Teacher in Charge of Media Studies
Oxford Spires Academy, Oxford, OX4 2AUThis job expired on 31 October 2022
Job start date
1 January 2023
Closing date
31 October 2022 at 5pm
Date listed
29 September 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Media studies
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Full time Full Time is the preferred option; however, part time applications will be considered from suitably experienced candidates. Part time Full Time is the preferred option; however, part time applications will be considered from suitably experienced candidates.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- TMS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR2c £2873
Teacher in Charge of Media Studies job summary
Job title: Teacher in Charge of Media Studies
Location: Oxford Spires Academy
Salary range: MPS/UPS + TLR 2c £2873
Start date: 1st January 2023
Closing date for applications: The closing date for receipt of applications is
noon on 13th Oct 2022.
Please note that we reserve the right to close the recruitment
campaign earlier that this date subject to the volume of applications
received. We therefore encourage
candidates to submit applications as early as possible.
Interview date: 18th Oct 2022
Do you believe passionately that Media Studies should
be at the heart of an outstanding education?
We are looking for a dynamic teacher of media who is
a strong practitioner and has a passion for inspiring students and the ability
to support and lead their peers. This is the perfect opportunity to work within
a supportive faculty to help to further develop our exceptional provision
within the academy. The ability to teach drama would be advantageous, since
media falls within the Performing Arts Faculty.
We are a highly sought after and well-established
comprehensive in East Oxford with over 1350 students including 6th Form. A
strength of Oxford Spires is the warm, welcoming culture for students and staff
alike and a huge sense of community.
Performing Arts is a highly respected and
pedagogically focused faculty. With media playing an important role in our
richly diverse school community that contributes positively to the experience
of our students. As the Teacher in
Charge of Media you will oversee, support, mentor and drive forward our
exceptional team, you will play a key role in further shaping and developing
what is already an area of strength within the school.
What we are looking for:
- A creative and energetic teacher of media who is
seeking to share their experience and skills to further improve the faculty. - A passionate and dynamic teacher who will inspire
innovation and creativity within our students. - Applicants who have a commitment to creating an
inclusive classroom where all students make excellent progress and experience
success. - A media specialist, who is also able to teach
drama.
We are committed to nurturing staff development. In
return, we offer you a friendly and supportive environment and the chance to
make a genuine difference to the amazing young people that make up our Academy.
We are proud to be a part of the Anthem Trust which enables us to collaborate
to further benefit our students.
We
are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young
people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment.
The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person
specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which
will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the
Children’s Barred List check and satisfactory references.
It
is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with
children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a
‘regulated activity’. The position advertised is a ‘regulated activity’.
Contact details:
For more information about the role, please
contact Vanessa Bowman, Head of Performing Arts.
VBowman@spires.anthemtrust.uk
Further information about the job
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.
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About Oxford Spires Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1306 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Oxford Spires Academy website
- Email address
- hr@spires.anthemtrust.uk
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