Head of Psychology
Haberdashers' Girls' School
Hertfordshire
- New
- Salary:
- A competitive salary, commensurate with the candidate’s experience and the size of the School
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 6 October 2024
Job overview
About this Role
Role: Head of Psychology (Maternity Cover)
Overview
The Head of Psychology at our school will lead the delivery of high-quality Psychology education at Key Stage 5, fostering a stimulating and supportive learning environment. The role involves planning and delivering engaging lessons, ensuring students develop a deep understanding of psychological concepts, theories, and research methods.
The Head of Psychology will also oversee curriculum development, monitor student progress, and support their academic success, while collaborating with colleagues to promote the subject’s growth within the school. This position requires strong leadership, excellent subject knowledge, and a commitment to inspiring students’ passion for Psychology.
The role will include but not be limited to the following responsibilities and duties:
Responsibilities
You will ensure smooth and efficient running of your department and contribute positive leadership in the department and the school as a whole.
You will need to combine academic and skill-based leadership with effective administration and inspire and motivate a team of subject specialists through your passion for the subject.
General Duties
Organise extra-curricular clubs and activities, and coordinate extension sessions for university-bound students
Oversee academic monitoring, including addressing student concerns and analysing exam results
Lead weekly departmental meetings and ensure effective communication
Stay updated with curriculum and digital learning trends, promoting online platforms and mobile technology in teaching.
Develop and maintain a detailed curriculum tailored to each year group's needs and abilities.
What we are offering:
- A competitive salary
- Free lunch and refreshments
- Additional life insurance cover
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme
- Extensive professional development training opportunities
- Free onsite parking and access to travel on the schools extensive coach network
- Free access to sports facilities and well-being programmes for staff
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Haberdashers’ Girls' School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
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About Haberdashers' Girls' School
Founded in 1875, Haberdashers’ Girls’ School, Elstree is a leading independent day school for girls aged 4–18. The School’s academic results place it amongst the highest-ranked schools in the UK.
It provides a challenging, positive, stimulating and secure community in which students enjoy working hard to fulfil their potential. The co-location of the School with Haberdashers’ Boys’ School provides the best of both worlds: an excellent single-sex education within a co- educational environment.
The School traces its roots back to the 17th century when its founder, Robert Aske, established the principles that guide it to this day – to give talented and ambitious young people the opportunities they need to succeed in life. Its priority is the education of the whole person, amongst other bright, well- motivated students, taught by a highly qualified, committed staff. In partnership with parents, it aims to provide every student with the intellectual, cultural, physical, moral, personal and spiritual resources she needs to give her confidence to go forward in a changing world.
The School is a diverse community which nurtures a global perspective and a deep sense of responsibility for the world in which its pupils will lead and succeed. Its excellent pastoral care, broad academic curriculum and far-reaching co-curricular provision prepare students for success, wherever their passion may take them.
Today the School educates approximately 1,250 girls from the age of 4 to 18, including 320 in the Junior School and 220 in the Sixth Form. Admission to the School is by competitive selective assessment, and students enter at 4+, 7+, 11+ and 16+.
On its most recent visit in March 2022, the Independent Schools Inspectorate rated the School “Excellent” in all areas.
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