Job Specifications
School: Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust
Location: Sunderland
Salary: Main Pay Scale 1-6 / Upper Pay Scale 1-3 (£32,916 - £51,048 per annum)
Hours: Full Time
Contractual Status: Permanent
Closing Date: 15th Feb 2026
Location: St Robert of Newminster Catholic School & Sixth Form College, Biddick Lane, Washington, NE38 8AF
Grade: Main Pay Scale 1-6 / Upper Pay Scale 1-3 (£32,916 – £51,048 per annum)
Hours: Full Time, Permanent
We have an exciting opportunity for a Teacher of Music to join St Robert of Newminster Catholic School & Sixth Form College from September 2026.
We wish to appoint a committed and highly effective teacher to teach Music across our key stages. You should be educated to degree level and hold qualified teacher status (QTS) as well as having experience of teaching Music to KS3, KS4 and possibly KS5. The successful candidate would also be expected to teach some lessons of Drama to KS3.
The successful applicant is expected to facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential as well as contribute to raising standards of student attainment.
We are proud to be part of the Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, a family of secondary, middle, primary and first schools in Durham, Gateshead, Northumberland and Sunderland. Bishop Wilkinson is the largest catholic education trust in the North East of England and will have a total of 48 schools. This is an exciting time to join our supportive, and growing team.
Applications from non-Catholics welcome.
For an application form and further details about this vacancy please visit our website http://bwcet.com/vacancies/ where applications can be completed online.
Closing Date: 15th February 2026
Interview Date: TBC
Interview Date: TBC
The Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and is subject to an enhanced DBS check. An online search will be completed for all shortlisted candidates.
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, formerly The Trinity Catholic Multi Academy Trust was set up on 1 February 2012. Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead was the first school in the trust.
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, is currently a family of 5 secondary schools and 21 primary schools from across Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham and Northumberland, in the west of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. The Trust is expanding rapidly and will reach a total of 48 schools by Summer 2022.
We feel very privileged to be able to work with our wonderful children and the amazingly gifted and dedicated staff and leaders across all of our schools. Our motivation and general philosophy are built on ever improving standards of discipline, nurture and care, teaching and learning and quality of leadership. Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust will be a partnership that affirms the dignity of the individual. The person is at the heart of Christ’s teaching: this is why the promotion of the human person is the goal of our Trust.
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