Subject Improvement Lead (Humanities)
Star Academies, Blackburn, BB1 2HT4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Tuesday, 1 April 2025 (September 2025 would be considered)
Closing date
3 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
13 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Humanities
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £72,162.00 to £87,651.00 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we’re looking for
We are searching for an outstanding individual to improve the quality of teaching, learning, curriculum and intervention in humanities subjects (history and geography, religious studies) across the Trust’s secondary schools, through embedding best practice and building capacity in line with the Trust’s policies and frameworks.
The successful candidate will drive improved attainment in humanities subjects across all our secondary schools, by skilfully co-ordinating and supporting both curriculum intent and implementation in these subjects at designated schools.
As Humanities Improvement Lead, you would be deployed across our schools located in five regions: Lancashire, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, and London.
You will have:
- A degree in a humanities subject along with Qualified Teacher Status.
- A national professional qualification (NPQ) in middle or senior leadership.
- An in depth knowledge of the exam specifications in humanities subjects.
- Experience of delivering outstanding results consistently and a track record of improving results as a humanities subject leader.
- Experience of developing and delivering high impact intervention programmes.
- The ability to analyse assessment data and use it effectively to identify and close gaps in learning.
- Successfully delivered training and coaching for humanities teachers.
- Passion for securing life-changing outcomes for young people in disadvantaged communities.
What the school offers its staff
Star Central, which is based at our head office in Blackburn, Lancashire, provides leadership, strategic direction and support to Star Academies, Star Institute and our schools.
The Star Central team includes experts from a range of professional backgrounds, who work together to provide an outstanding support service to the Star community. We support our schools to provide educational and operational excellence and to cultivate a strong Star community, with the aim of nurturing today’s young people and inspiring tomorrow’s leaders.
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 Star Academies
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- info@staracademies.org
- Phone number
- 0330 313 9800
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