Subject Leader Politics
The University of Birmingham School, Birmingham, B29 6QU12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April or September 2025
Closing date
27 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
13 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Politics
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £44,730.00 - £56,052.00 Annually (Actual)
Subject Leader Politics job summary
We seek an experienced teacher of Politics & Humanities who is able to shape and lead this popular area of our curriculum. We are keen to hear from talented middle leaders looking to extend their experience, and outstanding, ambitious teachers seeking their first middle leadership post.
Politics is a popular subject at A’level with many students opting to study it further at university. Students benefit from a range of extra-curricular activities to enhance their learning experience, including visits to Parliament and the Supreme Court, visits by local MPs and Question and Answer sessions with a peer, and the school is keen to expand and enhance these opportunities.
The successful candidate will have strong subject knowledge of Politics at KS5, and will have experience of teaching another Humanities subject (preferably History or Religious Studies) at least up to GCSE standard. Candidates who have taught GCSE Business Studies would also be of interest.
They will be able to motivate and inspire both staff and students, demonstrate excellent leadership and management skills or potential, and be committed to inclusion and the well-being of every young person.
We will have high expectations of you to be a positive role model committed to the distinctive ethos of our School, where we strive for academic excellence, underpinned by character education. In return we can offer:
A commitment to your continued professional development within school, using additional training days to enhance and develop teaching pedagogy.
3 days per year dedicated to your own research or professional learning
Access to world class resources, research and people through our partnership with the University of Birmingham
Excellent support and guidance for ECTs where applicable
Involvement in our exciting timetabled enrichment programme
Visits to school are welcomed, please contact Katie Tennant on 0121 796 5008 to arrange this.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community. The University of Birmingham School is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting their welfare, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. These posts are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, references, and online checks.
Commitment to safeguarding
The University of Birmingham School is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting their welfare, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. These posts are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, references, and online checks.
Please note we do not accept applications via CV.
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 The University of Birmingham School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1175 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
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Mainstream school with state - free school funding
Secondary with sixth form
Students of mixed gender, age 11 - 18 years
Rethinking education, helping tomorrow’s citizens flourish.
The University of Birmingham School is a school for our city. Our aim is simple: to transform the lives of our pupils by raising their aspirations and maximising their potential by accessing the widest possible range of educational opportunities. We want our graduates to go on to make a different to the lives of others as responsible citizens, loving partners and parents, excellent friends and great work colleagues.
In our £23m building, and drawing on the world-class facilities, resources and expertise of the University of Birmingham, we offer our pupils a broad and balanced academic curriculum; a focus on character education; and a wide programme of enrichment opportunities delivered through an extended school day.
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