Lead Teacher of Media Studies
The Thomas Lord Audley School, Colchester, Essex, CO2 8NJThis job expired on 12 May 2025
Earliest start date
1 July 2025
Latest start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
12 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Media studies
Working pattern
- Full time: 100% FTE
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650 - £49,084
Additional allowances
TLR 2C - £3,391
What skills and experience we're looking for
As a Teacher, your key responsibilities will include:
Teaching English across KS3 and KS4 with enthusiasm
Planning and delivering engaging lessons
Assessing and providing meaningful feedback
Providing care, guidance and support to our young people.
Working as a member of a successful and innovative team
The full details can be found in the attached Candidate Pack, Job Outline and Person Specification.
We're looking for you if you have:
A willingness to keep up to date with subject knowledge & pedagogy;
Excellent interpersonal skills with both adults and children;
The ability to organise and prioritise your own workload;
A positive, helpful and courteous manner when carrying out your professional duties.
What the school offers its staff
Why work for The Thomas Lord Audley School, Sigma Trust?
We can offer you:
Employment on Teachers Pay & Conditions
Friendly and value driven workplaces
A robust CPD training programme that enables you to flourish
Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
“PPA+” - this is an on-going trial where full-time teachers are able to complete their PPA at home for one afternoon per fortnight rather than remaining in school
Employee benefits include:
Excellent pension scheme
A Health Cash Plan
Free membership to Perkbox, offering discounts and savings
Employee Assistance Programme providing free and confidential advice
Cycle to Work scheme
Eye care plan
Annual free flu vaccination
Discounted gym membership at selected local gyms
Discounted cinema tickets
Eligible for Blue Light Card
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Thomas Lord Audley School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 894 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Thomas Lord Audley School website
- Email address
- recruitment@sigmatrust.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01255750913
Arranging a visit to The Thomas Lord Audley School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@sigmatrust.org.uk.
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