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This job expired on 18 February 2024

  • Start date details

    01/09/2024 or earlier

  • Closing date

    18 February 2024 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    29 January 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

Health and social care, Social sciences

Working pattern

Full time: Full Time/0.8

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS/UPS

Additional allowances

TLR (2c £3,214pa)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We seek to appoint a dedicated and inspirational Head of Social Sciences & Health & Social Care to join our committed, successful and supportive team. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that inspirational teaching makes learning exciting and relevant and that the curriculum is engaging, effective and supports our learners to achieve excellent outcomes. They will have a clear vision for what constitutes excellence across Psychology, Sociology and Heath & Social Care and will have a commitment to building interest and enthusiasm for Social Sciences across the school.

The successful candidate will be an excellent classroom practitioner with a proven track record of supporting learners to make progress. They will be a reflective individual with a good understanding of effective pedagogy, informed by research. They will have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and will actively support and develop colleagues.

What the school offers its staff

Generous LGPS Pension



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 The Queen Katherine School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
View all Secondaryjobs
School size
936 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19
Phone number
01539 743900

Secondary School

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To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email emma.robinson@queenkatherine.org.

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