Vacancy for the post of
HEAD OF HUMANITIES FACULTY
Pay Scale: L9-13
Are you an Outstanding Geography or History Teacher or Health and Social Care, or Head of
Geography or History or Health and Social Care, ready to move into your next Leadership role
as Head of Humanities Faculty? Are you a current Head of Humanities with a Geography or
History or Health and Social Care specialism looking for your next challenge?
The Governors are seeking to appoint an inspirational Head of Humanities Faculty. This
successful candidate will have strong motivational and leadership skills to drive the Humanities
Team within the school.
The person appointed will need to be an outstanding and creative Head able to deliver
outstanding lessons and with the skills to lead and motivate a large faculty.
The Head of Humanities Faculty post is one that will require intelligence, vision, commitment
and the consistent role modelling of best practice for staff and pupils. It is also a tremendously
exciting post and one that will offer the successful candidate the opportunity to shape and
deliver our Humanities curriculum and play an integral role in developing a school that is a
match for the very best in the private and state sectors.
Ideal candidates will:
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Have experience of teaching at an outstanding level in either History or Geography or
Health and Social Care. We are more than happy to consider candidates of limited
experience if they can demonstrate their potential to be an outstanding Head of Faculty
and founding member of staff.
Have experience of raising attainment.
Have the ability to establish and embed policies, systems and procedures that will
enable our students to make excellent academic progress.
Be excited and motivated by the opportunity to be a leader in a school that is entirely
focused on providing a rich and meaningful education for all its students.
Be committed to the school’s vision of breaking the mould by providing students from
relatively disadvantaged backgrounds with a type and standard of education previously
the preserve of the best fee-paying schools.
In this role, you will have responsibility for:
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Development and implementation of the History, Geography and Social curricula and
subject coordination across the school.
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Achievement of consistently outstanding teaching and learning in the Humanities.
Achievement of outstanding academic attainment and progress in the Humanities.
Embedding of the Catholic ethos and culture in the faculty and, as a member of the
extended leadership team, across the school.
Leadership and management of all other aspects of the Humanities Faculty.
To apply for this new position, please visit our website www.st-edmunds.com and complete
the application form.
For informal discussions, please contact the Head’s PA, Mrs R Russell on 01304 201551 opt 4.
Closing date: 12noon, Wednesday 12th February 2014
Interviews:
Week commencing Monday 24th February 2014
Job start:
April 2014
St Edmund’s Catholic School
Old Charlton Road
Dover
Kent
CT16 2QB
T: 01304 201551
F: 01304 202226
E: office@st-edmunds-dover.kent.sch.uk
W: www.st-edmunds.com
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St Edmund’s Catholic School is in partnership with St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School, Eltham