Graduate Music Assistant
For September 2025 until July 2026
(Currently) £20,801 per annum over a period of 11 months
Wells Cathedral School is looking to appoint one Graduate Music Assistant to complement the already appointed team for September 2025. We welcome all applications, but are particularly interested in candidates with strong instrumental (ideally strings or keyboard) skills.
Graduate Music Assistants are advanced performers who provide advice and coaching for our exceptional young musicians. To a certain degree, each role can be tailored to individual skills and future aspirations. The ability to assist with other musical disciplines, including piano accompaniment, theory, aural and accompaniment, is also an asset. Applicants should be prepared to work flexible hours, approximately 44 hours per week, term time plus 1 additional weeks (34 weeks per annum).
Applications should include a short video (maximum 5 minutes) of a performance on their first instrument; this can be with or without accompaniment.
Accommodation is available where this is the case, a charge (currently £425 per month) is made and this is deducted from the monthly salary.
It may be possible to combine the post with a residential post within a boarding house and this can be discussed further at the interview.
Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and Wells Cathedral School reserves the rights to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made. Applicants are therefore encouraged to apply early.
Closing date: Wednesday 14 May 2025, at 12 noon
A date for the interviews is to be scheduled
Application Pack
Application Form
Wells Cathedral 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 obtaining an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services certificate. In addition, as part of the shortlisting process, we will carry out an online search as part of the School’s due diligence.
All positions within the School are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All applicants must therefore declare all previous convictions and cautions, including those which would normally be considered “spent” except those received for an offence committed in the United Kingdom if it has been filtered in accordance with the DBS filtering rules.
(Currently) £20,801 per annum over a period of 11 months
Wells Cathedral School is looking to appoint one Graduate Music Assistant to complement the already appointed team for September 2025. We welcome all applications, but are particularly interested in candidates with strong instrumental (ideally strings or keyboard) skills.
Graduate Music Assistants are advanced performers who provide advice and coaching for our exceptional young musicians. To a certain degree, each role can be tailored to individual skills and future aspirations. The ability to assist with other musical disciplines, including piano accompaniment, theory, aural and accompaniment, is also an asset. Applicants should be prepared to work flexible hours, approximately 44 hours per week, term time plus 1 additional weeks (34 weeks per annum).
Applications should include a short video (maximum 5 minutes) of a performance on their first instrument; this can be with or without accompaniment.
Accommodation is available where this is the case, a charge (currently £425 per month) is made and this is deducted from the monthly salary.
It may be possible to combine the post with a residential post within a boarding house and this can be discussed further at the interview.
Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and Wells Cathedral School reserves the rights to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made. Applicants are therefore encouraged to apply early.
Closing date: Wednesday 14 May 2025, at 12 noon
A date for the interviews is to be scheduled
Application Pack
Application Form
Wells Cathedral 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 obtaining an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services certificate. In addition, as part of the shortlisting process, we will carry out an online search as part of the School’s due diligence.
All positions within the School are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All applicants must therefore declare all previous convictions and cautions, including those which would normally be considered “spent” except those received for an offence committed in the United Kingdom if it has been filtered in accordance with the DBS filtering rules.
