12 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 January 2025

  • Closing date

    20 October 2024 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    25 September 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Head of department or curriculum

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subject

Social sciences

Working pattern

Full time (Can be done as a job share): Normal full-time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPR1 - UPR3

Additional allowances

TLR2B £5,347

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • highly motivated individual with experience in sociology, psychology or related social sciences subjects
  • strong communicator with the ability to build a sense of team and enhance the curriculum team’s success
  • commitment to improving exam results through innovative approaches to teaching and learning and effective exam strategies
  • dedication to supporting staff professional development and ensuring teaching to the exam specification.

What the school offers its staff

- A competitive salary

- A full and varied CPD programme offering teaching and leadership development for our staff

- An opportunity to work in a supportive team from whom you can learn, develop and grow

- Wider opportunities to be involved across the Futura Learning Partnership

- An energised and professional working environment

- Benefits include; pension scheme, discounted sports centre/gym membership, free wellbeing support & medical cover, free on-site parking and cycle to work scheme.

Further details about the role

Required for January 2025 (or earlier)

Are you an inspiring educator with a passion for sociology, psychology, and other social sciences? Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to really make your mark as a Curriculum Leader within a vibrant sixth form setting at one of the highest performing schools in Bristol and South Gloucestershire?

Our well-established post-16 provision has just benefited from significant investment to expand and refurbish our sixth form centre to accommodate our growing number of students. Together with the social sciences team, the appointed candidate will be based primarily in the sixth form for A Level teaching but also benefit from being integrated with the main school through leading the delivery of psychology and sociology GCSE which are both popular courses in our KS4 curriculum. It is a genuine privilege to work with our young people. Behaviour is a particular strength of the school, reflected by the calm and purposeful atmosphere in our classrooms and corridors.

Futura Learning Partnership strives to be an equal opportunities employer and is keen to attract the most highly talented individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Futura Learning Partnership is a partnership of schools which span 5 local authority areas: Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Working together to provide a high quality educational experience for all students in their care and be a truly inclusive provider of 2-18 education in the area. We are a mixed MAT, comprising 6 secondary, and 21 primary. We work in partnership with the Diocese of Bath and Wells, which brings considerable benefit to all our schools.

No CVs or agencies please

PLEASE NOTE: Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement.


Commitment to safeguarding

Futura Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. Prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening and a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. A Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006.

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About Sir Bernard Lovell Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
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School size
1244 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
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School website
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Email address
hr@sblacademy.org.uk
Phone number
01174565900
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Futura Learning Partnership is a partnership of schools which span 5 local authority areas: Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Working together to provide a high quality educational experience for all students in their care and be a truly inclusive provider of 3-18 education in the area. We are a mixed MAT, comprising 6 secondary, 21 primary and a special school. We work in partnership with the Diocese of Bath and Wells, which brings considerable benefit to all our schools.

OFSTED judged Sir Bernard Lovell Academy “Good” in all areas during our most recent full inspection (November 2021).

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