Head of Department for PSHCE
King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls, Birmingham, West Midlands, B17 8QB4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025 or January 2026
Closing date
10 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 June 2025
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
Subjects
- Citizenship, PSHE
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR 2B
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you an enthusiastic and committed PSHCE specialist looking to make an impact on young people's lives?
King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls is seeking to appoint someone who believes passionately about making a difference to the lives of every student and who does so with integrity, humility and relentless positivity.
The successful candidate will work as part of a strong team and will be willing to participate in all aspects of school life including support for extracurricular clubs, events and trips.
Our PSHCE department lies at the heart of our school’s mission to nurture well-rounded and resilient young people. As a PSHCE teacher, you’ll play a vital role in shaping students’ understanding of the world and themselves—from mental health and relationships to citizenship, digital safety, and financial literacy. You’ll be joining a supportive, forward-thinking department committed to inclusive, values-driven education. We offer opportunities for professional development, cross-curricular collaboration, and innovation in how we deliver PSHCE in a constantly changing world. If you’re driven to empower students with the knowledge and skills they need for life, inspire critical thinking, debate and social awareness in the classroom and beyond, our department is the place to make that impact.
We are looking for a teacher with infectious enthusiasm and excellent communication skills with an ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with students, colleagues and parents. Extracurricular opportunities are a key part of school life and the successful candidate will play a key role in providing opportunities for students beyond the classroom.
In return we are offering the successful candidate the opportunity to work in a thriving community, composed of kind and respectful students who are dedicated to their learning and colleagues who are caring, compassionate and committed. Staff and students have extremely positive relationships underpinned by our school value of ‘respect’. We are a happy and caring school which values and takes pride in diversity and celebrates individuality.
If our vision and values match your own philosophy, we would welcome an application.
VISITS:
All potential applicants are invited to visit the school prior to submitting an application. Visits will take place at
3.00 p.m. on Wednesday 4th June and 9.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. on Thursday 5th June 2025. Please email PA@lsg.kevibham.org to book a place.
APPLICATION:
There is no requirement to submit a letter of application in addition to the personal statement on the application form.
Personal statements should be no more than 1000 words.
Applications via CV will not be accepted.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 12 noon Tuesday 10th June 2025
SHORTLISTING: Thursday 12th June 2025
INTERVIEW DATE: 8.30 a.m. Tuesday 17th June 2025
The Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham is an educational charity supporting eleven schools and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Shortlisted candidates will have online content checks undertaken before the interview.
The successful applicant will also be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Please note, where a role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, it is a criminal offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
King Edward VI Academy Trust in Birmingham is committed to equal opportunities in employment and positively welcome your application irrespective of your age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
Charity Number 529051
How to Apply
A full job description and an application pack for this post can be found at: https://lsg.kevibham.org.
Completed application forms should be forwarded to PA@lsg.kevibham.org by 12 noon on Tuesday 10th June 2025.
What the school offers its staff
Excellent working conditions that include:
- Supportive, enthusiastic and committed colleagues
- Operate in line with school teacher terms and conditions
- Automatic enrolment in workplace pension scheme
- Subscribed to the DfE wellbeing charter
- Additional Trust training day each year
- Access to a range of CPD and training tailored to your needs
- Unlimited access to TES develop
- Opportunities to develop both within the school and across the trust
- Catering on training days
- Employee assist programme (including counselling services)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Annual flu vaccination (for those who don’t qualify under the NHS)
- Free eye test
- Software to support with role completion e.g. Studybugs, GCSE pod
- Buddy system for first year of employment
- Workroom for all teachers
- Free car parking for all staff
- Free laptop to complete school work
- Free exercise classes
- Free tea, coffee, milk and sugar
- Free access to TES magazine
- Free access to ‘The Key for School Leaders’
- Only one meeting/after school event per week
- Consistent night for all after school activities
- Online parents’ evenings
- Staff recognition programme
- Staff wellbeing committee
- Social events (in school and out of school)
- Reprographics department to undertake printing
Commitment to safeguarding
King Edward VI Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Shortlisted candidates will have online checks undertaken before interview. Successful applicants be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Where a role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, it is a criminal offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
KEVI is committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to pa@lsg.kevibham.org
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 949 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls website
- Email address
- pa@lsg.kevibham.org
The King Edward VI Foundation, Birmingham, is a progressive charitable organisation which has supported excellence in education across the City since 1552. Our schools are diverse in nature but have a common purpose and commitment to achieving our mission of “making Birmingham the best place to be educated in the UK”.
Our Academy Trust currently consists of two independent schools, six selective, and five non selective academies. Our recent expansion into a wider diversity of local communities is enabling us to accelerate our strategies for improving the life chances of young people in Birmingham, whatever their background.
The King Edward VI Academy Trust Birmingham (“the Academy Trust”) was established in 2017 and is made up of the academies outlined above. The academies receive back office central support services including governance, from the Foundation Office (a central support services function), with several staff being seconded from the Foundation to deliver support services to the Academy Trust and the academies themselves.
Our highly focused five-year strategy aims to build on our existing strengths and heritage and deliver our ambitious growth strategy which aims to bring in a further five academies over the next five years.
Arranging a visit to King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email pa@lsg.kevibham.org.
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