Director of Music- Primary Section

Director of Music- Primary SectionThe Royal Grammar School Guildford Qatar (RGSGQ) is a through school from EY1 to Year 12. The Primary School has a thriving three- to four-form entry with approximately 570 pupils.We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Director of Music to join our team. We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and reflective educator who is able to build strong relationships with pupils, parents and colleagues. The successful candidate will play a key role in raising the profile of Music across the school, embedding it within the wider curriculum and school life. This will include running after school clubs, supporting performances in assemblies, and developing opportunities for larger-scale events, such as a Primary production.RGSGQ is a vibrant and happy learning community where creativity, innovation and thoughtful risk-taking are actively encouraged. Staff benefit from a positive and collaborative culture, and there is a strong sense of pride and enjoyment in working at the school. We are committed to providing a supportive environment in which both pupils and staff can flourish.Teachers benefit from generous PPA time and strong professional support, enabling high-quality teaching and ongoing professional development.About the School:The RGS Guildford Qatar has developed a strong partnership with RGS Guildford in the UK, a prestigious UK independent school with a tradition and rich history for providing outstanding education. We also have strong links with our international sister schools throughout the world.The RGS Guildford, Qatar is an all-through British school offering a co-educational British curriculum for children aged 3 to 18. The School opened in September 2016, and now welcomes over 785 students to its campus which is just 20 minutes from the Pearl and Lusail. Students follow the English Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum, the National Curriculum at Key Stages 1, 2, 3 and at Key Stage 4 a comprehensive range of IGCSE courses. At Post-16 the school offers a range of AS levels. The school has a reputation for high quality teaching and learning and has a range of excellent sports facilities which include an astro turf, sports hall and an open-air swimming pool.Values and vision:The RGSGQ believes passionately in preparing our students for the challenges of a rapidly-changing, global future, as well as providing them with excellent foundations so that they can have the most ambitious of aspirations at university and beyond. Our teachers nurture and develop all those transferable skills which will set up our students irrespective of their chosen path: thinking critically, being independent and creative, being resilient and self-motivated; collaborating and working together, and being equally confident as a leader or as part of a team. The RGSGQ offers a traditional British Pastoral provision and an extensive range of extra-curricular activities and we promote an ethos of high expectations and the importance of academic success for all our students.Our timeless School Values – inclusivity; scholarship; integrity; collaboration; courage; respect – which are embedded in the curricular and extra-curricular life of the school, ensure RGSGQ students emerge as humble and grounded individuals committed to making