Personal Development Lead
Grace College, Gateshead, NE9 6LE19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
18 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
27 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £49,799.00 - £56,337.00 Annually (Actual) L1 - L6
Personal Development Lead job summary
Grace College are looking to recruit a Personal Development Lead who will enthuse pupils to learn with a combination of great subject knowledge, energy and dedication..
We have high expectations for our students as they grow and develop and all our staff provide important role models to them in terms of positive attitude, work ethic and diligence.
The successful candidate will:
Ensure high quality implementation of each core theme of Personal Development to ensure the effective planning of and deployment of resource to the personal development lessons.
Ensure that assessment of learning demonstrates that gaps in student knowledge are being addressed so that core knowledge is secure and built upon over time.
Liaise with the Careers Advisor to ensure that the taught curriculum in relation to the core theme of Futures supports the college to go beyond the Gatsby Benchmark.
Engage students in a vibrant and busy programme of visiting speakers, online events and non-residential off-site visits that serve to raise aspirations and broaden students’ perspectives.
Oversee, plan and manage the termly co-curricular programme and annual residential programme.
Oversee the Good Morning Grace and Friday Review Broadcasts so that students have access to a broad and engaging range of content that promotes SMSC development, British Values and the protected characteristics.
Implement the collective worship policy in line with our Christian ethos to enable students to thrive and flourish.
Further information is available in the job description and person specification.
Join us and in addition to working with committed and helpful colleagues, the Trust can offer access to the following benefits:
- Defined benefit pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Daily lunch allowance
- Free parking
- Access to our exclusive Benefits Hub
- Employee centred and family friendly policies and practices that support you in and beyond the workplace
- Enhanced sick pay, maternity leave and paternity leave (dependent on length of service)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Funded eye tests and glasses for DSE users (subject to T/Cs)
Grace College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Where the post is engaged in regulated activity, and/or an opportunity for contact with children the position will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. In addition, as part of the shortlisting process, and in accordance with statutory guidance, we may carry out an online search (for publicly available material) to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened which we may want to explore with shortlisted applicants at interview.
Commitment to safeguarding
Grace College is committed to the safeguarding of children and all staff are expected to ensure that the College is a safe and secure environment for our students. All applicants are referred to the Safeguarding Statement which is to be found within the Policy section of the Grace College website.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Grace College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1190 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Grace College website (opens in new tab)
As an 11-19 secondary school serving nearly 1,300 students in central Gateshead, we have a clear vision for excellence in character education, the examined curriculum and in service to our community, grounded in our Christian ethos. We are part of the Emmanuel Schools Foundation, which opens exceptional opportunities for knowledge sharing and career development. We have a clear model for school improvement to provide outstanding education for all students and are relentless in the pursuit of this goal. You will be central to delivering our strategy, as you transform both the school and our students’ futures.
We are committed to realising the potential of our students and staff alike. Our hope and expectation are that each person will be deeply valued as infinitely precious, challenged to grow in character and inspired by learning together to achieve their personal best in whatever they do.
Join us and you can expect to be nurtured, supported, and encouraged at every step of your career. We put staff professional learning and development front and centre of everything we do in our partnerships with outstanding regional and national organisations. Ultimately, we are looking for the school leaders of tomorrow who will contribute here at Grace College and across the Emmanuel Schools Foundation.
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