Teacher of Media Studies
Canons High School, Edgware, HA8 6ANThis job expired on 4 June 2019 – see similar jobs
Job start date
2 September 2019
Closing date
4 June 2019 at 1am
Date listed
24 May 2019
Job details
Job role
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Working pattern
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £27,596 to £43,348
Teacher of Media Studies job summary
Working at Canons is a hugely rewarding experience. Warm relationships between students and staff, and within each of those communities, make it a place where people feel they are making a difference. Our commitment to research and professional learning means that colleagues routinely take on whole-school roles, achieve internal promotion and go on to even greater things when they, reluctantly, choose to leave.
We are a school that places huge stress on the belief that people want to get better and can get better. Professional autonomy and clear support systems, with recognition of success, are the norm. Workload and wellbeing are very much at the heart of our approach, and have been for many years. Self-motivated and self-evaluative individuals thrive within our community of learners. It is a place where you can discover or rediscover a love for teaching.
Close to the Jubilee Line and the M1, we are easily accessible from most areas in and around north London.
We are looking for a candidate who is ambitious for themselves and for others within our community. You should be confident in your subject knowledge and your abilities as a classroom practitioner, as well as being open to further development and progression that is research-informed and sustainable.
This is an ideal time to join the school. We are determined, more than ever, to show just how wonderful a community we are, meeting the challenges posed by our recent inspection report. There will be significant opportunities for the right candidate to make an impact and to achieve great things with us.
As well as being able to deliver effective Media lessons that ensure students make progress and achieve highly, we would particularly welcome candidates who have the ability to teach other subjects within our faculty of the Arts.
The Creative, Performance and Media Arts Faculty is comprised of Art, Drama, Media Studies, Photography and Dance, all of which are popular choices for students for both GCSE and A level. Students enjoy their time in the Creative Arts and we have high standards, both in our teaching and outcomes for students, and students achieve excellent results.
A big part of department is the extra-curricular programme. Each year we run a school musical which a large number of Creative Arts students are involved in. Previous musicals have included Little Shop of Horrors, Bugsy Malone and Fame. We also run Media, Drama, Art and Photography clubs and competitions.
Alongside the opportunities for students there are opportunities for teaching staff to develop their careers in an exciting and innovative department.
Exam Boards
• GCSE & A Level Drama – Edexcel
• GCSE Art & Photography – AQA
• GCSE & A Level Media – WJEC Eduqas
We look forward to welcoming new colleagues into the department to teach pupils across the full age and ability range present in the school, in order to ensure the highest possible standards of pupil achievement, personal development, and well-being, and with the ability to teach another subject in the Creative Arts Faculty (Music, Art, Photography or Drama) is desirable but not essential.
At the heart of a successful school is the provision of high quality teaching, the effective use of resources, improving standards of achievement for all students, and the promotion of students’ personal development and well-being. A subject teacher plays a key part in this provision by a commitment to the school’s ethos, by working effectively in subject and pastoral teams, and by delivering high standards of teaching and learning and personal care. In this way, s/he assists the school in reaching its targets and objectives.
JOB PURPOSE
To teach pupils across the full age and ability range present in the school in order to ensure the highest possible standards of pupil achievement, personal development, and well-being.
REPORTING
The post holder will report to the specified Head of Department and Head of Year.
WORKING TIME AND CONDITIONS
These will be as specified in the latest School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document
The post holder will continue to meet, maintain, and build upon, as appropriate:
• the National Standards for QTS as laid down by the Training and Development Agency, relating to:
a) Professional values and practice
b)Teaching
c) Knowledge and understanding
• the Induction Standards
• the Threshold Standards
(Please see www.tda.gov.uk)
ACCOUNTABILITIES
• To promote and be committed to the school’s aims and objectives
• To maintain and contribute to the development of school policies
• To promote and be committed to securing high expectations for learning and the
raising of achievement
• Within school and subject policies, to:
- Effectively teach National and School Curricula
- Set appropriate homework
- Mark work, assess, record, track and report student progress
- Provide a stimulating learning environment
- Have due regard for maintaining health and safety and security in the areas s/he uses
- Contribute to department and school enrichment programmes
• To be a member of a pastoral team and, if required, a form tutor carrying out the associated responsibilities
• To assist with the effective operation of subject and year teams by, individually and with others:
- Developing schemes of work, resources, teaching and learning strategies
- Contributing to team review, monitoring and evaluation, and the development of working practices
- Participating in working groups, ad hoc projects
- Taking part in other professional development activities
Other Specific Duties
• To undertake any other duty as specified by the STPCD not mentioned in the above
• To comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in the job description
More information and an application form can be found in our website. Application forms should be returned to Ms Jackie Brennan, PA to the Headteacher or sent to recruitment@canons.harrow.sch.uk
School and website addresses can be found at the bottom of this page.
Commitment to safeguarding
Canons High School is fully committed to meeting its responsibility to protect and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in its care. We recognise the important part we have to play in identifying children and young people at risk of abuse and neglect and in securing appropriate support for them and their families.
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined in the Department for Education’s (DfE) statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ (KCSE).
About Canons High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1302 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Canons High School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@canons.harrow.sch.uk
Canons High School is a vibrant and dynamic multicultural school community in Edgware, NW London. Our school is renowned for being one in which people matter. Relationships are strong, opportunities for progression are many and the personal and professional development of adults and children is at the heart of what we do. Our most recent Ofsted inspection in January 2023 judged us to be good in all areas, noting that students “feel valued”, that our “curriculum is ambitious”, that staff “workload is reasonable” and senior leaders “are approachable and care”.
At Canons, we pride ourselves on the training and development of all our staff so that students are taught effectively and supported within and beyond the classroom to the highest levels. School leaders at all levels are well-equipped to use their professional judgment and a wide range of information to challenge and engage all students to achieve success, identify underachievement, act upon it and help students get back on track. We offer a well-balanced three year KS3 programme that enables students to enjoy success in their GCSE exams, which begin in Year 10.
Within the Math Faculty we teach all year groups in classes shaped by an element of setting, although there is some range of prior attainment within each group. Students are currently set, from KS3 onwards based on KS2 results, CATs scores and internal assessments. Student progress is monitored regularly through a variety of assessment. Students requiring additional support are identified from as early as year 7 and the correct level of intervention is put in place for individuals and small groups.
Pupils study a challenging syllabus and develop their independent learning skills. We encourage pupils to challenge themselves and become good problem solvers from when they first arrive in preparation for GCSE and eventually A-level study. At GCSE and A-level, the department currently prepares pupils for the Edexcel syllabus. A-level mathematics has always been a very popular option with two full classes in each of the Sixth Form year groups.
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