Head of Vocational and Social Sciences
Archway School, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 4AX8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
2 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 February 2025
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
- Business studies, Health and social care, Psychology, Sociology
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR
Additional allowances
TLR 2C £7898 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are excited to offer this fantastic opportunity to lead a dynamic and growing department, responsible for Health and Social Care, Work Skills, Sociology, Business Studies, and Psychology. The ability to teach Sociology and/or Business Studies would be advantageous.
As Head of Vocational and Social Sciences, you will lead a committed team of subject specialists, playing a crucial role in curriculum development, student achievement, and staff support. This is a key leadership position, offering the chance to drive innovation, collaboration, and excellence in Vocational and Social Sciences education.
We are looking for an inspirational leader with a passion for Vocational and Social Sciences education, a strong track record of teaching excellence, and the ability to inspire and develop both students and staff.
We welcome applications from motivated and ambitious individuals who are eager to play a pivotal role in the next stage of our school’s development.
If you are excited by this opportunity, we would love to hear from you!
Archway is a Relational Practice school, where building and maintaining positive relationships is at the heart of everything we do. We believe that strong connections among all members of our school community is essential to our success; creating a collaborative, supportive environment where everyone can thrive. Our ethos of Relational Practice is also key to the ambition we have for all students to have the opportunity to succeed.
Join us as Head of Vocational and Social Sciences and be an integral part of our school's journey, supporting our commitment to Relational Practice and academic excellence.
The successful candidate will:
- Aspire to deliver an outstanding education to all our young people.
- Proactively engage with CPD (the school has a generous CPD budget and is keen to fund staff who wish to improve their skillset).
- Be able to bring lessons to life in an innovative and meaningful way.
- Think creatively about how to implement schemes of learning and share their pedagogical ideas with colleagues.
What the school offers its staff
Successful candidates will benefit from:
- Use of school facilities, such as swimming pool and gym.
- After school activities, such as staff Pilates.
- Electric car charging points at an additional cost.
- One paid ‘wellbeing day’ per academic year, which can be booked off during term time.
Full Time Head of Vocational and Social Sciences
- Start date: 1st September 2025
- Permanent contract/ Full time/MPR/UPR
- TLR – 2C £7898 per annum
- Closing date for applications Sunday 2nd March 2025
- Interview date TBC
Archway school is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from people with protected characteristics such as age, gender reassignment, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality or ethnicity, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and therefore expects all staff and volunteers to share this same commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and this position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.
As part of our due diligence for safer recruitment, the school may carry out online searches for shortlisted candidates to help identify any incidents or issues which may need to be explored at interview. The searches would be made on open-source information and may include, but will not be limited to, the main social networking sites, including Instagram and Facebook.
We reserve the right to close applications before the deadline if necessary.
Please note we are unable to provide feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Archway School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 997 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Archway School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- zoefield@archwayschool.net
- Phone number
- 01453763242
Archway is a maintained, co-educational comprehensive school for students aged between 11 and 18 years old. We currently have 916 students on the roll, of whom 132 are in Sixth Form.
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