Head of Singing and Director of the Chapel Choir

To start in January 2025, we are seeking an exceptional Head of Singing who is able to develop and inspire our pupils, and who wishes to participate in and contribute to the life of the School as a whole.

The role
Oundle School is one of the country’s leading co-educational boarding and day schools, with 820 boarding and 320 day pupils. A further 250 day pupils attend Laxton Junior School.

Oundle School enjoys a strong reputation for academic excellence as the core of an all-round education and supported by outstanding pastoral care. It is renowned for the quality of its teaching of music, and for being one of the leading and largest departments in the country. Developments over recent years have sought among other things to support the love of learning in all pupils by developing the non-examined curriculum.

We are seeking to appoint a Head of Singing and Director of the Chapel Choir to start January 2025. The successful candidate will be an outstanding choir-trainer with experience of training voices to the highest standards. It is likely that they will have worked in a Cathedral or Collegiate environment. This post will suit a musician of the highest calibre who will relish the responsibility for overseeing singing throughout the school, creating new opportunities for all pupils wishing to sing, running three of the five choirs including the Chapel Choir which sings each Sunday in Chapel, leading musicals, and teaching an allocated number of pupils. They will demonstrate a positive working style with enthusiasm and commitment, leading their team by example. They will be responsible for ensuring that the education of pupils is upheld as a priority and that the highest possible standards in work and conduct are achieved throughout the department.

The Head of Instrument will advise the Director of Music on specialist issues and developments relating to the teaching of lessons in their department, including the suitability of music for concerts, conser