HEAD OF SOCIAL SCIENCES and HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
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
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
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Queen Katherine School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- emma.robinson@queenkatherine.org
- Phone number
- 01539 743900
Secondary School
Arranging a visit to The Queen Katherine School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email emma.robinson@queenkatherine.org.
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