Curriculum Leader PHSE and Teacher of Religious Studies
The King's School, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8 4JFThis job expired on 13 May 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
13 May 2024 at 8am
Date listed
1 May 2024
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subjects
- PSHE, Religious education
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS 1-6 - UPS 1-3 £30,000 - £46,525 per annum
Additional allowances
TLR2b £4968.00 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
What does this role involve?
The King’s School is seeking a dynamic and dedicated individual to join our team as the Curriculum Leader of PSHE and Teacher of Religious Studies. As the PSHE Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our Personal, Social, Health, and Economic (PSHE) education programme, ensuring it reflects the ethos and values of our School. Additionally, you will deliver high-quality Religious Studies lessons to engage and inspire students to learn about and understand the importance of both religion and ethics in our world today.
This is an opportunity to join one of the highest performing, true community, cross phase Multi-Academy Trust’s in the region. You will be integral to driving our new PSHE curriculum forward and delivering on our vision of providing a first-class education to all students, so that they make outstanding progress and get the chances in life they deserve.
Some of your key duties will include:
- Lead staff training in order to support the high quality delivery of the PSHE programme.
- Develop resources to enable the delivery of weekly PSHE lessons, organise and disseminate these to form tutors.
- To keep abreast of new developments in areas associated with PSHE to ensure the curriculum is relevant, up to date and responds to the current needs of students.
- To develop and embed a strategy for assessment in order to evidence student progress and understanding.
- To support the form tutors in the delivery of content.
- To ensure the PSHE programme fulfils the statutory requirements for Relationship, Sex and Health Education.
What the school offers its staff
What we can offer you?
We’re passionate about employee benefits at Pontefract Academies Trust, offering the following as standard to all:
- Exciting career and leadership pathways supported by outstanding CPD opportunities
- Generous employer pension (Teachers' Pension and West Yorkshire Pension Fund - LGPS).
- Generous annual leave entitlements paid as part of your annual salary (starting from 26 days annual leave, up to a maximum of 33 days dependent on length of service and grade of role – plus 8 statutory bank holidays).
- Fantastic family friendly policies with a focus on employee work/life balance.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Discounted gym membership
- Free eyecare via Specsavers
- Childcare vouchers
- Employee wellbeing programme (including physiotherapy, personal or professional concerns on legal, health, finance, wellbeing, and other matters).
- Discounts at numerous retailers including O2
- Free flu vaccinations.
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 The King's School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1037 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The King's School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- admin@kings.patrust.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01977703270
The King’s School is proud to be part of Pontefract Academies Trust. As a school, we have a long history and rich heritage, which puts us at the forefront of the local educational landscape and beyond. All students are valued regardless of their background or ability, and are at the heart of everything that we do. We believe it is our duty to convert their potential into reality.
At the heart of every outstanding school is a strong team. One of our top priorities is to attract exceptional staff to The King’s School, and we continue to recruit a number of highly gifted employees to join our team. Our primary focus is to instil a lifelong love of learning while creating confident learners who can live a life full of opportunity and choice.
Arranging a visit to The King's School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@kings.patrust.org.uk.
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