Head of Social Science
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Job start date
1 January 2022
Closing date
15 October 2021 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 October 2021
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- View all Social sciencesjobs
Working pattern
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS or UPS
Additional allowances
TLR
Head of Social Science job summary
Permanent, Full Time position.
Westlands School are looking for a Subject Leader for an established and thriving Social Sciences department who is able to deliver Psychology, Sociology and Criminology across Key Stage(s) 4 and 5.
An opportunity to lead a team of dedicated individuals who put pupil experience and progress at the heart of their teaching.
Join us and benefit from:
● A friendly, supportive and committed team;
● A very well-run department where pupils achieve exceptionally well;
● Pupils who enjoy learning in a dynamic and exciting school;
● Teaching a subject that is very popular in Key Stage 4;
● An excellent CPD programme, which gives all staff the opportunity to study further;
● Being part of a highly successful trust.
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 Westlands School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1784 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Westlands School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- liz.leverett@swale.at
- Phone number
- 01795477475
Based on a tradition of excellent exam results, a wide and varied curriculum and two previous 'Outstanding' OFSTED judgements, the school is oversubscribed and has gained an enviable reputation in the wider community. Westlands School is a mixed, 11-18, non-selective school and is one of the most popular in the county.
Our curriculum provides impressive breadth, which we are proud of, this means that students can study academic courses alongside a wide choice of arts, technology and other vocational subjects. We have an enhanced range of extra-curricular activities, which we believe provides enrichment as well as developing students’ character.
Westlands is particularly proud of the fact that it focuses on students of all abilities making exceptional levels of progress, particularly in the key skills of literacy and numeracy.
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