Curriculum Lead for Psychology

St Albans Girls' School, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 6DB

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  28 January 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Psychology
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £33,075.00 - £50,471.00 Annually (FTE) Main Pay Scale / Upper Pay Scale depending upon experience

Curriculum Lead for Psychology job summary

Curriculum Lead for Psychology

Permanent / Full Time

MPS / UPS dependent upon experience

Required: September 2025

We are seeking to appoint an inspiring and enthusiastic leader who is passionate about ensuring high achievement for all within our dynamic Psychology department. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of delivering outstanding results and will demonstrate a commitment to instigating and developing innovative approaches to Psychology, inspiring all students to reach their full potential.

We are looking for a colleague who:

• Can inspire and lead Psychology at all levels

• Has a natural ability to connect with and motivate young people

• Possesses the vision and drive to advance school improvement

• Excels in interpersonal and communication skills maintaining collaboration and motivation across our school community

• Embraces a holistic view of education, promoting all aspects of a young person’s development

Psychology is an exceptionally popular subject at STAGS, delivered at A Level to Sixth Form students who achieve consistently high results. The exceptional department embraces developments in teaching and learning with enthusiasm. All team members contribute significantly to the extra-curricular life of the school, including enrichment activities such as organising visiting speakers.

Key benefits to being an employee of STAGS:

• A genuine commitment to staff wellbeing with excellent facilities

• Strong support for personal development and career progression

• A desirable location to live and work, with rail links to London and easy access to the M1 and M25

St Albans Girls’ School:

• Graded Outstanding for all areas in November 2024 with over 1,450 students

• Renowned for high standards of behaviour and a positive learning environment

• A highly successful, heavily oversubscribed school in St Albans

• Consistently ranked among the top 100 secondary schools in the UK and in the top 3% nationally for student progress at GCSE

• Exceptional career development opportunities, including a robust ECT programme

  For further details please visit www.stags.herts.sch.uk. We are happy to discuss the position with you further, please email us at hr@aetrust.uk.

Closing Date for applications: 28th January 2025, before 9.00am

Interview Date: from 29th January 2025

Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate.

STAGS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to a post at STAGS is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, as well as other pre-appointment checks including an online check, as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education.

St Albans Girls' School is part of the Ambition Education Trust based in Hertfordshire. Our aim is to build on our proven track records of maintaining exceptional standards and driving continuous school improvement. We are building a collaborative partnership of schools which will provide an exceptional educational experience, both within and outside the classroom, by promoting excellence and stretching challenge.

We are committed to the aim of ensuring that everyone who applies to work for us receives fair treatment and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership and caring status. We expect all our staff to demonstrate a commitment to advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About St Albans Girls' School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1439 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: St Albans Girls' School website (opens in new tab)
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St Albans Girls’ School, age range 11 – 18 is an Outstanding school (Ofsted February 2013) with over 1250 students. We are a highly regarded, oversubscribed and friendly all-ability school. The School has an excellent reputation within the local community with strong support from Governors, Parents, Students and a dedicated and highly motivated staff.

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