Head of Media
Hazelwick School, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1SX5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025 or January 2026
Closing date
9 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
3 July 2025
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
Subjects
- English, Media studies
Working pattern
- Full time: Full-time, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33,075 - £50,471 including Fringe Area Allowance
Additional allowances
TLR 2b, currently £5,632 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Media at Hazelwick is:
•a popular and flourishing department
•successful at both KS4 and KS5
•incorporated as part of the wider English team
For September 2025, 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
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 details about the role
HEAD OF MEDIA
TLR 2b (currently £5,632 per annum)
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.”
Recruitment incentives of up to £10,000 may be available for suitable candidates
Hazelwick is a high achieving and oversubscribed 11-18 mixed secondary school with 1500 students in Years 7 – 11 and 383 students in the 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. According to our recent outstanding Ofsted reports (2022 & 2023), Hazelwick is a school
•which is very successful, welcoming and ambitious
•which is kind and caring, with remarkably strong relationships between staff and pupils
•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 pupils behave impeccably
•where pupils 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 pupils ‘thrive’ and ‘flourish’
•where pupils 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’
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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 return your completed application form by 9am on Wednesday 9th July 2025.
You are encouraged to submit your application form, by email, as soon as possible, as there may be occasions where we will close a vacancy and interview once sufficient applications have been received.
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 are not accepted.
About Hazelwick School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1883 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hazelwick School website
- Email address
- recruitment@hazelwick.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01293584604
Hazelwick is a high achieving, oversubscribed and Ofsted 'Outstanding' 11-18 mixed secondary school in West Sussex. we are incredibly proud of our reputation, and of our students, who are fantastic ambassadors for our school.
Our purpose is to maximise the academic achievement and wellbeing of every student at Hazelwick and our staff are essential to that.
We are committed to developing our inclusive workplace, welcoming staff rom 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.
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 recruitment@hazelwick.org.uk.
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