Dunbar Education are currently working with an Ofsted rated Good school who are looking for a Head of Department - Sociology and/or Psychology. If you could be suitable for this role, please see below for further details;
Location: Harrow
Ofsted: Good
Start date: September 2024
Contract: Full time, Permanent
Salary: MPS/UPS Outer + TLR 2B (£5,028)
About the School;
This School is a warm, happy and academically successful school in Harrow with a large and highly successful Sixth Form.
They are now looking for an excellent practitioner in Psychology and/or Sociology to lead, manage, develop, and be accountable for the departmental team including the curriculum at Key Stages 4, & 5 in order to ensure the highest possible standards of pupil achievement, personal development and well-being. Both Psychology and Sociology are hugely successful and popular subjects at Hatch End High School at Key Stage 5, and we have a large uptake of Sociology at KS4.
The successful applicant will:
- be an excellent and ambitious classroom teacher;
- have a proven and demonstrable track record of success at GCSE and A Level;
- have a good understanding of the current educational developments, especially those relating to classroom based practice;
- have the highest expectations of students;
- have an enthusiastic and positive approach within and beyond the classroom;
- have energy, stamina and a sense of humour.
Why this school?
- In joining this school you can expect to work in an environment where teaching and learning is at the heart of everything we do; and where all staff work as a community to support our students to fulfill their potential.
- The school has a comprehensive professional development programme tailored to individual needs, from ECT to middle and senior leadership; new staff are supported and guided by highly skilled and experienced colleagues, and by partners in external organisations.
- Staff have a wide range of opportunities to collaborate and develop their career within the Harrow Collegiate Alliance.
- Staff are afforded many benefits and rewards such as a staff wellbeing programme including free Pilates classes, eye tests and the Cycle to Work Scheme.
- They have excellent transport links with central London, Hertfordshire, Brent and Barnet.
If this could be of interest, please do register your interest
Emma.thomas@dunbareducation .com
