Head of TV and Film

Location

Reading, Berkshire | United Kingdom

Job description

HMC Co-educational boarding and day school for students aged 11-18.

Head of TV and Film

From September 2024

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Head of TV & Film to join our busy and thriving Music & Media department in a rapidly developing, well supported and popular subject. This role is offered on a full-time basis from September 2024 in a supportive and team-orientated School.

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and enthusiastic individual who will lead the department’s current teaching and learning strategies and develop their own teaching practice with our support. Our next Head of TV and Film will inspire and engage our students and actively lead and promote the subject both within and beyond the School community.  The postholder will be capable of delivering inspirational lessons and will have proven experience in delivering the BTEC Creative Media Production Level 2, and BTEC Digital Film and Video Production Level 3 courses. Applications are welcomed from experienced practitioners and particularly from those seeking additional responsibility.

As a visionary Head of TV & Film, you will combine deep knowledge of your discipline with the ability to engage students to create a lifelong love of learning, both within the classroom and within the department’s co-curricular programme.

Leighton Park School is set in over sixty acres of beautiful parkland near to the heart of Reading. Leighton Park offers a distinctive atmosphere that creates achievement with values, character and community. Founded on Quaker principles, we seek to inspire each student to fulfil their academic and personal potential and be reflective, purposeful adults. We appoint candidates who will contribute and thrive in our vibrant community.

The school offers a supportive and professional workplace with excellent terms, conditions and benefits.

To apply, please complete the attached application form or download an application pack from our website and email it to [email protected]. If you require further information, please call HR on 0118 987 9600.

Applicants are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Developing kind and compassionate leaders for the future is an important part of how we give our Quaker values currency and purpose. Leighton Park seeks to be a leading school which delights in being diverse, open-minded and with a culture of equitable inclusion. For this reason, we warmly welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Leighton Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, therefore the successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of our recruitment process.

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