Teacher of Film Studies
Birkenhead Sixth Form College
Wirral
- £25,570 - £41,732 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 23/08/21
- Apply by:
- 12 May 2021
Job overview
This is a fantastic opportunity to teach both A-level and GCSE Film Studies at a highly regarded Sixth Form College. We seek to appoint an experienced and outstanding Film Studies teacher who has a strong track record in terms of student outcomes. The successful candidate will be an excellent classroom practitioner and use the science of cognition and learning to inform their teaching.
Courses in Film and Media are popular at the college and the department follow the Eduqas specifications. The college also offers a foundation pathway for students to progress onto Level 3 study programmes where students study both GCSE Film Studies and GCSE Media Studies in one year. This is a rewarding course to deliver and enables students to make rapid progress so that the majority progress onto Level 3 study in a year.
The college is an approved T-Level provider for September 2022 and this role will give the department capacity to explore the delivery of Media Broadcast and Production pathway.
We are looking to appoint someone who will become an integral part of the team and who will contribute to the high quality educational experience of learners. Within the department there is a real team ethos of supporting each other and regular opportunities for collaboration.
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About Birkenhead Sixth Form College
- Birkenhead Sixth Form College
- Park Road West, Claughton, Wirral
- Merseyside
- CH43 8SQ
- United Kingdom
Birkenhead Sixth Form College is an award-winning specialist in 16-18 education based in Wirral, Merseyside.
The only dedicated provider of A Level and BTEC education in the area, record-breaking results in 2023 cemented the College’s place as a national leader in the sector and the most successful sixth form in the region.
The College takes students from over 60 different high schools each year, including those from the wealth of local grammar schools, and that cohort of students perform considerably better at the College than their grammar alternative.
Students’ success at Birkenhead Sixth Form College is underpinned by the College’s belief in social mobility and the core values of Positivity, Ambition, Resilience and Thoughtfulness, ensuring that every individual student is given the chance to fulfil their potential.
The College looks for the same core values in its staff, who are committed to excellence and valued as individuals in the same way as the students. Rather than being concerned solely on outcomes, the College focuses on purposeful hard work and the culmination of meaningful interactions on a day-to-day basis ensures that results look after themselves.
Unique and ambitious extra-curricular programmes devised by staff put the College at the forefront of educational innovation and help students to complete their A Levels as successful and exceptionally well-rounded young people.
If you are ambitious and determined to make a meaningful difference in one of the country’s leading sixth form colleges then we would be thrilled to have you join our team.
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