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St Anthony’s School for Boys seeks to appoint a well qualified and inspirational Head of Humanities. The Faculty consists of History, Geography, and Religious Education taught as discrete subjects throughout the school. There has been considerable work on the curriculum in all three subjects over the last few years and the successful candidate will work closely with the Deputy Head Academic and class teachers to ensure teaching and learning is of the highest possible standard.
Job Responsibility:
Model high standards of professional behaviour in all aspects of school life, including proactively communicating and collaborating with other Faculty Heads in order to realise the vision of the school as stated in The School Development Plan
Ensure that schemes of work curriculum plans from Reception to Year 8 are fit for purpose and highly engaging for all pupils across the ability range, including the incorporation of challenge and stretch for the most able and support for those with additional needs
Be responsible for progress tracking for each subject area in the Faculty, in line with the whole school reporting and assessment policy
Ensure that staff who are responsible for delivering the curriculum throughout the school are confident in delivering high quality lessons at all times, including the coordination of resources
Work as part of a wider Middle Management Team, including attendance at Head of Faculty meetings
Provide at least one CPD activity per term, focusing on Teaching and Learning for the whole school
Provide enrichment and cultural opportunities for students, pertaining to the Faculty, including out-of-school trips and participation in school enrichment sessions
Complete and update annual Faculty Handbook and Faculty Development Plan in line with the whole-school goals set out in the School Development Plan
Be proactive in their own self-development as well as that of those teaching subjects sitting within their Faculty
providing CPD suggestions and opportunities to enhance Teaching and
Lead on Digital Literacy in your Faculty, ensuring that Digital Literacy is embedded into the curriculum and role modelling best practice for colleagues in this area
Keep up to date with developments in subject area and education in general to ensure that best practice is adopted within the Faculty
Be the formal Appraiser of up to three members of teaching staff
Monitor the Faculty budget, including accounting for expenditure and the impact of this on learning
Fulfil the role of Form Tutor as required, overseeing the holistic (pastoral and academic) development of tutees, communicating with parents as appropriate
Requirements:
A vision for developing the Humanities provision at St. Anthony’s School from Reception to Year 8
The experience of teaching at least two of the Humanities subjects (Religious Studies, Geography and History)
Experience of high-quality classroom practice including the planning and delivery of impactful lessons and quality written feedback
The experience of identifying where there is need for change and implementing this successfully
An excellent communicator with strong organisational skills with the ability to coordinate the delivery of a curriculum across varying Key Stages
Nice to have:
It would be advantageous for the candidate to have experience in teaching three Humanities subjects.
What we offer:
Work in state-of-the-art facilities alongside industry-renowned educators and leaders in some of the world's most desirable locations