Teacher of Psychology
Haberdashers' Girls' School
Hertfordshire
- New
- Salary:
- competitive salary, commensurate with the candidate’s experience and the size of the school
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 03/03/2025
- Apply by:
- 15 January 2025
Job overview
About this Role
Who are Habs?
We are a diverse community, and we nurture a global perspective and a deep sense of responsibility for the world in which our pupils will lead and succeed. Our broad curriculum and co-curricular provision prepare pupils for success wherever their passion may take them. Ambition, Curiosity, Courage and Community are the core beliefs that we stand for here at Habs.
Join our team and unlock your potential!
We are looking for an outstanding Teacher of Psychology to join our team on a Maternity cover contract. This position will be for a fixed-term contract, starting from March 2025 until March 2026.
What we look for
- Strong passion for the subject and its energetic and accessible delivery in the classroom
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- An ability to inspire confidence in the pupils so that they may ask questions and articulate their own understanding
- Excellent numeracy and literacy skills
- Ability to deliver engaging and inclusive lessons that support, stretch and challenge pupils of all backgrounds, abilities, needs and dispositions
- An ability to present information clearly, adapting style to suit individual situation and needs
- An ability to analyse data and to report on the outcomes clearly
- Able to contribute significantly to the wider life
- The ability to prioritise effectively
- Competence in the use of ICT to support teaching and learning and as a data tool
- Excellent time management and organisational skills with a high level of efficiency, planning and foresight
- The capacity to work accurately under pressure with attention to detail and adapt to unfamiliar situations
What we are offering
- A competitive salary, commensurate with the candidate’s experience and the size of the School
- Approximately 17 weeks holiday per year
- Additional life insurance cover, access to Employee Assistance
- Financial assistance for obtaining further qualifications
- Extensive professional development training opportunities
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme
- Free lunch and refreshments during term time
- Free onsite parking or access to travel on the schools extensive coach network
- Provision of a laptop
- Free access to state-of-the-art sports facilities including the gym, swimming pool, and fitness classes
- Wellbeing initiatives and programmes, such as yoga, mindfulness sessions, and health checks
- Access to an online GP service, providing quick and convenient healthcare advice
- Access to Vivup, the staff benefits platform, featuring discounts, financial advice, and wellbeing resources
- Cycle-to-Work Scheme and other green travel incentives (including Octopus Electric Vehicles)
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' SchooI 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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