Head of RE & Citizenship - Fixed Term
Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form, London, N16 9EX46 days remaining to apply
Start date details
November 2024 or January 2025 start
Closing date
1 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Citizenship, Religious education
Working pattern
- Full time, term time: 32.5 hours a week
Contract type
- Maternity or parental leave cover - 1 year
Pay scale
- Inner London Pay Scale
Additional allowances
TLR 2B
What skills and experience we're looking for
Function of the post
- To teach Citizenship and RE including KS3 classes and GCSE level. Other subjects may also be taught as identified by the Headteacher.
- To be responsible for the planning, evaluation and curriculum developments in the Citizenship and RE department for years 7-13. To undertake quality assurance in the department. To be responsible for students’ outcomes in Citizenship and RE GCSE.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
- To always plan and teach high quality lessons and to maintain a stimulating learning environment.
- To implement the National Curriculum and relevant examination courses for RE and Citizenship across the age range.
- To pitch teaching at a suitably challenging level for all students in accordance with school targets
- To keep clear records in accordance with department and school policy, and to assess, monitor and report on individual pupils’ work.
- To carry out quality assurance processes for RE and Citizenship.
- To help with the smooth running of the department by undertaking tasks as requested and directed by the head of department.
- To ensure all students make excellent progress through well planned, differentiated classwork and determined follow-up and support.
- To provide RE and Citizenship training for colleagues who are not subject specialists.
- To ensure all students make excellent progress through setting and marking challenging homework.
- To be a form tutor or associate tutor.
- To attend parents’ evenings.
- To teach and lead on a range of RE and Citizenship related after school or holiday activities and clubs.
- To attend school meetings as directed by the department or by the Headteacher.
- To carry out all responsibilities in accordance with the school’s and the Authority’s equal opportunities policies.
Support for the school
- Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security and confidentiality, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
- Be aware of and support differences and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop.
- To supervise and support the orderly movement of students around the school site.
- Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school.
- Establish constructive relationships and communicate with other agencies/professionals, in liaison with the teacher, to support achievement and progress of pupils.
- Recognize your own strengths and areas of expertise and use these to advise and support others.
- Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required.
- Be responsible for the provision of out of school learning activities within relevant discipline e.g. clubs, extra-curricular activities within guidelines established by the school.
- To undertake additional or other duties as may be appropriate to achieve the objectives of the post and as directed and deemed appropriate by the Line Manager.
- This is a description of the main duties and responsibilities of the post at the date of production. The duties may change over time as requirements and circumstances change. The person in the post may also have to carry out other duties as may be necessary from time to time
- Enhanced DBS check.
- Strong commitment to furthering equalities in both service delivery and employment practice.
- The postholder must always carry out his/her responsibilities with due regard to the school’s policy, organization and arrangements for Health and Safety at Work.
- It is your responsibility to carry out your duties in line with Hackney Education policy on Equality and Diversity and be sensitive and caring to the needs of others, promoting a positive approach to a harmonious working environment.
- You must promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young and vulnerable people that you are responsible for or encounter.
What the school offers its staff
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a successful and popular 11-19 inner-city comprehensive school. The school is especially committed to creative teaching and learning. We aim that every colleague has excellent professional development which leads to every student having an outstanding education. Stoke Newington School is dedicated to being anti-racist, and inclusive, by striving hard to challenge through our curriculum. We seek to inculcate and strengthen the knowledge, confidence, and skills for all in our community to challenge racism.
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.
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About Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1666 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- lau.bal@sns.hackney.sch.uk
Welcome to Stoke Newington School – a vibrant, diverse and inclusive school delivering excellence for all. We are at the heart of our local community in North Hackney and strive to provide an inspirational learning journey for every student. We believe that all our young people have the potential to achieve in school and succeed in life. We ensure that students flourish at our school regardless of their starting point or individual circumstance. We have a culture rooted in high expectations for all, which cultivates a love of learning and ambition for success, together with a strong sense of belonging and civic duty.
Our teachers and support staff are creative, skilled and committed professionals, who work tirelessly to improve the outcomes for all our students. We have a strong focus on creativity in our classrooms. We believe everyone has creative capacities and know that creativity is the skill of the future. Our students past and present are strong evidence of our success. We are proud of their academic progress, sporting achievements, musical performances, drama productions and many have successfully achieved places at Russell Group universities, leading Art schools and high quality apprenticeships. Our year on year improvement at GCSE and A level reflects our strong commitment to continually evolve and deliver on our pledge to provide a great education for all.
We recognise that every young person is different and deserving of success. We have high expectations of behaviour to allow everyone to thrive and succeed. We place a strong emphasis on primary-secondary transition and recognise this moment can be both exciting and daunting for students and their parents. We pride ourselves on our compassionate pastoral care and environment of kindness. Many of our students choose to stay with us at Sixth Form, one of the largest in Hackney.
I hope our website has given you an insight into our school and encourage you to apply.
I look forward to welcoming you.
Zehra Jaffer
Headteacher
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