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Head of Psychology
Verulam School, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 4PR13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
12 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
29 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Psychology
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS - UPS + Fringe + TLR2a
Head of Psychology job summary
School Roll: 768 with 221 in Sixth Form
Head of Psychology
MPS - UPS + Fringe + TLR2a
Full time Permanent
For September 2025
We are seeking an enthusiastic and committed Head of Psychology to join our Post 16 Social Science faculty.
Over half of all students study at least one of Sociology, Psychology, Politics, Economics or Law. The department is well supported by the school and has dedicated classrooms in the Sixth Form Study Centre. The department follows the new AQA A Level specification.
Verulam places great emphasis on extra-curricular activity and engagement and benefits from outstanding attendance and exemplary behaviour.
Verulam School is a high achieving boys’ school with a mixed Sixth Form, which forms part of the highly successful BeauSandVer consortium. As a school, our core values of “Excellence, Character, Respect” permeate all that we do. We are located in St Albans, a beautiful and vibrant Cathedral city with a lively cultural life and a huge variety of restaurants, bars, pubs and shops. Recently named in the Sunday Times as the best place in the southeast to live, St Albans is surrounded by beautiful countryside but is still only 20 minutes from London by train and with easy access to motorways and airports.
The school has good GCSE and A Level results and achieved an above average Progress 8 score of +0.36 in 2023 for the whole school. It was judged to be a Good school in all categories by Ofsted in May 2024.
Verulam School is a member of the Ambition Education Trust (AET). The Ambition Education Trust (AET) consists of ten schools in Hertfordshire; three primary, one nursery and infants’, one juniors and five secondary. Our Trust launched in September 2024 following the amalgamation of two established Multi Academy Trusts (MATs), Alban Academies Trust and ATLAS Multi Academy Trust. As a member of AET, we are able to maximise opportunities for rewarding careers and opportunities for personal and professional development throughout our wider organisation. We work together within the Trust to share best practice, deliver joint training, promote the highest of expectations and raise achievement for all students.
Verulam School is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and the creation of an inclusive environment for all employees. Employment selections are made according to suitability for the post, irrespective of background or protected characteristic. Verulam School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
If you wish to have a tour of the school or ask any questions, please contact Roberta Williams on HR@verulam.aetrust.uk or 01727 766100.
To apply, please submit a completed application form from the portal My New Term via a link on the school website: https://verulamschool.co.uk/job-vacancies/
Closing date: Midday on Monday 12th May 2025
Interviews: TBC
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Commitment to safeguarding
Verulam School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Verulam School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1023 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Verulam School website
Verulam School is a high achieving boys’ school with a mixed Sixth Form, which forms part of the highly successful BeauSandVer consortium. As a school, our core values of “Excellence, Character, Respect” permeate all that we do. We are located in St Albans, a beautiful Cathedral city with a lively cultural life surrounded by countryside but still only 20 minutes from London by train and with easy access to motorways and airports.
The school has good GCSE and A Level results and achieved an above average Progress 8 score of +0.22 in 2019. (Last national data set). It was judged to be a Good school in all categories by Ofsted in October 2018.
Verulam School is a member of the Alban Academies Trust, together with Sandringham, Ridgeway, Wheatfields Junior and Wheatfields Infants’ and Nursery schools. We work together within the Trust to share best practice, deliver joint training, promote the highest of expectations and raise achievement for all students. The Trust’s motto is ‘Educational Excellence for All.’ The Trust offers significant opportunities for career development of staff at all levels of the organisation.
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