Music Teacher

  • Ambitious About Autism
  • Jan 14, 2026
Full time Education

Job Description

TreeHouse School is an Ofsted Outstanding SEN School for children and young adults aged 3-19 with a primary diagnosis of autism (most of whom have additional learning, social, emotional, communication, health and care needs).

Our Ambitious approach ensures that, through our curriculum and delivery, we focus on delivering quality of life outcomes for our children and young people.

  • Job Title: Music Teacher
  • Hours: Part time 3 full days per week (ideally Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) but can be flexible
  • Location: N10 3JA
  • Start date: After Easter half term 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate, Music Teacher to join us on our ambitious journey.

We welcome those with or without QTS to apply.

About the role:

  • To deliver high quality teaching, learning and emotional regulation support to autistic children and young people using the principles of Ambitious Approach.
  • Effectively plan, resource and teach Expressive Arts lessons (including dance and drama), with a particular focus on Music, to class groups, small groups and 1:1 intervention sessions, as directed by the Expressive Arts Lead.
  • Provide excellent delivery, teaching and course leadership to learners across TreeHouse School.
  • Safeguard and promote the welfare of the children and young people we support.
  • Take responsibility for preparing all the resources required in advance of each session.
  • Work with pupils to ensure they receive a service that delivers the outcomes specified in their individualised learning, person-centred plans.
  • Work collaboratively with the Expressive Arts Lead to organise and coordinate arts trips, workshops, performances and celebration events as required.

Why join us?

  • Term time only role
  • Free healthy breakfast available every day
  • Working with Autism/learning disability industry experts across our school and our charity
  • Autonomy in your role You have the freedom to be creativity and get to see first hand our learners progress and achieve their goals and aspirations (as well as your ideas coming to life in the classroom).
  • Mental health and wellbeing are at the core of everything we do; The SLT practise compassionate leadership .
  • Continued professional development and training including a wide range of in house and external training courses.
  • Annual staff recognition awards.
  • Eye test vouchers, season ticket loans and a cycle to work scheme (plus a bike shed outside the school).
  • Employee Assistance Programme: to help you balance your work, family, and personal life.
  • Access to physiotherapy.
  • On-site parking is available

Our learners are mostly pre-verbal or use assistive communication systems to make their needs understood and follow different pathways depending on their needs and strengths, these are pre, semi and formal and you can read more on our website.

(Please refer to our JD and FAQ document attached to our website for more details).

Closing date: Thursday 29th of January 2026

Shortlisting date: Friday 30th of January 2026

Interviews date: Thursday 5th and Friday 6th of January 2026

Assessment: You will be asked to attend a formal interview (45 minutes - 1 hour) and you will conduct a Micro Teach (20-30 minutes) with a group of pupils.

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity andwe warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion

or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification. Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.