Head of PSHCE and Religious Studies

Amersham School, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP7 9HH

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Thursday 27th August 2026

• Closing date

  20 February 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  14 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Citizenship, PSHE, Religious education
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main Scale/UPS. TLR 2.2 - PSHCE & Religious Studies, TLR 2.3 - Inclusive of Careers Lead
• Additional allowances:

  Main Scale/UPS. TLR 2.2 - PSHCE & Religious Studies, TLR 2.3 - Inclusive of Careers Lead

Head of PSHCE and Religious Studies job summary

Purpose of Role is to lead, develop and embed a high quality PSHCE curriculum including:

• Citizenship
• Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)
• Ethics

that supports students' personal development, wellbeing and preparation for modern life in Britain. Also to lead and design the delivery of the RS curriculum to achieve high levels of engagement.

For an exceptional candidate the role of Careers Lead would also be considered in addition to the PSHCE Lead role. In this case, the successful candidate would need to lead, develop and embed a high-quality careers education programme that prepares all pupils for further education, employment and training, and meets statutory requirements and national benchmarks.

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.

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Amersham School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1052 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Amersham School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/amersham-school

Amersham School is a student centred, rapidly improving mixed 11-18 Community School of 920 students with 132 students in our thriving 6th Form.

Our students are encouraged to become well-rounded and broad-minded individuals and we support this through a diverse range of extra-curricular activities. As a Business and Enterprise specialist we focus on the development of skills which inspire and motivate our students to become successful and confident adults.

Amersham School looks forward to an exciting and promising future. Our students achieve good examination results at both GCSE and A Level. We are consistently one of the top performing Upper Schools in the County, making sure that our students have the personal qualifications and qualities to access Post-16 education and training. We are incredibly proud of our students and welcome the opportunity to work with and learn from those who share our dedication to innovation, improvement and success.

Please visit our school website where you will find a wealth of information about our vision and our mission statement ‘Live, Learn and Succeed – Together’ where our values of mutual respect, honesty and integrity, responsibility and ownership, equality and co-operation alongside the establishment of a sense of community underpin our school environment.

Amersham School was rated a good school by Ofsted in 2016.

As employers, we are committed to your personal development. We offer a supportive and innovative environment to work within and opportunities for Professional Development which will allow you to further enhance your skilful practice.

Our staff members have free access to our fitness suite, onsite parking and will have the opportunity to take part in social activities. As a result of our success we are expanding our school and therefore are recruiting teachers to join our hard working, innovative and enthusiastic team.

You can find out more about Amersham School on https://www.amershamschool.org.uk/

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