Head of Media
Grey Court School
Richmond, Surrey
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Mainscale + TLR 1.2
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 19 March 2018
Job overview
HEAD OF MEDIA STUDIES - TLR 2.1
FT September 2018 Start
Grey Court is a successful and oversubscribed academy serving a diverse community in an outstanding environment, situated in the London Borough of Richmond and in very close proximity to the beautiful River Thames.
Graded again in January 2018 by Ofsted as “outstanding” the school opened its sixth form in September 2014 and our first cohort of Year 13 students achieved exceptional results. In 2016 we became part of the Every Child, Every Day Multi Academy Trust and consequently, have further developed an extremely strong working relationship with The Hollyfield School. We are very excited about the future and the opportunities the MAT will bring for staff and students alike.
We are seeking to appoint a qualified and innovative Head of Media who will inspire our young people, promote a personal passion for Media and Photography, ensuring that all students excel in this subject area.
You should be:
· A Media teacher with a track record of consistently good or outstanding teaching at key stages 4 and 5.
· Have experience in raising standards for all students in Media or another subject, ideally photography.
· An enthusiastic and driven person seeking to establish themselves at Middle Leadership level.
The right candidate will:
· Lead progress at Key Stage 4, ensuring that all students excel.
· Develop the use of creative media technologies amongst staff and students
· Contribute to the sixth form’s wider enrichment programme and school media productions.
· Ensure a broad and balanced curriculum that meets the needs of all our students.
· Lead the development and embedding of the BTEC practices across the curriculum
· Develop, enhance and support work experience and higher education
· Demonstrate the potential to be, an exceptional classroom practitioner
· have a clear passion for their area; supported by sound subject knowledge
· Want the very best for all young people irrespective of background or challenge
· Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of media across the curriculum
In the recent January 2018 OFSTED inspection, the school received its second ‘outstanding’ grading. At this point the sixth form was rated “outstanding” by OFSTED who noted that, “Students love the sixth form…one student commented, ‘the opportunities we get are excellent’…‘literally anything that happens, they [staff] are there’. In addition, the sixth form recorded the highest progress score (0.34) of all post-16 providers in the Borough of Richmond in 2017. Within this context the media studies department at KS5 has been rated in the top 17% of providers over the last three years.
The media facility is housed in its own purpose built classroom with a suite of macs. In addition, sound editing facilities are available in a separate music technology studio and there is a dark room for photographic processing. Considerable money has been invested in state-of-the art media resources so that students’ practical work is of the highest quality.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All offers of employment will be subject to the successful candidate undertaking an enhanced DBS check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Closing date: Thursday 15th March 2018 - midday
Interview date: w/b 19th March 2018
For more information about Grey Court School and to request a Job Description, Person Specification and Application Form, please contact hr@greycourt.org.uk or on 020 8948 1173. For an informal discussion please contact Mr Richard Clements (Head of Sixth Form) via email at rclements@greycourt.org.uk
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About Grey Court School
Grey Court is a popular, thriving and well established oversubscribed secondary school, situated in Ham, Richmond having 1,590 students on record.
Grey Court School is a mixed secondary school serving pupils between the ages of 11-18. Furthermore our Grey Court sixth form provides an outstanding post 16 education which includes A levels and vocational qualifications at BTEC level 3. Our results are consistently amongst the best in state schools in London. Each year we help students secure places at the top universities in the UK, including Oxbridge and other Russell Group universities. We consistently outperform local and national schools in terms of our results, with over 80% of students achieving A* to B grades in 2022.
Situated on 22 acres of tree lined grounds, our first class sports facilities include immaculately maintained football and rugby pitches, two sports halls and access to Ham tennis club with its own clubhouse.
Grey Court School was established in 1956 and converted to academy status in 2012. This London secondary school has been rated as outstanding in all areas in March 2013, then in January 2018 and now once again in February 2024.
Headteacher
Mr. Christopher Rhodes
Values and vision
Grey Court School’s main vision is to support and nurture students so that they have the confidence to achieve to a high level regardless of the challenges they may face. The Ham secondary school wants to work in a solid partnership, where staff and parents unite to ensure that students are supported both at school and at home, and are taught the values of honesty, self-reliance and responsibility. It is important to Grey Court School that students are presented with a varied curriculum and it provides facilities to appeal to all. Grey Court School holds a specialist status in Science, Maths and Computing, along with a Sports England accreditation, Healthy Schools status and Artsmark Gold.
Ofsted
Following our latest Ofsted inspection in February 2024 Ofsted concluded that Grey Court “is a school where all pupils flourish and are kept happy and safe”, and that "all pupils experience a high quality of education". This built on the platform of excellence established when our school was judged as outstanding in all categories initially in January 2018 and then again in March 2013.
View Grey Court School’s latest Ofsted report
Teacher Training
Grey Court provides a comprehensive professional development programme for trainee, early career and established teachers. This is further enhanced through our membership of the Wandle teaching school hub; an alliance of schools in the London boroughs of Kingston, Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth, formed to provide ongoing development for teachers at every stage of their career.
Early career teachers
We work closely with the Institute of Education and the Wandle Teaching School Hub. to provide a two year training programme for early career teachers (ECTs). This highly structured, in-house programme involves close mentoring, support and encouragement of new teachers, and exceeds the statutory standards of the DfE’s early career framework. Many of our ECTs go on to build successful careers at Grey Court.
Ongoing teacher training
We actively encourage staff to continue their professional development. This could be through courses provided by the Wandle hub, through our in-house training and learning sessions, or through more formal routes such as the national professional qualifications.
Initial teacher training
As part of the Grey Court teaching alliance we co-ordinate placements for trainee teachers in schools across south west London and Surrey. Each year we work closely with universities and the Department for Education (DfE) to place post graduate (PGCE) and School Direct applicants either in our own, or in other local schools.
Training school
As a training school we value the continuous development of our staff and offer a full range of professional training opportunities including in-house and cross-MAT CPD and national leadership programmes.
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