13 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    Easter 2026 or September 2026

  • Closing date

    28 January 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    15 January 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Head of department or curriculum

Visa sponsorship

Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subject

Media studies

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£34,398 - £52,490 including Fringe Area Allowance

Additional allowances

TLR 2b, currently £5,858 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

For Easter 2026 or September 2026, we are looking for:

  • an experienced and exceptional teacher, with the vision and drive to lead our talented and enthusiastic department
  • an outstanding and innovative individual who is passionate about teaching and learning and is committed to excellence and high student achievement
  • a skilled practitioner with the ability to teach across all key stages, enabling students of all abilities to reach their maximum potential
  • a teacher with a passion for working with young people and a perseverance to make a difference to them and their future
  • a teacher with a focus on their own professional development and a drive to work with us to become the best teacher they can be

Media at Hazelwick is:

  • a popular and flourishing department
  • successful at both KS4 and KS5
  • incorporated as part of the wider English team

Visits to the school are welcome. Please email recruitment@hazelwick.org.uk to arrange a tour of the school or for further information about the post.

For further details about this post and to apply, please go to our school website: www.hazelwick.org

Please submit your completed application by 9am on Wednesday 28th January 2026. If you are unable to access the online form, please contact recruitment@hazelwick.org.uk.

What the school offers its staff

We offer a range of benefits to all our staff including:

• an excellent CPD programme

• Microsoft Surface for all teaching staff

• free onsite gym for staff

• free yoga classes and circuit training

• employee benefits package, including discounts at high street shops and supermarkets

• employee assistance programme

• cycle to work scheme

• on site car parking


Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Join Hazelwick – a popular, highly-successful and happy community where our students enjoy learning and teachers enjoy teaching, where Ofsted judged us to be outstanding in all areas (October 2023).

Our shared vision is “for each and every student to achieve their maximum potential.”

Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ October 2023

Hazelwick is a high achieving and oversubscribed 11-18 mixed secondary school with over 1900 students aged 11 to 18, including over 380 students in our 6th form.

As one of the highest performing schools in West Sussex, with a Progress 8 score of +0.30, (2024) we have an unwavering focus on enabling our students to achieve their maximum potential.

Hazelwick is an outstanding school. A summary of the key points from our 2022 and 2023 Ofsted reports highlight that Hazelwick is a school

•which is very successful, welcoming and ambitious

•which is kind and caring, with remarkably strong relationships between staff and students

•where you can see and feel the shared values of respect and responsibility in and out of lessons

•where there is a remarkable sense of community

•where staff have extremely high expectations

•where students behave impeccably

•where students from diverse backgrounds work extremely well together to achieve very high standards

•with confident learners who focus especially hard in lessons and use lesson time extremely well

•where students thrive and flourish

•where students achieve exceptionally well in national examinations

•which is a safe and inspiring place to learn

•where the school motto ‘effort achieves’ pervades all aspects of school life

•where staff at all levels speak very highly of the support and professional development they receive

•where staff love working


Commitment to safeguarding

Hazelwick School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and communicates a clear framework to employees. Safeguarding is a key aspect of every role and all staff must have read and be fully aware of the Child Protection Policy. All posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Hazelwick School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1890 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
School website
Hazelwick School website
Email address
neden@hazelwick.org.uk
Phone number
01293 584604
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Hazelwick is a high achieving, oversubscribed and Ofsted 'Outstanding' 11-18 mixed secondary school with over 1900 students, including 380 students in the Sixth Form. It is a positive and rewarding school, with great students that achieve wonderful outcomes across the board. We are incredibly proud of our reputation, and of our students, who are fantastic ambassadors for our school.

We are committed to developing our inclusive workplace, welcoming staff from all backgrounds and cultures, investing in training and development, and providing a work environment to promote employee well-being and feeling of community spirit – our low staff turnover rate pays tribute to this.

Our purpose is to ensure that every student achieves their maximum potential, both as learners and as people, and our staff are essential to that success.

Hazelwick is in the excellent commuter location of Crawley West Sussex, close to Gatwick Airport with great access and transport links via the M23 and Three Bridges railway station to London, East Croydon, Brighton and the South Coast. Many of our staff travel to Crawley from Brighton - we are the first school on the train line from Brighton to attract the Fringe Area allowance.

Arranging a visit to Hazelwick School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email neden@hazelwick.org.uk.

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