Head of Department Social Sciences

Lord Grey Academy, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK3 6EW

22 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2027

• Closing date

  9 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Head of department or curriculum
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subjects: Psychology, Social sciences, Sociology
• Working pattern: Full time: This is a full time teaching role
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: TLT MPS/UPS Plus TLR 2b - £5,872
• Additional allowances:

  TLT MPS/UPS Plus TLR 2b - £5,872

What skills and experience we're looking for

We require a Head of Social Sciences to lead and manage the Criminology (KS5) and Psychology (KS4 and KS5) teams at Lord Grey. Additionally, we seek a candidate who has the passion to drive the KS5 Social Sciences curriculum offer to include A Level Sociology from September 2027.

The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to leading on the development and delivery of a well sequenced and knowledge rich curriculum across their areas of responsibility ensuring our students receive a Quality First teaching and learning experience. The candidate will be an effective classroom practitioner with experience of teaching a Social Science subject and be someone who will offer a full commitment to enabling all our students to make good progress and achieve strong outcomes.

The successful candidate will have the drive and determination to motivate and offer high support with high challenge to our students, and the leadership skills to enable both students and staff to be the best they can be. The candidate will have good organisational skills and a vision to develop the courses offered.

The right candidate will be totally aligned to our values of encouraging all students to be ambitious, curious, determined and to act with civility and integrity and completely committed to promoting and realising our belief that all at Lord Grey Can!

What the school offers its staff

Employee Benefits:

• Teacher & support staff pension schemes

• Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

• Training School Alliance

• Networking opportunities

• Specsavers eyecare voucher

• Free Flu vaccine

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

• Medicash - Health Cash Plan:

• 24/7 GP Appointments & prescription services

• Dental treatment

• Optical care

• Physiotherapy

• Skinvision - skin health tracker

• A range of essential healthcare expenses

• Exclusive discounts on shopping & travel

The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

A vacancy booklet, information for candidates booklet and the application form are available on the vacancies section of Lord Grey Academy’s website:

https://www.lordgrey.org.uk/vacancies/

Please note the application form and information for candidates booklet are available on the right hand side of the above link.

Completed application form and covering letter should be submitted to Human Resources at Lord Grey or emailed to hr@lordgrey.org.uk by 9am Friday 9 October 2026. Interviews to be held Wednesday 14 October 2026.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Booklet - Head of Dept - Social Sciences -Sept 2026.docx.pdf - 920 KB (opens in new tab)

About Lord Grey Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1446 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Lord Grey Academy website
• Email address: hruser@lordgrey.org.uk
• Phone number: 01908 626110
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lord-grey-academy

Lord Grey Academy is an exciting and vibrant learning community where students enjoy great success in and outside of the classroom. Our Academy motto: Lord Grey Can is important to us as we prepare our students for successful adult lives in an increasingly competitive world.

Lord Grey Academy is popular and is the first choice school locally. We have a strong focus on academic achievement throughout the school and develop our young people to be independent and resilient learners. We are immensely proud of our inclusive ethos and of the positive relationships that we build with parents and the local community. We believe that all students can achieve.

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