Leader of Social Sciences
Waverley School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B9 5QAThis job expired on 30 June 2022
Job start date
1 September 2022
Closing date
30 June 2022 at 10am
Date listed
10 June 2022
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Humanities
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership scale – L1 – L5
Leader of Social Sciences job summary
We are looking for a highly motivated and committed individual to join our team as Leader of Social Sciences.
The ideal applicant will have an excellent track record of teaching and student progress within a successful secondary school or teaching training programme. They will be expected to deliver outstanding lessons to ensure excellence and achievement for all learners, with a true commitment to raising standards. Applicants will need to have experience of using a variety of approaches to continually enhance teaching and learning throughout the school and across the full age and ability range. The ideal applicant also need to have excellent communication skills and the ability to forge strong working relationships.
The applicant will support effective leadership and management as a leader within the Humanities faculty, thereby build and maintain an effective teaching team. The ideal candidate will lead the curriculum development and quality assurance of social sciences specialisms. You will also support/lead on data and reporting to develop the work of the faculty.
The school’s most recent inspection report, Ofsted (November 2021) commented that ‘Pupils are happy to come to this school…. and the curriculum is ambitiously designed to stretch pupils regardless of their starting point.’
The successful candidate will need to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Waverley School is committed to the protection and safety of its students.
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 Waverley School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Through schooljobs
- School size
- 1750 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Waverley School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- applications@waverley.bham.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0121 566 6607
Waverley School became an all-through school in September 2012. At Waverley we create an environment which allows everyone to develop mutual respect for each other and a respect for learning.
This is an exciting time to join Waverley Education Foundation Trust. We have landmark buildings equipped with state of the art and design technology facilities for teaching, learning and training. As part of the exciting growth plans for the Trust, we are expanding our team to meet future requirements.
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