Head of History
Ark St Alban's Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 0YHThis job expired on 30 October 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
January 2023 (flexible for the right candidate)
Closing date
30 October 2022 at 9am
Date listed
23 September 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- View all Historyjobs
Working pattern
- View all Full timejobs
- 40 hours per week.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Ark Main or Upper Pay Scale (£26,356 - £43,271)
Additional allowances
TLR 2b (£4784)
Head of History job summary
Ark St Alban’s Academy is seeking to appoint a skilled and enthusiastic teacher to lead its successful and growing History Department.
Our school is committed to addressing educational disadvantage. We consistently guide pupils to GCSE and A-Level outcomes which place our cohorts in the top 10% of schools nationally on many measures, including those for the progress of disadvantaged pupils. Our school serves pupils from central Birmingham. The percentage of our cohort eligible for the Pupil Premium is the eighth highest in the country. There are very few communities in the UK who need great teachers more than ours. Teachers and leaders at Ark St Alban’s Academy are determined to prove that the background of a young person can be no impediment to their success. Our school prepares pupils to succeed at elite universities, with our alumni proudly representing our community at prestigious destinations including Cambridge University, Durham University and the London School of Economics.
Our school consistently secures excellent outcomes for our pupils.
In History, our pupils are increasingly successful. This year, 75% of grades achieved by our A-Level Historians were A or A* and in GCSE History, 60% of the cohort achieved a grade 5 or higher.
Providing all pupils with an academic and rigorous History education is central to our university preparatory curriculum.
All pupils study History at Key Stage Three. At Key Stage Four, all pupils are directed to choose History or Geography with many choosing to study both and this results in multiple History classes in both Years 10 and 11. History is also an increasingly popular choice at A-Level, with over twenty Historians in current Year 12 cohort (around a quarter of the year group). We teach to the Edexcel specification in both Key Stage Four and Key Stage Five.
Commitment to safeguarding
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.
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About Ark St Alban's Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
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- School size
- 901 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Ark St Alban's Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- katie.roberts@arkstalbans.org
- Phone number
- 01214461323
The successful candidate will work with senior leaders to evaluate the History curriculum and to develop an approach to guiding pupils to make even greater progress, particularly at Key Stage Three. In this role, the successful candidate will also lead the professional development and line-management of colleagues in the department with a view to making teaching and learning increasingly precise. In addition, there will be the opportunity in this role to continue the work of the department in playing a leading role in the trust-wide collaboration of curriculum leaders from across the network of Ark Schools.
In this role, the successful candidate will receive direct support from the senior leadership team through line-management. In this role, the successful candidate will also join a thriving a curriculum leadership team within the school that work together to drive whole school improvement. As part of Ark Schools, all colleagues also have access to exceptional professional development and training opportunities, including NPQs through the Ark Teaching School Hub and Ambition Institute.
We are seeking a leader to join our work to provide a transformational education for all of our pupils.
Arranging a visit to Ark St Alban's Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email katie.roberts@arkstalbans.org.
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