The Basildon Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to DBS and health checks.

We wish to appoint an exceptional Teacher of Performing Arts to join our Lower Academy.

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic and dedicated Music specialist, looking to join a thriving and collaborative Performing Arts team.

Salary: £35,317 - £54,063 (M1 - AL3 Academy Qualified Teachers Scale) 

Position Available: September 2026

Contract: 0.4 days

Our academy operates across two sites. The Lower Academy specialises in the teaching of our Key Stage 3 students, whilst The Upper Academy specialises in teaching Key Stage 4 and 5. 

Our KS3 Performing Arts curriculum comprises 80% Music and 20% Drama, with all KS3 students receiving one Performing Arts lesson per week. You will deliver a broad, ambitious, and engaging curriculum that prepares students for future GCSE Music study and enrichment opportunities.

The department has grown rapidly and is proud to have achieved recognition as a Music Mark School, developed strong partnerships with Essex Music Services, and successfully introduced its first GCSE Music cohort. Academy students benefit from a school band, choir, brass band, music summer school, and regular participation in community and local events. Peripatetic music tuition is also exceptionally popular. Students have access to two dedicated music classrooms, two rehearsal rooms, and a dedicated drama studio.

The successful candidate will be able to teach and develop students’ skills in composition, performance, keyboard, ukulele, notation, and music literacy, and demonstrate strong practical musicianship across a range of genres and styles.

We pride ourselves on being a truly inclusive academy and this is actively underpinned by our motto ‘Aspire Believe Achieve’.

The Academies offer staff tailored and effective support to meet their professional development needs, ensuring they are provided with opportunities that challenge them at a high level. All staff take ownership of their own learning journey and are given opportunities to reflect on their own practice, as well as supporting others through being members of Teacher Learning Communities. There is an open-door culture that encourages teachers to 'drop in' on colleagues, therefore promoting good practice within the schools. We are dedicated to the SSAT Embedding Formative Assessment CPD programme for the next two years, while also supporting staff in advancing their expertise and leadership through a variety of internal and external programmes, including the complete range of NPQ courses. Our strong track record demonstrates our success in developing staff from ITT to Headship.

Staff are well supported and are proud to work here. Ofsted 2023

If you can engage, motivate and challenge students to make exceptional progress, then please download and complete our application form and return it to our Recruitment & Cover Coordinator, Olivia Faustino - recruitment@basildonacademies.org.uk 

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications or are able to fill the position faster than originally anticipated.