Head of History
Tibshelf Community School, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 5LZThis job expired on 6 October 2024
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
6 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 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
Subject
- History
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week. 39 weeks per year.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR / UPR
Additional allowances
TLR2.1
What skills and experience we're looking for
Education, Training and Experience
Candidates should have:
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Experience of teaching History in a secondary school as part of present/recent employment
Education Philosophy
Candidates should have:
- A commitment to comprehensive education
- A commitment to equal opportunities
- A concern to help each child develop their full potential
Knowledge and Skills
Candidates should have:
- Be a highly competent classroom teacher
- Be familiar with a variety of approaches to teaching and learning
- Have the ability to motivate and earn the respect of students
- Have an understanding of the relevant agreed syllabus for History
- Have a ability to use data to inform student progress
Personal Qualities
Candidates should have:
- Be committed to outstanding teaching and learning
- Have an enthusiasm for the subject and the ability to enthuse others
- Have a capacity for hard work
- Be able to work co-operatively with team members
- Be patient, tactful and diplomatic
- Show initiative
- Be keen to make an extra-curricular contribution
- Enjoy good relationships with students
What the school offers its staff
We recognise the importance of ensuring that all staff at Tibshelf Community School enjoy a healthy work-life balance in order to ensure they can not only provide the best teaching and learning outcomes to our students, but that the school can promote a culture of progress and wellbeing at all levels.
A happy working life and career at Tibshelf Community School is supported by some of our key wellbeing initiatives including:
- Whole Staff Induction programme
- 1-1 personalised performance management/appraisal system
- Mentors for ECTs
- Exemplary CPD programme
- Leadership Development Opportunities
- Sports & social events
- Dedicated department bases for teaching faculties
- On-site parking
- Laptops with secure home-school access for all teaching staff
- Extended access to school during our wider opening hours
- Access to the canteen and dining facilities
In addition to the above, all staff members have access to complimentary medical and wellbeing support services available 24 hours a day/7 days a week including (but not exhaustive):
- Nurse support service
- Emotional support and counselling
- Workplace assessments
- Occupational health referrals for access to Physiotherapy and workplace adjustments
Commitment to safeguarding
Tibshelf Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All staff and volunteers are required to undertake a criminal record check via the DBS before they can be appointed.
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About Tibshelf Community School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 810 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Tibshelf Community School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@tibshelf.derbyshire.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01773 872391
Tibshelf Community School opened on a brand new £17m purpose built site in November 2013. We were inspected by Ofsted (September 2021) and were judged to be a ‘Good’ school in all categories.
We are a popular, over-subscribed, 830 strong 11-16 school serving a rural area of North East Derbyshire. We draw students from a geographically dispersed catchment area of nine villages. The official PAN is 150 students per year group but numbers are well above this in all year groups. The proportion of students from minority ethnic groups is very low and significantly below national averages. 30% of the intake are ‘disadvantaged’ and are supported through Pupil Premium funding; 30% of students are SEND, with 5% having an EHCP, including a number of pupils with ASD. The school’s deprivation index is very close to the national average, but it is in the top third within Derbyshire LA and contains a number of wards with extremely high levels of deprivation. Prior attainment data suggests that students are close to national average.
Ofsted September 2021 said:
“There are high expectations of every pupil at Tibshelf Community School. Teachers and leaders are ambitious of what pupils can achieve academically and how they can develop personally. Pupils have very strong relationships with staff at the school. There is a feeling of family and community which is evident and pupils say they are happy and feel safe”
Arranging a visit to Tibshelf Community School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@tibshelf.derbyshire.sch.uk.
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