Head of World of Work
Alfriston School, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2TS2 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2025
Closing date
18 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £50,471.00 Annually (Actual) Upper Pay Scale 3 £50,471 + £2,679 SEN Allowance
Head of World of Work job summary
Role: Head of World of Work
Salary: Upper Pay Scale 3 £50,471 + £2,679 SEN Allowance
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Start Date: 1st September 2025
Are you driven by a desire to shape the futures of young people through high-quality careers education, employability, and life skills? Do you want to make a lasting difference in a school that champions inclusivity, curiosity, and ambition for every learner?
Alfriston School is looking for a visionary and dynamic Head of World of Work to lead the strategic development of our careers and employability provision across Years 7 to 11. This is a key leadership position at the heart of our commitment to empowering students to move through the world with confidence, purpose, and a strong sense of identity.
About the Role
As Head of World of Work, you will lead a vibrant and evolving faculty responsible for delivering a meaningful and inclusive employability curriculum from Year 7 through to Year 11. You will play a central role in ensuring that careers education, work-related learning, functional skills, and life preparation are embedded throughout the student journey, right from their first year at Alfriston.
This role involves designing and overseeing a progressive World of Work curriculum that builds students' confidence, independence, and understanding of future pathways over time. From early exposure in Year 7 to more targeted preparation and experiences in Year 10 and 11, you will ensure each stage is developmentally appropriate, aspirational, and accessible for students with a range of special educational needs.
At Alfriston, our mission goes beyond teaching - we empower students to thrive. If you’re inspired by our values and ready to make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children which will be reflected throughout recruitment. The selected candidate will be required to provide suitable references and undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before taking up the post.
Applying for the job
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View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Alfriston School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- School size
- 164 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Alfriston School website
Alfriston is an outstanding Special School with Academy status for girls aged 11-19 with moderate learning difficulties and speech and language and communication difficulties. We currently have 164 girls on roll. All the pupils have an Education Health Care Plan and are taught in small groups and with additional support. Our staff are specialist subject teachers and are experienced in working with a range of special needs and abilities.
Pupils attend Alfriston from all over Buckinghamshire and some neighbouring counties. We also have weekly boarding provision for 20 pupils.
We consider the staff team as our most valuable resource. Training and development is a high priority in the school. There is also personal support given to staff to manage the diverse and challenging work needed to support pupils with significant special needs. At present there are 70 staff employed at the school working in the teaching, support, residential and administrative teams. We are proud of the excellent standard of education provided at Alfriston.
WHY WORK FOR ALFRISTON SCHOOL?
Alfriston School is based in Beaconsfield. The school benefits from outstanding modern facilities, all of our classrooms are fully equipped with interactive screens and access to class sets of laptops or iPads. All teachers are provided with a laptop that is renewed every three years. The school enjoys a recently modernised performing arts and music facilities that include the use of a dance studio, sound/recording studio and performance space, along with our exceptional sports facilities that caters for a range of indoor and outdoor activities including mountain biking, trampolining, cycling, football and many others. The school also enjoys use of its spacious swimming pool designed by a bespoke architect, as part of an upgrade of the sports facilities at Alfriston, the architects developed a concertina-like roof structure that echoes the shape of the pitched roofs on other buildings in the area causing minimal sound reverberation which is beneficial for the use of our students with their Special Educational Needs.
Alfriston offers a wide and diverse range of professional development opportunities for staff, including the opportunity to train with Astra School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT), a local Ofsted-outstanding school-centred teacher training provider.
Alfriston School also offers staff:
• A friendly working environment
• Supportive and caring colleagues
• Excellent opportunities for professional development
• Onsite parking
• Transport links (Chiltern Line and close to the M40)
• Discount on hire of selected school facilities
• Close to local amenities
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