Primary Classroom Visiting Music Teachers

We are seeking highly skilled and passionate classroom music teachers to join our team

As a visiting classroom music teacher, you will be responsible for providing high-quality and inspiring music education to children and young people, fostering a love for music, and helping children develop their musical interests. Whilst some administrative tasks are required within the role, your main focus will be on teaching whole-classes of key stage 1 and key stage 2 pupils in schools across West Sussex delivering our Classroom Instrumental Lessons (CIL) programmes: GetIn2Music; 1Term2Learn; Key2Music.

This role involves teaching during school hours at multiple schools. For the right candidate additional teaching opportunities may be available after-school hours or at weekends at one of our Music Centres, or during school holidays as part of our Holiday Activities.

The hourly rate of pay is £31.45, paid monthly in arrears via PAYE.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and deliver engaging and inspiring classroom instrumental music lessons to pupils.
• Create a positive and supportive learning environment that encourages children and young people to explore their creativity and express themselves through music.
• Assess and evaluate pupils’ progress regularly, providing constructive feedback and guidance to help them improve their musical abilities.
• Fulfil day-to-day teaching administration duties and consult with schools via email and telephone.
• Prepare pupils to progress their learning towards regular performances.
• Collaborate with other music teachers and school staff to organise and participate in pupil recruitment events.
• Engage in professional development opportunities, mentoring, and quality assurance.
• Comply with company policies and mandatory training requirements.
• Understand and follow our safeguarding policies and procedures and appropriately raise any issues of concern in order to protect children.
• Maintain accurate records using our in-house database, scheduling, and attendance recording software (SpeedAdmin and Microsoft 365).

Qualifications and Skills:

• Proven experience as a classroom (or instrumental) music teacher in a school or educational setting.
• High-level performer able to play one or more musical instruments (Grade 5 minimum standard), with a strong command of music theory.
• Experience of teaching online via Teams or Zoom is desirable.
• Excellent communication and people skills to effectively engage with pupils, schools, and colleagues.
• Ability to adapt inclusive teaching methods to accommodate pupils of different ages, learning styles, and skill levels.
• Strong organisational and time management skills to effectively plan lessons and manage multiple students.
• Patience, enthusiasm, and a genuine passion for music education.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications – Outlook, Word, Excel – and able to learn other platforms.
• Commitment to inclusion and youth voice.
• Ability to commit to a minimum of 10 hours per week.

West Sussex Music is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to enhanced DBS and barred list clearance, a Prohibition check, identity check, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, health assessment, and satisfactory references. References will always be taken up in advance of the interview, and we may contact other previous employers for references.

West Sussex Music values diversity and particularly welcomes applications from under-represented groups of the community. To address barriers, we will consider reasonable adjustments and access requirements throughout the application and interview process. Please alert us about anything we can do to make your application and interview process as accessible as possible.