Job Description
Lead Teacher: Music
Responsible to: Director: The Arts
Line Manager of: music tutors
With SD: P.Arts & Skills Accountable for:
- Raising standards of achievement and progress in Music for all groups of
students
- Lead manage and develop curriculum provision for Music to meet needs
of all students
- Lead, manage & develop quality of teaching in Music and learning to
meet the needs of all students
- Lead manage and develop quality of assessment, recording and reporting
in Music
- Lead, manage & develop intervention in relation to underachievement in
Music
- Lead, manage & develop safe and positive behaviour and attitudes to
learning in Music for all groups of students
- Lead, manage and develop positive attendance & punctuality in Music for
all groups of students
- Lead, manage and develop partnerships to enhance learning and
progress within Music for all groups of students
- Lead manage and develop e-learning strategy and practise to enhance
learning experiences in Music
- Lead, manage & develop resources and environment to ensure they
promote improved outcomes for young people including music tutors
Main Purpose of the Role:
Play a major role under the overall direction of the headteacher & Line manager
in:
- Formulating the vision, priorities and objectives of Music
- Establishing the policies, practise and provision under which they will be
delivered
- Managing staff and resources to that end
- Monitoring progress towards their achievement
Main Activities:
Achievement & Progress:
- Lead, manage and develop strategy and policies to ensure relevant
attainment targets are met within Music
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Lead, manage and develop data management of student standards
ensuring it is coherent and efficient within Music and is aligned with school
systems
Develop, monitor & review standards of student progress & achievement
and application of school / department policies and strategies
Leadership & management of response to data analysis in Music
Management of recording and reporting within Music ensuring meets
needs of all stakeholders and is aligned with school systems
Oversee quality and impact of resourcing for interventions and
strategically manage resourcing efficiently within Music in collaboration
with SLT
Learning & Teaching
 Lead, manage and develop a coherent vision and strategy for learning and
teaching within Music
 Oversee the implementation of the strategy for Learning &Teaching
ensuring quality of provision and commitment to school’s general
principles, values and policy for L&T in Music
 Lead manage and develop quality assurance practise to ensure QL&T
meets needs of all students in Music
 Lead, manage and develop vision and strategy for e-learning that is
inclusive, diverse and supports the pedagogical vision for Music
 Quality assure the impact of e-learning in improving the learning
experience and outcomes for all students in Music
 Lead, manage & develop the environment, resourcing and staffing to
ensure improved outcomes for young people in Music
Behaviour, Attendance & Care:
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Lead, manage and develop good behaviour & attitudes to learning in
music ensuring students develop self responsibility and are safe
Promote and quality assure that all staff are following policy for attendance
& punctuality within music and support and develop where needed
Promote the importance of attendance & punctuality in Music
Assessment, Reporting and Recording
 Lead, manage and develop strategy for accurate assessment to inform
practise and planning in Music
 Lead, manage and develop assessment strategy ensuring student and
family engagement in learning in Music
 Lead, manage and develop quality assurance of assessment ensuring
consistent response to meet the needs of all students in Music
Lead, manage and quality assure marking in Music to ensure improves
progress
Music Tutors
 Lead, manage, develop & quality assure the use of music tutors to
promote music and progress of KS4 and G&T students and the use of
peripatetic staff
General Leadership Responsibilities
Leading, developing and enhancing the practice of others
 Maintain personal expertise and share this with others
 Act as role model of good classroom practice for other staff, modelling
effective strategies with them
 Plan & implement strategies to improve areas of responsibility identifying
areas for improvement.
 Disseminate examples of effective practice in relation to areas of
responsibility
 Act as a model for school values
 Ensure the highest levels of supervision & care are maintained at all times
 Maintenance of discipline and good order in the school
 Contribute to Governors reports and attend governors meetings as
appropriate
 Attend external meetings to represent the school and subjects as
appropriate
With Director: The Arts
 Monitor and evaluate the planning of other staff, providing constructive
feedback on a regular basis
 Ensure that teachers aware of the needs of inclusion of all students and
groups and make provision for this in their planning & practise working
with all available partners & resourcing
 Ensure that feedback from observations, scrutinies and analysis of data is
appropriately reflected in staffs’ planning & practise
 Observe colleagues and provide evaluative feedback of effectiveness