Required for: September 2026

Location: Dean’s Yard, Westminster

Contract: Part-time, Permanent Position (term time only)

Hours of work: The post holder is employed for eight hours per week, term time only. The nature of the work will require the post holder to work up to four of the eight hours per week on Thursday afternoons. The remaining hours will be within the school day and can be flexible to suit the candidate.

Salary: The salary for this role is £6,888.63 per annum (actual).

Benefits include:

• Generous School pension scheme
• Free access to the School’s leisure facilities, including a fitness gym (restricted hours).
• Cycle to Work Scheme and season ticket loans following completion of our standard probation period
• Private medical insurance (opt in)

Free school meals are also available when on-site during working hours for the role.

The closing date for this role is midday on Monday 29th June 2026. Interviews will take place shortly after the closing date.  
 

Job Description

We are seeking an inspirational musician and communicator to allow our school community to thrive within meaningful and sustained partnerships. The role will promote relationships within the music education sector, in our local area and further afield, for the benefit of all.

The Music Partnerships Coordinator will work with the Director of Music to refine and further develop our strategy for music partnerships. This role was created to reflect the value and importance that the School places on partnerships, establishing new music partnerships and strengthening existing ones at both local and national levels for the benefit of all participants.

Westminster pupils presently take part in a civic engagement programme on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, part of which includes making music within a variety of local organisations and schools.

The Music Department has developed links with both the Pimlico Musical Foundation - a local charity that runs singing programmes and choirs within local primary schools - and a number of state schools within the City of Westminster. In recent years, staff and pupils from across these schools have combined for specific performance projects.

The Music Teachers’ Association (MTA) formed a partnership with HMC, and part of the remit for this was to encourage all schools to continue to forge better links with other institutions and organisations within their local areas, including the lead partner of their respective music hubs.

The City of Westminster is serviced by the Tri-borough Music Hub (TBMH), which delivers and supports music education across the three London boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Westminster. The post holder will help to maintain our link with TBMH.

Through stronger partnership, we seek to contribute to a stronger support network for music educators in the area which, in turn, will allow for more collaborative opportunities for pupils at both Westminster and in other schools.

The Music Partnerships Coordinator will work closely alongside the Director of Music, to advocate for music education in schools. They will develop sustained and meaningful partnerships for the benefit of both young people and music education professionals.

Responsibilities would be, but not limited to the following:

• Develop opportunities for Westminster pu­pils to work / perform side-by-side with other young people.
• Develop a series of workshops in which Westminster pupils can work or perform with / coach pupils in local primary schools.
• Develop a student mentor scheme including training for student mentors.
• Develop a series of primary school assemblies involving secondary school pupils.
• Assist in design and delivery of large-scale collaborative performances involving large numbers of pupils across different schools.
• Liaise with institutions and organisations within the local area including the Tri-borough Music Hub and its partner organisations.
• Assist with the organisation of a series of taster events, for various different age groups, to encourage greater exposure to different instruments, styles, and genres.
• Strengthen links with professional musicians and other contacts within the music industry to expose pupils from both Westminster and other local institutions to professional role models.
• Assist with the administration and evaluation of partnership projects.
• Coordinate the logistics for the Partner Schools at our collaborative concert at an external venue (and the preceding rehearsals here at Westminster) in March each year. 

Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation.

Safeguarding and Child Protection
Westminster School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Working at Westminster

Westminster School is a busy, purposeful and vibrant place to be and an excellent workplace. The community is made up of around 750 pupils, 120 teaching staff and 108 support staff.

Our staff are friendly and welcoming, and all newcomers quickly become part of the rhythm of life here.

There is a real sense of community here as, being a boarding school many members of staff and pupils live on site and the School’s premises are very much treated as a home away from home. School life starts before breakfast and continues way beyond the working day; as a result, there is always a lively atmosphere in and around School and always someone to share a tea and biscuit with in the Common Room. Support staff as much as teaching staff are encouraged to embrace the School’s day-to-day activities, whether that be attending an evening concert or a morning service in the Abbey.

At Westminster we will always select the best candidate for every position. We do know, however, that we can only truly choose the best person on every occasion if a broad and diverse pool of candidates see the job advertised and are encouraged to apply.

As such, we continue to work on how our job roles are encountered, and particularly welcome applications from groups who have traditionally been underrepresented here.

Westminster School is for everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic. We hope you are encouraged to apply.

The School

Westminster School is an independent day and boarding school for boys aged 13-18 and girls aged 16-18, with a long history, a distinctive ethos, and a unique sense of place in the very heart of London. Pupils achieve exceptional examination results and entrance to some of the top universities in the world. It is a busy, passionate and purposeful place where independent and deep thinking is enjoyed, encouraged and respected by all, and where holistic excellence is nurtured and valued.

While the School is one of the foremost centres of academic excellence in the country, its commitment to academic life does not make it a hothouse for passing examinations. Pupils’ success at examinations and entry to leading universities is instead a result of their enjoyment of academic enquiry, debate and search for explanation, well beyond published syllabuses. Pupils are intellectually, socially, ethically and politically engaged and our aim is to ensure that their enthusiasm for learning is developed further, allowing them to take full advantage of the opportunities presented to them in the future. At Westminster, pupils have the freedom to lead on projects outside of the classroom and embrace a whole range of extra-curricular activities and interests. A host of pupil-led societies take place every week at the School, often with expert guest speakers, and pupils can choose to study an additional language, play an instrument or two, volunteer in local primary schools, row along the Thames, take part in plays and musicals, and much more. 

The School’s ethos resides in the enduring values of the liberal tradition reflected in the 1560 Charter of Westminster’s Elizabethan foundation, where it is stated that: ‘the youth which is growing to manhood, as tender shoots in the wood of our state, shall be liberally instructed in good books to the greater honour of the state’. Whilst academic and cultural attainments are highly prized at Westminster, the School is fully committed also to each pupil’s spiritual, moral, emotional and physical development and wellbeing – with a particular emphasis on drawing out individual talent wherever it lies – and to prepare young people for fulfilled private and public lives.

From September 2028, the School will welcome both girls and boys at 13+ entry, offering a Westminster education to all. By 2026, Westminster Under School will have opened its brand new pre-prep for girls and boys at 4+ and girls will have joined boys in Years 3 and 7, at the 7+ and 11+ entry points. By 2030, all year groups at Westminster School and Westminster Under School, from ages four to 18, will be fully co-educational, reflecting the School’s dedication to inclusivity and excellence.

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