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Head of Humanities and MFL (Geography and History Specialism)

Manor Community Academy, Hartlepool, Teesside, TS25 3PS

This job expired on 25 May 2020 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2020

• Closing date

  25 May 2020 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  14 May 2020

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
  • Deputy headteacher
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Geography, History
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: L5 - L9 (£45,319 – £50,026)

Head of Humanities and MFL (Geography and History Specialism) job summary

1. Maintaining a focus on teaching and learning 2. Exercising appropriate professional skills and judgement 3. Accountability for leading, managing and developing a subject or curriculum area or student development in the Department 4. Working with other relevant teachers in the department: • Identify relevant department improvement issues • Define and agree appropriate improvement targets • Co-ordinate CPD needs and opportunities for department staff • Evaluate the impact of all improvement activities on the quality of teaching and learning • Provide the Senior Leadership Team with relevant subject, curriculum area or student performance information 5. Having impact on educational progress beyond personally assigned students in the Department 6. Working with other relevant teachers and staff in the department: • Identify appropriate attainment and/or achievement targets • Monitor pupil standards and achievement against annual targets • Monitor planning, curriculum coverage and learning outcomes • Monitor standards of pupil behaviour and application • Lead evaluation strategies to contribute to overall Academy self-evaluation • Plan and implement strategies where improvement needs are identified • Ensure that relevant attainment / achievement targets are met 7. Leading, developing and enhancing the teaching practice of others 8. Working with other relevant teachers and staff in the department: • Maintain personal expertise and share this with other teachers • Act as a role model of good classroom practice for other teachers, modelling effective strategies with them • Monitor and evaluate standards of teaching, identifying areas for improvement • Plan and implement strategies to improve teaching where needs are identified • Induct, support and monitor new staff • Act as a performance management team leader for identified teachers 9. Line management responsibility for a significant number of people: • Ensure that performance management arrangements are effectively discharged by other team leaders in the department • Monitor the effectiveness and impact of performance management arrangements within the department (subject to the performance management policy) • Monitor and evaluate the contribution and impact of other staff in the Department to Academy improvement • Provide quality assurance monitoring and intervention with staff as agreed with the senior leadership team • Identify staff development needs and co-ordinate these with those responsible for CPD in the Academy • Plan the deployment of staff expertise to achieve departmental improvement objectives • Take initial responsibility for the pastoral care and welfare of all department staff

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the interview process.

The Trust is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. All posts are subject to enhanced disclosure and barring service checks. We expect all adults to share our commitment to safeguarding and the health and wellbeing of our pupils.

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About Manor Community Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 995 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Manor Community Academy website
• Email address: s.smart@northerneducationtrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/manor-community-academy

Northern Education Trust is a not-for-profit education charity, operating within the North East and North West of England, and works with schools by invitation only. It was formed in 2012 and currently sponsors 30 Academies – 13 primary and 17 secondary – making it one of the largest Multi Academy Trusts in the North of England. All of the Trust’s primary schools are rated either Good or Outstanding by Ofsted, as are all the Trust’s secondary schools which have been inspected whilst sponsored by NET.

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