Job number
LBC04993
Contract Type
Permanent
Posting End Date
7 June 2026
Job Area
Education (not schools)
Salary: Teachers Pay Scale UQS6/MPS6 Maximum
Hours per week: 0.4
Contract type: Permanent
Interview Date - Thursday 18th June
This role focuses on delivering high-quality music teaching with a strong emphasis on participatory singing across a wide range of styles. You’ll work across different settings, from whole-class teaching to small groups, choirs and singing assemblies, supporting pupils from EYFS through to KS2, with potential opportunities in KS3 and KS4.
You’ll plan and deliver engaging lessons in line with the National Curriculum for Music, using assessment for learning strategies to track and support pupil progress. Alongside singing, you’ll teach instruments such as ukulele, keyboard, percussion, and recorder, helping to create a broad and inclusive musical experience.
The role requires strong organisation, including lesson planning and record keeping, as well as the ability to manage time effectively across different schools and activities, including those outside standard hours. You’ll also bring your own experience as a performer into your teaching and use music technology to enhance learning.
Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.
You’re an experienced music educator with a strong ability to teach singing and classroom music across a variety of styles and age groups. You’re confident leading whole-class sessions as well as smaller groups, and you can adapt your teaching to suit a wide range of abilities and learning needs.
You have a good understanding of assessment for learning, lesson planning, and classroom management, along with the ability to teach a range of instruments. Your knowledge of music teaching strategies, repertoire, and the National Curriculum supports your delivery of engaging and effective lessons.
This is a public facing role so you’ll need to show off your fluency in speaking and writing English
Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision – that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty – is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.
The people of Luton depend heavily on this council – and that means our workforce! Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?
We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are committed to developing a workforce that reflects the diversity of our borough
Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person’s criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.
On occasions, we may close a vacancy early due to a very high number of applications being received.
We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:
- From 25 to 32 days’ annual leave: linked to length of service and grade
- Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave
- Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area
- Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 19.2 per cent (at April 2026) and 3x salary death in service grant
- Generous relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility)
- Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home
- Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns
- Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways
- Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons
- Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel
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