we reserve the right to contact applicants as they apply.
Submit your application here.