Head of Department - Education for Life
Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 3EFThis job expired on 19 February 2024
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
19 February 2024 at 9am
Date listed
19 January 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
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time, Permanent
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR2A
What skills and experience we're looking for
Purpose
• To be accountable for the leadership, management and development of the department
• To contribute to the promotion of the school’s aims and priorities and the achievement
of the school development plan
• To be accountable for achieving departmental targets in line with the school’s
strategic plan
• To be accountable for levels of student progress
• To be responsible for ensuring all staff within the department model the vision of the
school through the consistent way they teach their subject(s) and uphold the school’s
values: Ambitious, Respectful, Supportive, Proud, Curious, Purposeful
• To be accountable for assessing, monitoring, developing and enhancing the quality of
teaching and learning in the department
• To be accountable for provision of an appropriately differentiated and inclusive subject
curriculum for students studying in the department
• To be accountable for the assessment and marking of student work, the feedback given
to students and to ensure that homework provision is in line with school policy
• To be responsible for all operational aspects of the department
• With the SLT member with responsibility for staffing and timetabling contribute to an
effective timetable for the department
Duties
Accountable for the Quality of Teaching and Learning
• Provide mechanisms for the sharing of good practice within the department and across
the department
• Ensure a positive climate for teaching and learning
• Informally and formally monitor the performance of members of the department in terms
of the quality of teaching and learning
• Ensure appropriate and effective responses to whole school monitoring exercises such
as student work scrutiny and learning walks and take action to raise the quality of teaching and learning as appropriate
• Monitor the quality and regularity of written feedback to students within the department,
following school policies and guidance and the annual departmental assessment plan
• Set expectations for students and staff in relation to the quality of teaching and learning
Accountable for Self-Evaluation and Strategic Planning
• Work with colleagues to formulate aims and objectives in-line with the department’s key
aims and priorities
• Document these aims and objectives within the Departmental Development Plan (DDP)
and engage in reviewing, amending and coding the progress made towards achieving
the targets documented in the DDP
• Develop and implement appropriate policies and practices, including health and safety
requirements
• Effectively manage capitation and departmental resources
Accountable for Tracking, Monitoring and Intervention
• Develop effective tracking, monitoring and intervention strategies to support student
progress
• Identify students in need of intervention, document this on Classcharts and coordinate
the delivery of intervention, including communication with parents/students
• To provide the Governing Body with relevant information relating to the departmental
performance and development if required
Accountable for Curriculum Development
• To ensure curriculum coverage, continuity and progression in the subject for all students
• Lead the development of resources and schemes of learning, marking policies and
assessment
• To keep up to date with national developments in the subject area and teaching practice
and methodology
• To be responsible for the development of cross-curricular skills according to the school’s
agreed priorities
• To develop effective links with the wider local community, in order to extend the subject,
enhance teaching and develop the students’ wider understanding of departmental
subjects
• To work with the SLT member in charge of Continuous Professional Development to
ensure that needs are identified and that appropriate programmes are designed to meet
such needs
Responsible for Staffing/Staff Development
• To undertake Performance Development Review(s) and to act as reviewer for a group of
staff within the department, and to support responsibility holders within the department
with the PDR process
Recruitment/Deployment of Staff
• Accountable for appropriate arrangements for classes when staff are absent
• Contribute to the recruitment, selection and induction process for teaching and support
posts within the department
• Accountable for the promotion of teamwork and to motivate staff to develop effective
working relations
• Contribute as appropriate in the school’s ITT programme and mentoring of ECTs
Communications
• To be accountable for ensuring that all members of the department are familiar with its
aims and objectives
• To be responsible for the provision of curriculum information to parents as required and
to communicate with parents as appropriate
• Responsible for liaison with relevant bodies and for the development of effective subject
links with feeder primary schools
Student Behaviour
• To be responsible for high standards of behaviour within the department
Additional Duties
• To play a full part in the life of the school community, to support the school’s aims and
ethos and to encourage staff and students to follow this example
What the school offers its staff
We are an established 11-18 single academy trust with a good reputation (Ofsted ‘Good’ rating 2022), wide catchment, and a strong presence in our community. Our school is consistently oversubscribed with a PAN of 300, and most of our students choose to stay with us for their post-16 study. Our Progress 8 score is amongst the highest in the country.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are an equal opportunities employer and value and respect diversity across our whole school community. Bournside is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.
About Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1828 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@bournside.gloucs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01242235555
Bournside is the largest comprehensive 11-18 school in Gloucestershire. We are an established single academy trust with a good reputation (Ofsted ‘Good’ rating 2022), wide catchment, and a strong presence in the community. Our school is consistently oversubscribed with a PAN of 300, and most of our students choose to stay with us for their
post-16 study.
Bournside is a mixed, non-denominational academy school for students aged 11 to 18. It is located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It settled in its current location of Warden Hill in the early part of the 1970s and converted to academy status in 2011.
Arranging a visit to Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bournside.gloucs.sch.uk.
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