Head of Humanities
Avonbourne Girls Academy, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 6NYThis job expired on 20 April 2020 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2020
Closing date
20 April 2020 at 9am
Date listed
26 March 2020
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
Full-time equivalent salary
- Highly Competitive
Head of Humanities job summary
The role
Do you want to lead a large, thriving Humanities team on to the next stage of its development?
It is a very exciting time to join Avonbourne Academies and play a role in the transformational journey we are currently undergoing.
The Humanities Faculty at Avonbourne Academies consists of the Geography, History, RS, Psychology, Sociology, Travel & Tourism and Business Studies/Economics Departments. All subjects are studied at GCSE and A Level. The successful candidate would have line management responsibilities for all of these subject areas, line managing five Heads of Department.
The successful candidate will be a History, Geography, RE or Business Studies specialist. This is a superb opportunity for an experienced middle leader, and excellent preparation for senior leadership.
The academies are part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.
Avonbourne Boys’ Academy, Avonbourne Girls’ Academy and Avonwood Primary all joined United Learning on the 1st August 2019. Avonbourne Girls’ Academy is currently graded as ‘Good’ by OFSTED. Avonbourne Boys’ Academy is a new academy and came into existence on the 1st August 2019. Harewood College, the predecessor school, was previously placed in Special Measures in February 2019.
We believe that all of the academies will provide an excellent education for all students by 2022. We are looking for someone that shares this belief and passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs.
The academies are all located together on the same campus in East Bournemouth. The campus is also home to United Sixth Form, a vibrant sixth form that provides a United Learning sixth form experience to students from across the United Learning Bournemouth and Poole cluster, as well as other external students.
The academies benefit from working very closely with Avonwood, Carter, Glenmoor, Winton and United Sixth Form Academies, as part of the United Learning Bournemouth and Poole cluster. We work as a team and achieve more, by sharing, than any single school could.
We are values-driven and our vision is to provide excellent education so that all young people are able to make a success of their lives. Our most important purpose is to teach young people things they would not learn outside school which empower them. We believe that ‘Knowledge Is Power’. We believe in teaching through explicit/direct instruction (Rosenshine and Engelmann) and utilising TLAC 2.0 techniques. Our mission is to bring out ‘the best in everyone’. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We also believe in ‘Education with Character’ – we want young people to look back on a schooling that has inspired and challenged them, given them wide opportunity and prepared them for the ups and downs of life. We are driven by ‘REACH’ values: Respect, Enthusiasm, Ambition, Confidence and Hardwork.
We value our staff highly, and treat workload very seriously. Our systems are high leverage, ensuring you can really focus on your core purpose – teaching, in a sustainable way, unhindered by bureaucracy or poor behaviour.
About You
What we are looking for:
The successful candidate will be:
An experienced and highly effective middle leader and History, Geography, RE or Business Studies specialist, with an excellent track record
Aligned to our values and mission. If you are the type of person who fits with our culture, you will love working here
Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs. Someone that does not make excuses for what children can achieve.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
About Avonbourne Girls Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 989 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Avonbourne Girls Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@avonbourneacademy.org.uk
Avonbourne Girls' and Boys' Academies are based in Bournemouth and provide secondary education from KS3 through to KS5.
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