Streatham and Clapham High School
Lambeth
Salary:
Self-employed
Job type:
Part Time, Casual
Start date:
22 September 2025
Apply by:
15 September 2025
Job overview
We are seeking a skilled singer with first-rate teaching and communication skills to join our team of self-employed Visiting Music Teachers. There is also the opportunity for the successful candidate to take on the Head of Singing position.
In this role, you will play a crucial part in developing the talents of our singers, working alongside the Director of Music and other relevant teachers at the Prep and Senior Schools to provide and co-ordinate performance opportunities. This may include leading rehearsals where singers are coached as soloists and in ensembles in preparation for a concert, as well as potential for a weekly co-curricular activity. Central to the role will be the planning and execution of our popular Schubertiade song recitals (two per annum).
Experience of working with senior school pupils, offering a range of genres and success in preparing students for grade examinations, GCSE and A Level, will be advantageous.
We envisage being able to offer around seven hours' worth of teaching in the first instance, although additional opportunities to increase the teaching timetable may be available for the right candidate. In addition, the Head of Singing can supplement their VMT work with additional work to an annual maximum of £1,600 per annum.
We run regular sessions of ABRSM exams, and an annual round of LCM Musical Theatre exams, and we have had significant success with both in recent years.
Music at Streatham & Clapham High School
Music is at the heart of Streatham & Clapham High School and the department is going from strength-to-strength. A significant number of pupils take instrumental lessons and are part of one or more co-curricular ensembles.
Singing is particularly popular with our pupils, and we currently have a team of six singing teachers. Our auditioned Chamber Choir regularly performs evensong at Cathedrals and Oxbridge colleges, and we have recently toured to Spain and Belgium. We have three other choirs; Schola Cantorum (a small, auditioned group), Madeleine Dring Consort (an auditioned group of KS3 pupils), and Metrophonics (a non-auditioned group which tackle lighter repertoire and is hugely popular amongst our KS3 pupils). We firmly believe that musical excellence stems from the enjoyment of music-making and aim to provide every musician with opportunities to perform, whether as soloists or in ensembles.
As well as the dedicated Music Department, Streatham & Clapham High School has several high-quality performance spaces, including the recently built Madeleine Dring Hall. We offer extensive opportunities for pupils to perform, both within school and at external events, and regularly collaborate with professional musicians to enrich their musical experiences.
About Streatham & Clapham High School
Streatham & Clapham High School is an independent, academically selective school for girls, aged 3 to 18 with over 870 pupils across both the Prep and Senior Schools. The Senior School inhabits a four-acre site focused on an impressive 1930s building in a delightfully tranquil and leafy oasis of south London.
The school is part of the Girls' Day School Trust (GDST), the largest independent school group in the UK. It is at the forefront of education for girls and a strong voice in promoting opportunities for young women.
Applications will be reviewed upon receipt and should be received no later than midday on Monday, 15 September 2025 with interviews taking place the week commencing 22 September 2025.
We reserve the right to interview at any point during the recruitment process, so early applications are encouraged. References for shortlisted candidates will be taken before interview.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.
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About Streatham and Clapham High School
Streatham and Clapham High School
42 Abbotswood Road, Streatham, London
SW16 1AW
United Kingdom
Streatham & Clapham High School (SCHS) is a highly successful independent, academically selective school for girls aged 3-18. It offers an inspiring, enlightened and rigorously challenging education in a lively, vibrant and warmly supportive environment. We celebrate diversity and draw strength from our rich social and cultural mix. SCHS pupils achieve examination results which place the school in the top tier of UK independent schools at GCSE and A Level.
This reflects the school's belief that all pupils should be inspired to outperform expectations on a daily basis. The pursuit of excellence is thus our defining feature. Along the way, our pupils learn the beauty of reason, the allure of the aesthetic, and the vitality of the physical. They are empowered to navigate the landscape of the human spirit and to achieve beyond the realms of expectation.
The Prep School and Senior School occupy separate sites. The Senior School inhabits a four-acre site in a delightfully tranquil and leafy oasis of south London. Pupils benefit from first-class facilities, including ICT suites, music and music technology suites, a recital hall, technology workshops, a full-size indoor sports hall, dance and art studios, and sports pitches and tennis courts. Major investment in exciting development and refurbishment plans includes a new Sixth Form Centre and a Creative Arts Centre.
SCHS is abuzz with activity. Pupils regularly put on ambitious drama productions. The school has four choirs, a full orchestra and a variety of chamber-music groups. Its pupils participate in a legion of sporting activities, in which they achieve great success. SCHS's Gymnastics teams, for instance, were the best in England in the 2012 National Gymnastics Competition. However, pupils attain success across the spectrum of activity, from achieving outstanding results in public-speaking competitions, to winning prizes for the crash-testing of vehicles at Imperial College; from gaining awards for eco-action and sustainability, to trekking across the Atlas Mountains in Morocco or to the base camp of Mount Everest.
We are convinced that intrinsic to our pupils' success are our expert and alert pastoral systems. The warmly supportive environment and the school's family ethos enable all pupils to be known, valued and nurtured as individuals. This helps them to make outstanding progress, both academically and in their personal development.
SCHS has a vibrant, purposeful and happy culture with a focus on supporting all pupils to achieve beyond their potential.
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