Teacher of Media
Cedars Upper School, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 2AE8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026
Closing date
22 October 2025 at 10am
Date listed
14 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,000.00 - £46,525.00 Annually (Actual)
Teacher of Media job summary
Teacher of Media (MPS/UPS)
At Cedars, we have a strong reputation as a popular and high-performing school. Our achievements were further highlighted by the excellent set of results our students attained in both GCSE and A-Level examinations in summer 2022. Building on these successes, we are determined to reach new heights and aspire for an outstanding status. A large number of our sixth form students move onto Russell group Universities where they continue to flourish.
We are looking for an outstanding teacher of Media to join our highly experienced and successful Music/Media Department. We are looking for teachers who are positive, committed and ambitious who want to inspire and extend our students. You should be able to encourage learning which enables pupils to achieve the highest possible standards as well as share and support the corporate responsibility for the well-being, education and discipline of all pupils.
You will be joining a team passionate for their subject whose high expectations for our students’ enjoyment and progress drives their commitment to providing an engaging and inspirational curriculum in both Key Stages 4 and 5. The team is also dedicated to developing our students’ interest in media beyond the classroom with motivational curriculum-enriching opportunities.
We are fully committed to on-going continuous professional development and, along with excellent in-house CPD, can offer an extremely supportive and positive atmosphere to work in. Our students are hard-working, polite and eager to learn and deserve outstanding teachers, or teachers striving to be outstanding.
Our students all have the opportunity to opt into the Chromebook scheme which enables technology to be a central part of the learning process.
Full time Salary: MPS / UPS
Job start: January 2026
Location: Cedars Upper School
Contract term: Permanent
Hours: Full Time/Part Time
We offer good financial benefits and exceptional development opportunities:
A comprehensive induction programme and a supportive working environment
Exceptional CPD and development opportunities
We reserve the right to close the vacancy when sufficient number of applications have applied but the final closing date for applications is 9.00am on Wednesday 22ndth October 2025.
Interviews will be held shortly after the closing date.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in the school.
Visit our website: www.cedarsupper.org.uk
Follow us on Twitter: @Cedars_Upper
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Cedars Upper School
- School type
- Academy, ages 13 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1055 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 13 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Cedars Upper School website
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