Curriculum Leader, Health and Social Care

The Aylesbury Vale Academy, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0WS

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  January 2025

• Closing date

  27 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Health & Social Care
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS plus £1250 for successful direct applicant

Curriculum Leader, Health and Social Care job summary

We are a highly supportive school with strong subject and senior leadership to help you develop. We are looking for a highly ambitious, committed and dynamic professional to lead our Health and Social Care department; someone who is passionate about their subject, communicates well with young people and makes a positive impact on their learning. The Health and Social Care department comprises of 2 full-time teachers, one of whom is Head of 6th Form. We work collaboratively to support each other both with the demands of our work and our wellbeing.

The Health and Social Care department offers the NCFE Cache Level 1/2 Technical Award in Health and Social Care from Year 9. In Year 12 and 13, we offer the BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate (single award) and Extended Diploma (triple award). Our students develop from work placements in our pre-school and primary and we also provide for apprenticeships Post-16.

The successful candidate will have a passion about learning, have strong inter-personal skills, be resilient, be an excellent teacher and have great subject knowledge including experience of a number of Level 2 and Level 3 specifications. They will be able to deliver Health and Social Care up to KS5. The successful candidate will be expected to help run after school activities which is likely to focus on interventions or may include running a club as part of our Extended Schools Provision.

There are a wide range of staff benefits that are available to all members of staff employed directly by The Aylesbury Vale Academy. Some of the benefits include:

A few of the things we can offer you:

A workplace fully committed to the principles of the DfE Wellbeing Charter

Priority admissions for school staff

Bespoke CPD that is often self-directed

Free employee assistance programme – 24/7 phone line for free emotional, bereavement and financial concerns

Well-embedded systems that provide clear structures at the same time as allowing individuals to work with autonomy

10% discount on pre-school places

10% discount on Primary wraparound care

25% discount on the use of the Lettings facilities (sport pitches, sports hall, drama studios, Community suite, party rooms)

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.

Visiting the school prior to submission of an application is warmly encouraged.

Our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children will be reflected throughout the recruitment process and the successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS and an online screening check.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children will be reflected throughout the recruitment process and the successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and an online screening check. We also carry out Enhanced DBS checks every five years.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About The Aylesbury Vale Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 19
• Education phase: Through school
• School size: 1816 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Aylesbury Vale Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-aylesbury-vale-academy (opens in new tab)

Thank you for expressing your interest in the post of Teacher of IT. This is a school where we aim to go beyond the expected to ensure that students' life chances are enhanced.

We are proud of our non-selective, fully inclusive status and believe that children and young people, regardless of their background, ability or circumstances can thrive and succeed here. That is why we place respect, aspiration and resilience at the heart of everything we do.

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