Music Teacher 0.6 FTE

Job Introduction

Wordsworth Primary School and Nursery is a ‘Good’ (Ofsted, June 2025) school in the heart of our local community, with 600 children across our 20 classes and Nursery, situated in the Shirley area of West Southampton.

Our values Curiosity, Determination, Kindness and Communication are at the heart of our decision-making. 

Together we nurture individuals, inspire all minds and prepare every learner to thrive, with 58 different languages spoken. We are incredibly proud of our children and supportive staff team who work together in a friendly and caring way to provide a safe and happy learning environment to give every child the best possible education.

We welcome applications from individuals who reflect our diverse community. We are looking for individuals who are aspirational about the learning of all our children and who have high expectations for their outcomes.

You will be joining a dedicated team that is passionate about making a difference and committed to nurturing the whole child. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to shape learning experiences that are creative, inclusive, and meaningful. We are committed to the professional development and wellbeing of our staff. We offer high-quality training, mentoring, and opportunities for career progression.

Wordsworth Primary is in the Jeffery’s Education Partnership of Hamwic Education Trust (HET); a large, fast-paced multi-academy trust with currently 37 schools across the South Coast: Portsmouth, Southampton, Poole and Dorset. The Jeffery’s Education Partnership is a network of 7 schools which work together to provide an ‘all-through education’ experience for children in the Shirley community in Southampton.

Role Summary:

Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School are seeking to appoint a qualified Teacher with specialist music experience to work across our school to develop a life-long love of music with our children who has the vision and intent to see every child as a musician.

The successful candidate will provide our children with a rich and varied music curriculum and seek out opportunities to get our children involved in music activities both within our school and within the community, with an aim to inspire our children to develop their creativity and performance skills and to enable our children to experiment with sound and form their own opinions about the music that they choose to listen to play and create.

We are seeking a professional individual who:

• A passionate and skilled musician who inspires a lifelong love of music in every child. 
• A strong advocate for the belief that every child is a musician and can achieve success in music.
• Excellent vocal leadership skills, with confidence in developing children's singing across the primary age range. 
• Ability to teach a broad range of musical skills including singing, instrumental performance, improvisation, composition and listening. 
• Commitment to delivering an inclusive and engaging music curriculum that celebrates creativity and individuality. 
• Strong understanding of progression in musical knowledge and skills from Early Years through to Key Stage 2. 
• Ability to foster children's confidence, self-esteem and resilience through music-making and performance. 
• Skilled in encouraging reflective learning, enabling pupils to evaluate, edit and improve their musical work. 
• Knowledge of a wide range of musical genres, cultures and traditions, promoting diversity and cultural understanding. 
• Excellent classroom management and communication skills, with the ability to motivate and engage all learners.

What we offer you:

• An opportunity to be part of a collaborative team with a shared vision of excellence 
• A real career path in a thriving and respected organisation
• Flexible working approach, where possible
• Wellbeing day (trial for 2025/26)
• Excellent training and development programmes and opportunities
• Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme / Teacher Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with length of service (support staff)
• Access to our benefits portal offering a full range of discounts available through Lifestyle Savings
• Access to wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme, this includes free confidential telephone and face to face counselling for employees and family members
• Access to financial wellbeing support through a company that provides comprehensive guidance on all things mortgage related
• Eligible for a Blue Light card

About Hamwic Education Trust:

HET is fully committed to developing an outstanding workforce. We are a friendly and supportive community of professionals working hard to ensure that our schools are enabling children to grow and develop for the future.

We have talented staff working in leadership, teaching and support roles throughout our schools and committed professionals working in the Managed Services team covering education, safeguarding, HR, IT, finance and estates. This experienced team supports our schools and is responsible for the successful delivery of our multi-academy trust.

As an employer, we support our staff to grow through continuing professional development and there is a range of apprenticeships and other opportunities available throughout the Trust to extend your knowledge, skills and career prospects.

HET celebrates the uniqueness of our pupils, our staff and our schools and we aim for everyone to achieve their full potential through the pathways of opportunities available.

HET recognises that by valuing and promoting equal opportunities in employment for all employees and job applicants and avoiding unlawful discrimination in employment and delivery of services, we will be able to deliver first class education and value the differences our workforce brings to HET. 

Application Procedure:

If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact Nicky Fuller, Operations Manager by emailing nicky.fuller@wordsworthprimary.co.uk to arrange an informal chat or have a tour of the school. Potential candidates will be asked to bring their current school ID and/or photographic ID as proof when they visit the school for a tour.

If you wish to apply for this position, please complete an application form which can be found at Job vacancies | Careers | Hamwic Education Trust | Multi-academy Trust and return to nicky.fuller@wordsworthprimary.co.uk

CV’s will only be accepted along with a completed application form. 

Please note, we may close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we have sufficient applications. We strongly encourage prospective applicants to apply as soon as possible.

Hamwic Education Trust (HET) are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of our pupils and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal record and barring checks, scrutiny of work and training history, robust referencing, and other vetting checks. Successful candidates will also be subject to online searches.

Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across HET. 

All HET employees are required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practices and to safeguard our pupils.