Peripatetic Teacher of Music Production
Location: Ampleforth College
Hours: Varied, subject to number of students
Closing Date: 4th September 2025, midday
Interviews: Week commencing 8th September
Starting Date: September 2025
Founded in 1802 and set in a beautiful Yorkshire valley, Ampleforth College is the world’s foremost Catholic boarding school, welcoming girls and boys of all faiths aged 11-18. Each student’s unique talents are recognised and nurtured within a welcoming community rooted in Benedictine values.
- self-knowledge
- self-acceptance
- self-gift
Music is at the heart of Ampleforth, above all in the Abbey Church, but also all around the campus and beyond. Over the years an ever-widening diversity of instrumental and choral music has developed and more recently that experience has been shared with children and adults beyond the valley. Music features strongly in the academic programme of both schools and the department has excellent facilities, including a dedicated computer suite and recording studio.
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Teacher of Music Production You will be expected to in partnership with the Director of Music and Head of Academic Music, seek ways of developing the role of contemporary music across the College. You will be joining a large and highly successful Music department with excellent facilities and would be required to teach face to face lessons in the purpose-built music school.
In return, we have a great benefits package to offer, which includes:
- Free meal during working hours
- Pension – Ampleforth College Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Death in Service Gratuity
- A generous Bounty scheme for referral of new staff
- Free car parking on site
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Staff Lodging (where available)
- A friendly and supportive working environment
If you wish to apply for this role, then please download and complete the attached application form and return it to employment@ampleforth.org.uk
Should you have any questions regarding this position or would like further information, please contact Director of Music, Edward Seymor at eos@ampleforth.org.uk
Closing date for applications is 12:00 noon, 4th September 2025
St Laurence Education Trust and Ampleforth College are committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people. They expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and will ensure that all recruitment and selection practices and procedures reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to checks by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) along with other relevant employment checks.
