Instrumental/Singing Tutors, Whole Class Ensemble Tuition (WCET) and Music Curriculum Teachers (to join our bank staff or for immediate employment)
Location: Bexley Primary, Secondary and SEND/AP schools and/or at our Music Centre (Belmont Academy, Belmont Rd, Erith, DA8 1LE)
Status: Part-time Permanent (variable hour contracts)
Pay: Between £33.50ph and £36.00ph (+ holiday pay) depending on role
Post Start Date: From June 2026 (TBC for Bank Staff)
Closing Date: Rolling advert (no closing date)
For suitable candidates, we will choose to interview immediately so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
Your Opportunity
We are seeking to appoint a variety of versatile and committed, highly flexible and motivated music teachers to join Bexley Music, which is based within Belmont Academy. We deliver music tuition and lead ensembles in Bexley Primary, Secondary and SEND/AP schools and at our Music Centre (Belmont Academy, Belmont Rd, Erith, DA8 1LE)
We have immediate vacancies for a Singing and a Piano teacher to deliver 1-1 lessons at our Music Centre (Belmont Academy).
Other positions are available in a variety of roles and settings:
- Individual and small group instrumental teaching
- Whole class instrumental/ensemble tuition
- Whole class music curriculum teaching
- Teaching in SEND settings and AP (music specialism)
We are particularly interested in employing candidates who can teach across different settings, fulfilling a number of roles.
Some positions are available from June 2026 and other successful candidates will join our Bank Staff and complete ‘on-boarding’, in order to be in a position to start employment with us immediately a suitable vacancy becomes available.
Successful candidates will share the ethos of Bexley Music which aims to provide music opportunities for all. They will also make a significant contribution to Bexley Music’s role within South East London Music Hub.
Bexley Music is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery and expects employees to comply with our values of promoting equality and diversity, treating colleagues and service users with dignity and respect at all times. This commitment must be evidenced in practice. Any behaviour that falls below these standards is unacceptable to Bexley Music and potentially constitutes misconduct.
You will join us at an exciting time in Bexley Music’s journey. You will be supported by the staff team and have the opportunity to work within a welcoming, creative environment.
We are interested in someone who is able to:
- Share their passion for music and enthuse their students
- Deliver outstanding music curriculum lessons//instrumental lessons/rehearsals
- Be an excellent and effective leader who ensures that students are positively encouraged to develop their potential
- Plan and organise lessons/rehearsals, as appropriate to the class/student/group
- Adapt teaching/rehearsal resources and tailor teaching methods to the needs of the class/ individual/group
- Encourage students to persevere
- Develop the students’ leadership skills
- Provide a varied and enjoyable range of activities to further the students’ musical and technical abilities and to inspire them to play or sing outside the lesson/rehearsal time
- Understand and plan activities in accordance with the requirements of the National Curriculum for Music (whole class tuition)
- Encourage students to join Bexley Music groups and ensembles
- Organise performances where appropriate
- Liaise with schools, staff and parents where appropriate
- Complete any necessary administration associated with the post including student reports
- Attend appropriate meetings and training as required
In return we can offer you the opportunity:
- To work in an exciting musical education environment where creativity and innovation are actively encouraged
- To have access to a wide range of resources and support to help you in the role.
- To work as part of an experienced, friendly and supportive team.
- To access professional development.
- To be part of Bexley Music and have access to all the musical opportunities and support that a Music Service and Music Education Hub provide can provide.
Your Application
For more information, please contact [email protected] (Tel: 01322 358 824)
References will be requested for applicants shortlisted for interview only and prior to interview. Only applicants shortlisted for interview will be contacted.
Bexley Music is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All roles are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks. Further vetting checks, in line with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 will be completed following a provisional offer of appointment.
This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. Bexley Music therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the person specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.
Bexley Music, part of London South East Academies Trust (LSEAT), is the Music Service for the London Borough of Bexley and a Principal Partner in the South East London Music Hub (SELMH). The organisation delivers music provision to thousands of children and adults every week, in Bexley schools during the day and at the Music Centre at Belmont Academy, on weekday evenings and all-day Saturday. The provision at the Music Centre consists of individual and group lessons in all musical instruments and singing, as well as opportunities for playing in bands, orchestras, alternative ensembles and singing in choirs. Concerts are a regular part of the provision, taking place locally in churches, schools and other key venues in the borough and further afield, in the Orchard Theatre, Dartford, the Fairfield Halls, Croydon and in various European venues during our annual music tours. New initiatives this year are ‘Endangered Instruments’ and Chamber Ensembles support programmes.
About the Trust
London South East Academies Trust is a growing and ambitious Multi-Academy Trust, currently comprising mainstream, special and alternative provision academies, alongside an outreach service and a music hub. Our schools are located across Bromley, Bexley, Sussex, Lambeth and Surrey, serving a wide range of communities and educational contexts.
Across the Trust, our schools share a strong commitment to raising attainment, encouraging aspiration and supporting social mobility for every pupil, throughout their educational journey and beyond. We take a holistic but personalised approach to education, recognising that children thrive when their individual strengths, needs and circumstances are properly understood and supported. This enables pupils to flourish and achieve their full potential, whatever their starting point.
We believe that great schools are built by great people. As a Trust, we invest in our staff through strong professional development and leadership opportunities, clear expectations and supportive structures. We actively encourage collaboration and the sharing of best practice across schools, supported by high-quality, cost-effective central services that allow leaders and teachers to focus on what matters most: improving outcomes for pupils.
London South East Academies Trust sits within the Elevare Civic Education Group, which also includes a multi-campus further and higher education college, London South East Colleges and a charitable foundation, Elevare Education Foundation. This unique structure provides meaningful progression pathways for pupils and families, as well as broad development and career opportunities for staff across the wider Group.
Our teams are united by a shared belief in the power of education to change lives. By continuing to grow our Trust and welcoming new expertise and perspectives, we aim to strengthen our schools further and extend the positive impact we have on our communities.
Equal Opportunities
London South East Academies Trust is fully committed to being an Equal Opportunities Employer and to creating a diverse, inclusive and respectful working environment, free from discrimination and harassment. We welcome and encourage applications from all, regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, parental status or marital or partnership status.
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we will offer an interview to applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role.
If you have accessibility needs or require any reasonable adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please let us know.
Please note that if a suitable applicant is identified, we may close the advert before the published closing date.
If you have any specific queries about the role, please contact us at [email protected].
As the Trust supports children and vulnerable adults, all roles are exempt from Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and, where relevant, a Children’s and/or Adult’s Barred List check. Any offer of employment may be withdrawn if these checks are unsatisfactory. Self-disclosure is required as part of the recruitment process, and failure to make a full disclosure or to provide sight of a DBS certificate is likely to result in withdrawal of an offer. The Trust’s DBS policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available on request.
All appointments are also subject to verification of the right to work in the UK, in line with Home Office requirements. Original documentation will be required prior to commencement of employment.
