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  • Job start date

    1 September 2024

  • Closing date

    22 May 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    15 May 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Head of department or curriculum

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subjects

Humanities, PSHE

Working pattern

Full time: 32.5 hours per week

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

TMS/UPS

Additional allowances

plus TLR2a

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Avon Valley School is seeking to appoint a Subject Lead for PSHE to deliver outstanding lessons as well as to have responsibility for the leadership, promotion and development of Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education across the School.

Responsibilities will include overseeing the provision of relationships and sex education (RSE) under the statutory guidance for schools.

PSHE is a fundamentally important area of The Avon Valley School curriculum and aims to enable our pupils to have the information, awareness and maturity to make responsible and informed decisions; to recognise that their choices and actions will have consequences and to understand what those consequences might be.

The school seeks a teaching professional with both integrity and compassion, to contribute to a busy and successful faculty.We invite applications from experienced teachers as well as NQTs in the early stages of their careers.

The ability to teach humanities would be an advantage.

The successful candidate will be passionate about the importance of the PSHE programme and be highly organised. They will demonstrate the ability to lead and develop the staff who deliver PSHE to ensure high quality of teaching, effective use of resources and the highest standards of learning and achievement for all pupils. They will have the ability to adapt to the needs of students. Good emotional intelligence and a passion for engaging students in learning are essential.

Closing date: 9.00am Wednesday 22nd May 2024

(although we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role).

Interviews to be held: Thursday 23rd or Friday 24th May 2024

For further information, the application form and job description, email: recruitment@avonvalleyschool.uk or telephone: 01788 542355.

Please note we do not accept CVs without an application form. Please note we do not provide working visas.

Please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2023.

The Avon Valley School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The above post is subject to a satisfactory DBS Enhanced Disclosure Certificate with Barred List check (child) via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

  • Focussed career development including yearly appraisals, with 6 month reviews
  • A successful ECT support programme
  • A supportive faculty and senior leadership team
  • A focus on staff development and internal promotion
  • Employee benefits such as the cycle to work scheme and wellbeing support

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.

This job post has expired.

About The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1107 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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School website
The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College website (opens in new tab)
Email address
recruitment@avonvalleyschool.uk
Phone number
01788 542355
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Avon Valley is a successful and oversubscribed school situated within the busy market town of Rugby. Following our Ofsted Inspection in March 2023, we were graded a ‘Good’ school. The school offers a distinctive ethos where we aim to inspire and support each student to prepare for their future by fulfilling both their academic and personal potential.
www.avonvalleyschool.uk

Arranging a visit to The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@avonvalleyschool.uk.

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