Head of Media Studies
Bedford School
Bedford
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive salary and benefits, including many opportunities for professional development
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 19 February 2023
Job overview
Full or part-time applications considered.
Bedford School is excited to launch a brand new Media Studies department for September 2023. We wish to appoint a Head of Media Studies for September 2023, who is enthusiastic and well qualified, to establish the new department, lead the development of our Media Studies curriculum, and play a central role in our plans to develop outstanding facilities and resources for teaching Media Studies in due course.
The successful candidate will be able to convey a compelling vision for Media Studies at our school both as an academic subject and as an exciting new addition to existing cocurricular activities in the creative arts and digital technology. They will be excited by the rare opportunity to establish a brand-new department and be ready to make the most of the resources and specialist facilities available at a leading independent boarding school.
There is scope for the role to be a part-time role if this suits the successful candidate best; it is anticipated that (at least in the short term, whilst the department grows) a candidate appointed to a full-time role would offer the ability to teach a second subject. It is anticipated that the post would come with a generous timetable remittance reflective of the challenges of developing a new academic department at the school.
We offer a bespoke induction programme for all new teaching staff at Bedford; each year, new teachers join the school from posts teaching in the state and independent sectors in the UK and internationally. We run a specific induction programme for all new academic leaders, drawing on professional development programmes designed centrally by the Harpur Trust. Our English department is a thriving and ambitious department with a very experienced team of teachers and we are excited to expand the team (and the leadership capacity within the department) with this new post.
The successful candidate will have a genuine passions for digital media, a desire to inspire this in others and will be eager to develop their own teaching skills and those of their team. Full-time teachers at Bedford are also expected to play a full part in the extensive cocurricular programme and be a Tutor attached to a boarding or day house. We welcome applications from all Media Studies specialists, and from all backgrounds, to provide good role models for our global students. Bedford School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Offers of appointment are subject to satisfactory references and DBS clearance.
Short-listed candidates will be invited to the school for interview on the advertised date. The selection process will involve a lesson observation, a tour of the school and interviews. The Head of Faculty: English and Media Mr Nick Hopton or the Deputy Head (Academic) Luke Rogers would be happy to talk to prospective applicants and can be contacted through the main school reception on 01234 362200 or by email nhopton@bedfordschool.org.uk/lrogers@bedfordschool.org.uk. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and Bedford School reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made. Applicants are therefore encouraged to apply early.
Closing date: Sunday 19th February 9.00am
Interview date: Wednesday 22nd February
Further details about the role and a link to our recruitment portal, where you can apply using our online application form, can be found on our website:
www.bedfordschool.org.uk/about-us/career-opportunities/
The Harpur Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references and other checks.
Bedford School is part of The Harpur Trust.
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About Bedford School
Awarded five stars in Fortune’s World’s Leading Boarding Schools in 2023 and named ‘Independent Boys School of the Year 2021’, Bedford School is lauded for “its holistic school experience, tailored to the specific needs of the all-boys community, designed to ensure that students’ individual qualities are nurtured without inhibition and lived without awkwardness, so that they be good men.”
Bedford School class sizes are small and we operate vertical tutor groups, giving boys the chance to mentor and lead those younger, learn from those older and simply ‘be’ together without peer pressure. Bedford is a boarding school, first and foremost, with boarders and day boys alike benefitting from the strong boarding ethos. With 250 boys and around 40 staff living full-time on-site, the boarding community gives a heartbeat to the school in a way that nothing else can.
Our curriculum is broad, offering GCSE, IGCSE, A-Level and IB alongside a bespoke curriculum including Theory of Knowledge in Year 10 and an internal research project in Year 12. Every boy finds his individual path, with strong Sixth Form uptake across the sciences, humanities, creative arts and languages – there is no ‘typical’ Bedford student.
Academic results and destinations speak for themselves with 91% of our boys going onto their first or second choice university, including several to Oxbridge each year, and international universities. Many students are successful in gaining places at medical schools.
Facilities are first-class - two simulators (golf and flight), an observatory and planetarium are standout features. Our recently built Music School and Theatre house dynamic creative departments and excellent student performances.
Every boy makes a meaningful local contribution via our Community Partnership Programme, working in mutually beneficial partnerships with individuals from varied backgrounds, and we have run the Ivy House Leadership Award since its inception. We regularly top the schools' leader board in fundraising for Movember.
Sport is a forte: 96% of boys represent the school annually, and our major sports teams regularly make national finals, with many pupils playing at county or national level and at least one leaver almost every year going into professional sport. We work with Northampton Saints, Northants CCC and Woburn Golf Club. But we have a philosophy of ‘sport for all’ and we regularly field E and F teams.
We aim for our boys to be balanced, outward-looking, forward-thinking, kind and sociable young men who are comfortable in their own skins. We invite you to explore our school through the news stories we regularly publish on our website and on social media; these provide an insight into our boys, their stories and successes, and a strong sense of the enviable community that is Bedford School.
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