Media Studies Teacher
| Posting date: | 14 November 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 December 2025 |
| Location: | Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 4QD |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 0b3ab06d-83e4-4033-8c5d-c66ab31f14e9 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking an outstanding classroom teacher to join this successful subject area. The post would suit an ECT or a more experienced colleague. Suitability to teach English would be welcomed.
We are looking for a colleague with an English degree or Media related degree who loves working in a team and has experience of delivering creative, inspiring lessons and engaging students of all levels of ability.
Highcliffe is a thriving over-subscribed 11 to 18 Academy which seeks committed and motivated teachers to support this important curriculum area in the school.
The successful candidate would be willing to positively contribute to the life and energy of our school community.
The school offers outstanding induction, training and career development opportunities through HISP Learning Partnership.
What the school offers its staff
The department is led by a Subject Leader and is composed of fifteen members of teaching staff. The English Department is mainly situated in a suite of rooms in the front of the main school building. All classrooms are equipped with data projectors, a visualiser, and every teacher is provided with a laptop connected to the School Network and the Internet. The Libraryis situated on the English corridor, managed by a full time Librarian and consisting of a lending library of some 10,000 books, computers and other resources for students and staff to use. The Library is a popular place and busy with activities and readers most of the day.
Media Studies is well established subject at A Level at Highcliffe, having been taught for over twenty years as part of the English faculty. GCSE Media Studies was introduced in 2023as an option subject and has proved popular with two classes in two of the three cohorts that have undertaken the subject. At A Level, students have nine lessons of Media Studies across the fortnightly timetable. The class is shared between two of the three media specialists in the department. At GCSE, students have five lesson across the fortnightly timetable. Both follow the Eduqas exam board and are well resourced.
The subject benefits from a specialist media suite with twenty new computers in a specially designed space. The classroom also has an interactive whiteboard and a visualiser as standard. Every teacher is provided with a laptop connected to the school network and the internet.
The English Key Stage 3 curriculum is in the process of being redeveloped with a series of Media and Film lessons in each termly Sequence of Learning. This is to provide students with both the understanding of the subject and also some of the skills that benefit both Media Studies and English at GCSE.
In the 2023 Ofsted inspection, the English Department received a very positive report, described as having a curriculum design that enables pupils to “know more, remember more, and can do more over time.” The Faculty is extremely well managed, a close team of individuals, aspirational and very professional. Staff at all career stages working in it speak extremely highly of their experience. English Language GCSE is one of the highest performing subjects, with outcomes consistently well above national average and positive value-added scores. The A Level suite of subjects linked to English are popular choices and every year we successfully recruit an A Level group in Literature, Lit/Lang, Media Studies and Film Studies.
Ofsted Report
In the 2023 Ofsted inspection, the English Department received a very positive report, described as having a curriculum design that enables pupils to “know more, remember more, and can do more over time.” The Faculty is extremely well managed, a close team of individuals, aspirational and very professional. Staff at all career stages working in it speak extremely highly of their experience. English Language GCSE is one of the highest performing subjects, with outcomes consistently well above national average and positive value-added scores. The A Level suite of subjects linked to English are popular choices and every year we successfully recruit an A Level group in Literature, Lit/Lang, Media Studies and Film Studies.
Commitment to safeguarding
HISP MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in the commitment. This appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check, social media check and positive references.
We are seeking an outstanding classroom teacher to join this successful subject area. The post would suit an ECT or a more experienced colleague. Suitability to teach English would be welcomed.
We are looking for a colleague with an English degree or Media related degree who loves working in a team and has experience of delivering creative, inspiring lessons and engaging students of all levels of ability.
Highcliffe is a thriving over-subscribed 11 to 18 Academy which seeks committed and motivated teachers to support this important curriculum area in the school.
The successful candidate would be willing to positively contribute to the life and energy of our school community.
The school offers outstanding induction, training and career development opportunities through HISP Learning Partnership.
What the school offers its staff
The department is led by a Subject Leader and is composed of fifteen members of teaching staff. The English Department is mainly situated in a suite of rooms in the front of the main school building. All classrooms are equipped with data projectors, a visualiser, and every teacher is provided with a laptop connected to the School Network and the Internet. The Libraryis situated on the English corridor, managed by a full time Librarian and consisting of a lending library of some 10,000 books, computers and other resources for students and staff to use. The Library is a popular place and busy with activities and readers most of the day.
Media Studies is well established subject at A Level at Highcliffe, having been taught for over twenty years as part of the English faculty. GCSE Media Studies was introduced in 2023as an option subject and has proved popular with two classes in two of the three cohorts that have undertaken the subject. At A Level, students have nine lessons of Media Studies across the fortnightly timetable. The class is shared between two of the three media specialists in the department. At GCSE, students have five lesson across the fortnightly timetable. Both follow the Eduqas exam board and are well resourced.
The subject benefits from a specialist media suite with twenty new computers in a specially designed space. The classroom also has an interactive whiteboard and a visualiser as standard. Every teacher is provided with a laptop connected to the school network and the internet.
The English Key Stage 3 curriculum is in the process of being redeveloped with a series of Media and Film lessons in each termly Sequence of Learning. This is to provide students with both the understanding of the subject and also some of the skills that benefit both Media Studies and English at GCSE.
In the 2023 Ofsted inspection, the English Department received a very positive report, described as having a curriculum design that enables pupils to “know more, remember more, and can do more over time.” The Faculty is extremely well managed, a close team of individuals, aspirational and very professional. Staff at all career stages working in it speak extremely highly of their experience. English Language GCSE is one of the highest performing subjects, with outcomes consistently well above national average and positive value-added scores. The A Level suite of subjects linked to English are popular choices and every year we successfully recruit an A Level group in Literature, Lit/Lang, Media Studies and Film Studies.
Ofsted Report
In the 2023 Ofsted inspection, the English Department received a very positive report, described as having a curriculum design that enables pupils to “know more, remember more, and can do more over time.” The Faculty is extremely well managed, a close team of individuals, aspirational and very professional. Staff at all career stages working in it speak extremely highly of their experience. English Language GCSE is one of the highest performing subjects, with outcomes consistently well above national average and positive value-added scores. The A Level suite of subjects linked to English are popular choices and every year we successfully recruit an A Level group in Literature, Lit/Lang, Media Studies and Film Studies.
Commitment to safeguarding
HISP MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in the commitment. This appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check, social media check and positive references.