Teacher of Media
Birchwood High School, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5BD17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
7 January 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Media
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS Fringe
Teacher of Media job summary
About Birchwood High School
Birchwood High School is a welcoming and inclusive secondary school, offering eight forms of entry for students in Years 7 to 11, along with a thriving Sixth Form that provides a diverse range of A-Level and BTEC courses. With a strong all-ability ethos, we are committed to ensuring that every student is valued, supported, and challenged to reach their full potential. As a non-selective, co-educational school, we take pride in serving our local community and delivering a high-quality education that empowers young people for the future.
We are delighted to have been judged ‘Good’ in all areas by Ofsted (January 2025), reflecting our dedication to educational excellence.
Situated in Bishop’s Stortford, our school enjoys an attractive, open setting near the town centre and train station, with excellent transport links to London, Cambridge, and beyond.
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and highly motivated Teacher of Media with a genuine and infectious passion for the subject who will enthuse and engage the students they teach.
The Faculty is well led and the team are enthusiastic, committed and supportive. We are a highly successful team who offer a range of popular courses from Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 5. The English department has a close working relationship with the vibrant and growing media department. For more information about the English & Media Faculty including curriculum maps please visit the school website here. If you have any further questions about this post, please feel free to email the Head of Faculty, Mr J Stephens on jstephens@birchwoodhigh.org.uk
How to Apply
Please apply using the MyNewTerm staff application form (CV applications cannot be accepted).Please complete all sections of the application form fully, including your full work history with no unexplained gaps since leaving education. Please ensure that you include in your statement the reason for your interest in the role, what relevant skills and experience you how that will assist you in fulfilling the expectations of the role, your values and why you want to be part of the Birchwood Community.
The closing date for applications is 9am on Friday 25th April 2025. Interviews will be held on Friday 2nd May 2025.
Informal visits to the school are strongly encouraged and can be arranged by contacting the HR Manager at admin@birchwoodhigh.or.guk or 01279 655936.
Birchwood High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expects all staff , visitors and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS) as well as other pre-employment checks, including an online check, outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2024).
To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us.
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Birchwood High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1425 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Birchwood High School website
School location
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