Head of Faculty [History & RS]

Tes is supporting the appointment of a Head of Faculty [History & RS] to join a School based in Greenwich.

The school reserves the right to close this advert early and interviews may take place before the advertised closing date. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply early for this role to avoid disappointment.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to work at one of the highest performing schools in the country. If you are committed to making a lasting difference in their local community and want to work in a seriously ambitious, respectful and high performing school, this could be the job for you. This role is suitable for main scale teachers.

At the school they take the wellbeing and workload of their staff seriously. They are committed to sustainable high performance and recognise their staff are their primary resource.

The school is a new, ambitious school model based on what they know excellent schools do. They have created a highly respectful and disciplined environment where their staff and scholars can fulfil their potential. They are one of the highest performing schools in the UK. Progress 8: +1.1, Attainment 8: 6.3, EM5 +: 81%, EBacc entry rate: 90%. 

The school exists to empower young people, regardless of socio-economic background, to grow and be successful. This is an ambitious and forward-thinking school that encourages innovation and values its staff. They are proud of their highly respectful and disciplined community and of the outstanding academic outcomes achieved by their scholars. Expectations for all members of their community are unashamedly sky high. They work tirelessly to impact the lives of the young people they serve. Scholars at their school are passionate about Humanities and achieve exceptional outcomes. They also place a primacy on their industry leading extra-curricular and character education programmes. 

How is the school different?

• They are part of a family of schools and benefit accordingly from outstanding networking and career opportunities and first-class CPD. 
• Staff wellbeing is one of their main priorities. They provide breakfast for staff each morning, lunch for early careers staff and have a 6pm/weekend work-related communication cut off. They do not do knee jerk reactions, fads or last-minute deadlines. Their systems and processes for communication, marking and feedback and assessment are streamlined and the approaches they take are research led and based on their local context.
• This is a small school model (600 scholars aged 11-16) because they believe that their close-knit family community provides the optimum conditions for success.  
• Scholar behaviour is exceptional with clearly defined and embedded routines. This means their teachers can focus their time on the things that matter – planning and delivering brilliant lessons for their scholars. 
• This is a strict no excuses, no mobile phone school. Phones are not permitted onsite at all. Scholars wear business dress to prepare them for a professional career. 
• Their curriculum is traditional and academic, and they do not take shortcuts to seek to boost their position in school league tables – they do not, for example, offer equivalencies such as Btecs or Vcerts. >90% Ebacc entry rate.   
• They put high-quality teaching at the heart of what they do. They are committed to providing staff with weekly high-quality training. They run coaching for staff who want to see rapid progress in their discipline. Live coaching and current best practice in the field of education is central to their approach. 
• They don’t grade individual lessons or ask for lesson plans but they do place a primacy on curriculum design, independent learning and formative assessment.
• Their scholars enjoy a compulsory co-curricular program on a Wednesday afternoon which includes a strong focus on community volunteering and they facilitate 12 drop-down days per academic year ensuring scholars benefit from a range of life-enriching experiences. 

If you are ready to add further value to their high performing humanities departments and to work alongside a brilliant school leadership team, then you will find this job extremely rewarding. 

Alignment with the school’s vision, values and approach to education is essential. 

The Role and the Departments

They're made significant investments in their exceptional Humanities departments at AGFS. As a result, over the past three years, their pupils have consistently achieved amongst the strongest results in the school, with History boasting typically over 50% grades at 7-9 and RS achieving an impressive 86%, alongside progress scores ranging between +1.3 and +2.93.

Within their curriculum, History and RS hold paramount importance and are taught as distinct subjects throughout Years 7 to 9.

In Year 9 pupils will select their GCSE option subjects and approximately two thirds of each cohort choose History. Their first-class History classrooms, which afford beautiful views across London, offer the ideal environment for their GCSE History pupils to thrive and fulfil their potential.

All history teachers contribute to the teaching of RS at Key Stage 3, with students sitting their GCSE in RS at the end of Year 10. They're in search of a candidate who can further enhance this already strong department at their school. A genuine passion for your field and a dedication to extracurricular activities are indispensable traits they highly value.

All applicants need to have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for the role.

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To learn more about this role please email managedrecruit@tes.com for an information pack that includes school name, role specifics and context. 

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