Curriculum Leader for Learning for Life (PSHE & CITIZENSHIP)
The Misbourne School, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, HP16 0BN10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025 or earlier
Closing date
25 March 2025 at 11am
Date listed
12 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- PSHEE
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS1-UPS3 with Fringe and TLR 2.2
Curriculum Leader for Learning for Life (PSHE & CITIZENSHIP) job summary
Are you:
Passionate about working with young people and the importance of education?
Able to relate to young people and support them to become independent, resilient learners?
Dynamic and organised, with good attention to detail?
Someone with good communication, interpersonal and IT skills?
Committed to developing young people’s character?
Looking to work with like-minded colleagues to achieve the best for our learners, and to develop your own practice in a supportive environment?
This is an opportunity for a highly-effective practitioner to lead on the development of Learning for Life, ensuring that the curriculum goes above and beyond statutory requirements to deliver engaging and informative content which shapes and prepares our young people for the wider world.
Within this role you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Learning for Life curriculum in order to ensure the agreed schemes of work are delivered effectively and the planning and strategic development of Learning for Life across the school. This is an exciting opportunity and would suit any teacher who has a desire to get the best out of every student, a can-do attitude and an unfailing belief in the potential of every one of our students. The ability to teach a specialist subject in an area for which we have an upcoming vacancy will be an advantage.
You will be responsible for designing and quality-assuring the delivery of lessons that equip students with essential life skills like RSE, communication, problem-solving, critical thinking, time management, and personal finance, often focusing on developing students' confidence and self-awareness through practical activities and real-world scenarios.
Duties and responsibilities:
Co-ordinating the delivery of PSHE and Citizenship at KS3 and KS4, within the taught curriculum and beyond, including:
Enhancing provision by engaging external speakers
Responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Learning for Life curriculum in order to ensure schemes of learning are delivered effectively and quality-assured in line with the academy QA programme
Responsible for the planning and strategic development of Learning for Life across the Academy including liaising with performance directors, the head and DH of sixth form, the careers coordinator and our careers advisor, to ensure consistency of approach throughout each year group
Ensuring all subject teachers are familiar with the schemes of learning and there is consistency of delivery to the standards, expectations and policies used at The Misbourne
Ensuring the progression of knowledge and skills from year to year
Reviewing and adapting Schemes of Learning as required
Keeping up-to-date with developments in subject areas and disseminating to other teachers in the curriculum area
Providing advice and support where appropriate
Ensuring appropriate work is available to cover staff
Working with colleagues to ensure that difficult topics are delivered with integrity and compassion
About the Misbourne:
The Misbourne is an 11-18 mixed school single-academy trust in the picturesque village of Great Missenden in the heart of the Chilterns. We have over 1100 students on roll, including a successful and growing Sixth Form. We are proudly non-selective and inclusive, ensuring that we live and breathe our values: we are a community that values learning, promotes kindness and strives for excellence in all we do. We are the Lead School for Careers in Bucks.
Our staff tell us they genuinely feel like part of a team; a team who are striving to help each student flourish both academically and personally. As our greatest asset, we place great emphasis on staff wellbeing evidenced in our Wellbeing Charter.
Excerpts from our successful 2022 Ofsted inspection include:
Pupils told inspectors that the clear and fair behaviour system helps them to behave well.
Relationships between staff and pupils are strong.
Pupils conduct around the school is orderly and calm.
Pastoral care puts the child at the heart of everything the school does
We can offer you:
An academy that puts wellbeing at the top of their priorities, evidenced by our Wellbeing Charter
Students who are a pleasure to work with
Great training and development opportunities for career progression
An experienced, friendly, and collaborative team of staff
A two-week October half-term
Free access to our own fully-fitted gym (subject to opening hours)
Cycle to Work Scheme
Free on-site parking
We would be delighted to invite prospective applicants to visit our school and experience first-hand what makes us a great place to work.
The Misbourne reserves the right to close and shortlist early, therefore early applications are encouraged. Please note all shortlisted applicants will be subject to a pre-employment check.
The Misbourne is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An offer of appointment is subject to satisfactory references, DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Enhanced Disclosure and medical clearance.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Misbourne is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An offer of appointment is subject to satisfactory references, DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Enhanced Disclosure and medical clearance
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About The Misbourne School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1095 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Misbourne School website
We are an 11-18 Academy in the picturesque village of Great Missenden in the heart of the Chilterns. We have nearly 1100 students on roll including a successful and growing Sixth Form. Our staff tell us they genuinely feel like part of a team; a team who are striving to help each student flourish both academically and personally.
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