Curriculum Supervisor
Heckmondwike Grammar School, Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, WF16 0AHThis job expired on 24 January 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 January 2022 at 9am
Date listed
17 December 2021
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 35 hours per week. Term Time only 7.45am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Range 15 (15-19) SCP15 £23,541 pro rata (£19,004.65 actual salary)
Curriculum Supervisor job summary
Are you an organised and approachable individual?
Department Information
The department consists of a Senior Curriculum Supervisor and two Curriculum Supervisors. The team provide cover for staff absence in classrooms and also provide support across all curriculum areas and key stages in terms of the production of resources to support learning and displays.
The Curriculum Supervision department is an active part of the school community and as such participates in school events, supporting House activities (each member is allocated to a House) as well as contributing to whole school and specific departmental events, such as open evenings, Duke of Edinburgh trips, Year 7 induction activities and trips, school concerts and performances, and various other events throughout the year.
This is an important team in the school that helps to ensure that the quality of teaching provision and the progress of students throughout the school is maintained in times of teaching staff absence. It also helps ensure the working environment provides visual stimulation for students and showcases some of their best work around the building for all to see.
The Role:
You will be part of a team, providing cover across the curriculum for absent staff and supporting the production of departmental support resources as directed by the Subject Leader via the Senior Curriculum Supervisor.
Experience of working in a school is not essential, but would be desirable, however previous experience of working in a front-facing or customer services type role is a must. You will be able to work with young people of all ages and have the ability to maintain appropriate relationships at all levels.
You will need:
• To believe in our school values of Respect, Responsibility and Excellence and follow our
school ethos embedded in our motto of ‘Nil Sine Labore’ - Nothing Without Work
• a positive, can-do attitude
• the ability to be flexible and able to work in a fast moving environment
• good communication skills, both written and spoken
• a commitment to supporting the academic and pastoral development of young people
• knowledge of the use of basic IT systems, such as Word, Excel and Powerpoint as well as
email
• an interest in working in a busy and demanding education environment
• the ability to take initiative and work independently as well as part of a team
• energy and enthusiasm
• suitability to work with children
Responsibilities
Specific responsibilities are set out in a detailed job description.
In return we can offer:
• interesting work as a key member of a creative and supportive team
• a learning-centred school where the best possible practice is the priority
• the opportunity to develop personally and professionally
• a vibrant, supportive community of like-minded individuals
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding Statement:
Heckmondwike Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its
students and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
Full details regarding our Safeguarding Procedures can be found on our website in the Safeguarding section, alternatively, please contact Recruitment to obtain a copy.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Heckmondwike Grammar School
- School type
- Academies, None, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1468 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Heckmondwike Grammar School website
- Email address
- recruitment@heckgrammar.co.uk
Heckmondwike Grammar School is a unique school, with students who are eager to learn, keen to know more and want to enjoy their educational experiences. It is exceptional in many ways: a very diverse school community that produces results of the highest quality. We work effectively with our young people, really care about them and their futures and have an ultimate success measure of enabling them to proceed to where they want to go. Excellent relationships between staff and students are the norm, expectations are high and students perform very well as a consequence.
We are delighted to have been named “Secondary School of the Year”, in the North of England, for 2024 and 2025 in the Sunday Times Parent Power Guide. This is a measure of school performance for GCSE and A level outcomes.
At GCSE our students typically exceed government set target grades by more than 1 grade in each subject and we are ranked second nationally for state coeducational schools.
At A level, we rank in the top 20% of providers nationally for grades AAB or above and typically 3 times the national average of our students attend Oxbridge universities.
We are very proud of our academic heritage.
Misbehaviour is rare; and excellent relationships between staff and students are the norm: teachers are able to ‘get on and teach’. Working here is still challenging, however, but in different ways: expectations are high and potential applicants will need to be able to operate effectively in a top performing environment. However, one of the principal joys of working at this school is our eloquent and motivated students. Consequently, outcomes are amongst the very best in the country, and this is the result of able cohorts being provided with high quality teaching that is supported by strong pastoral care for each student. The school is justifiably proud of the focus on academic attainment and knowledge of each individual that enables education to be tailored to every student’s needs; but also prioritises the support it provides to enable any barriers to progress to be addressed. The focus is and will always remain teaching and learning in the classroom, with staff training and development being the main means of achieving this end.
The school is very popular and heavily oversubscribed, with well over 1500 students applying for entry into Year 7 each year, competing for one of 210 places. Post 16, we are similarly oversubscribed with around 800 applications for one of approximately 225 places in year 12. The majority of our year 11 students continue into the sixth form and are joined by a number of similarly aspirant students from across the region.
We work in partnership with an extensive group of schools, including the Northern Grammar School Alliance (NGSA), and have a significant reputation both locally and nationally. This means we offer our staff opportunities to be involved in professional development on a larger scale and see it as a sign of our high quality when members of our community are promoted to posts elsewhere, or progress internally. As a result, all staff feel very privileged to work here and to work with our young people.
Further information about the school including main school and sixth form prospectus may be found on the school website at www.heckgrammar.co.uk
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