Leighton Park School
Reading
Salary:
£35.50 per hour
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Apply by:
12 October 2025
Job overview
HMC Co-educational boarding and day school for students aged 11-18.
Peripatetic Singing Teacher (Pop/Soul/Rock Experience Required)
Available to start as soon as possible
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and experienced Singing Teacher to join our dynamic and popular Music and Media department. We are seeking a candidate with a background in pop, soul, or rock music to deliver engaging and inspirational lessons to our students.
In this role, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality singing lessons that are tailored to the individual needs of students. You will also monitor and report on student progress to the Assistant Director of Music, while running and growing ensembles with a focus on pop, soul, and rock genres. Collaboration with the Director of Music will be key to providing enrichment opportunities for students, and you will be expected to contribute to the school's activities programme, bringing your expertise and passion for contemporary music to inspire students.
If you are passionate about nurturing young talent in pop, soul, and rock, and want to help students thrive in a creative and supportive environment, we would love to hear from you.
The school offers a supportive and professional workplace with excellent terms, conditions and benefits.
To apply, please complete the attached application form, or complete the online form on our recruitment website, and email it to If you require further information, please call HR on
Applications will be reviewed, and interviews held, on a rolling basis; therefore, we encourage you to apply at your earliest convenience.
Leighton Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; therefore the successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of our recruitment process.
Developing kind and compassionate leaders for the future is an important part of how we give our Quaker values currency and purpose. Leighton Park seeks to be a leading school which delights in being diverse, open-minded and with a culture of equitable inclusion. For this reason, we warmly welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
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About Leighton Park School
Leighton Park School
Shinfield Road, Reading
Berkshire
RG2 7ED
United Kingdom
Leighton Park School is a successful, forward looking independent (HMC) day and boarding school for girls and boys aged 11-18 set in 65 acres of magnificent parkland.
Leighton Park exists to form young people of real character and confidence, with a determined desire to change the world, reflecting the school's Quaker values. In 2023 we won Senior School of the Year in the national Independent Schools Association Awards. We were also a finalist in the Independent Senior School of the Year in the TES Schools Awards 2023.
We are a school that inspires Achievement with Values, Character and Community and academic excellence is the consequence of our approach. Valuing breadth and depth, we are distinguished by excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM), Music and Ethical Enterprise. The UK Government's latest 16-18 league tables reveal Leighton Park to be the best performing School in Berkshire and in the top 1% of English schools. We are one of only eight schools to have always appeared in the top 100.
We challenge our students to imagine a better world. We then support them to develop the character, confidence and determination to be changemakers.
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