Part time, 4 days per week

Start date: January 2027

St. Aubyn’s School seeks to appoint an inspiring and creative professional to join its flourishing Music Department. We would like to appoint to start in January 2027 if possible, but a later start date may be available for the right candidate.

Music forms a central part of school life at St. Aubyn’s, with all children, from Nursery to Year 6, using their singing voices to learn our Kodály methodology based curriculum. This inclusive approach promotes confident singing across the school and ensures that each child can foster a love of the subject from the start of their school life at St Aubyn’s. As well as our classroom provision, the majority of children learn at least one instrument and are involved in the department’s busy co-curricular activity programme. With over 200 instrumental lessons per week, the department is supported by a team of 13 outstanding peripatetic staff teaching woodwind, brass, string, drumkit and piano.

The School’s ensembles include School Orchestra, 2 choirs, Woodwind Ensemble, String Ensemble and Brass Group as well as a range of other instrumental and vocal groups spanning both Pre-Prep and Prep departments. Musical performances are organised each term to showcase solo instrumentalists and vocalists. The Music department often collaborates and has strong links with the Drama department to stage whole year performances from Year 1-6 so that all children have the chance to demonstrate their musical abilities. One of the highlights being our full scale Year 6 musical production in the summer term. During the Christmas term, our Nursery and Reception pupils take part in nativity performances, which provide a fantastic introduction to the music department from EYFS. As well as this, the department organises two large-scale concerts per year, and promotes smaller assembly performances internally.

In recent years, the music department has grown significantly, and is a vibrant and creative place to learn. The successful candidate will bring their own unique skills and continue to evolve music at St. Aubyn’s.

The successful candidate will be:

• An enthusiastic and motivated individual with a passion for promoting music to all children.

• An experienced teacher of music across the key stages, with exceptional experience teaching EYFS and KS1

• Able to inspire a lifelong love of music throughout the school.

• An experienced keyboard player who can accompany pupils up to Grade 5.

• A creative and passionate teacher with vision to evolve the curriculum and department using their own unique skillset.

• Keen to develop their own career and value any opportunity to improve their practice.

• Able to work as a member of a team, supporting the ethos, aims and vision of the School.

The successful applicants will join a friendly, enthusiastic, hard-working team, who consistently strive to improve teaching and learning, and continue to raise standards. Benefits include reduced school fees, free car parking and lunches.

To submit an application please visit our careers page at MyNewTerm (CVs alone not accepted).

Closing Date: 11.59pm, Monday 23rd November 2026

We reserve the right to appoint at any time within the advertising period

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020, and the successful applicant will be subject to appropriate child protection screening including an Enhanced DBS check.

The School’s Child Protection Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy (including the School’s policy on employing ex-offenders) can be found on the school website at https://staubyns.com/about/policies/