Social Sciences Faculty Leader (Head of Department)

Harlington Upper School, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 6NX

13 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  16 May 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Child Development, Psychology, Social Sciences, Sociology
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main/Upper Pay Scale. TLR 1A

Social Sciences Faculty Leader (Head of Department) job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a Social Sciences Faculty Leader to join our successful, dynamic and friendly team.

The Social Sciences Faculty Leader is a key figure in leadership and management of the curriculum and staff in the school. They oversee the subjects taught within the department, which are Psychology, Sociology, Criminology and Child Development. The ideal candidate will teach Psychology and one other subject to A’ Level.

We are a successful forward thinking Upper School based in a beautiful rural setting in the heart of central Bedfordshire with excellent transport links. We offer staff the opportunity to work in a friendly, supportive community with talented, caring and dedicated colleagues.

From September 2025 we are moving to a 1pm Friday finish to support staff and student well-being. Please see the charter for our wider approach to staff well-being.

What makes Harlington Upper School special is the real sense of community that you can see and sense as you walk around the school. Each individual child is important to us, and our expectation is that all our students will develop and grow as young people as they make their journey as part of our community. The quality of teaching is strong, and our staff are talented, caring and dedicated, and we are very proud of our staff and students.

Harlington Upper School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Online checks and reference requests will be completed in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, and prior to interview. All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of safer recruitment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check.

No Agencies please.

Commitment to safeguarding

Safer Recruitment: Harlington Upper School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All posts working with children will be subject to the disclosure of criminal records, and identification documents will be required as evidence of identity and right to work in the UK.

Online checks will be completed in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

We do not accept CVs or applications from agencies.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Harlington Upper School

• School type: Academy, ages 13 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1248 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 13 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Harlington Upper School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/harlington-upper-school-dunstable

Based in a unique location, in the heart of rural Bedfordshire, with excellent transport links, we are situated one mile from M1 Junction 12, and within walking distance to a train station with routes to London and the Midlands.

Harlington Upper School is a very special place. We are a high attaining, academic school with outcomes at GCSE and A Level that consistently top the Bedfordshire league tables. We embrace an approach to teaching and learning that combines innovation with established best practice, and equip our young people with the skills, knowledge and qualifications they need to progress successfully beyond their school years.

We believe that every child, no matter their starting point, can succeed if challenged and inspired appropriately, and alongside our academic curriculum, we provide outstanding extracurricular opportunities, enrichment and personal development to provide a truly rounded education for all our young people.

Our expectation that our students are ambitious, altruistic and accountable, ensures that we achieve both excellent academic progress for our students while creating a happy, safe and harmonious environment. We are gifted with a highly motivated and talented staff body; every class is taught by subject specialists who are experts in their field.

Being part of the Pyramid Schools Trust ensures effective collaboration with our local Middle and Lower Schools and provides a seamless transition into Upper School enabling a cohesive, world class, all through education for our students.

Harlington Upper School makes a difference to young people, and we very much look forward to welcoming new colleagues to join our successful team.

Our vacancies can also be viewed on our website: https://www.harlington.org/admissions-join-us/work-for-us/

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