Curriculum Director for Humanities

Start:              January 2024

Salary:            L8 to L12

Location:        Keynsham (Near Bristol/Bath)

Contract:        Full Time

Term:              Permanent

We are looking for a dynamic and innovative leader to lead an established and already very successful humanities team. Applications are welcomed from those with a proven track record of success in middle leadership, in terms of making an impact on results and improving teaching and learning, and from those aspiring to further their career in senior leadership or towards headship through active participation in the Extended Senior Leadership Team.

You will need to be committed to our vision of becoming an outstanding school and be a passionate and strategic lead for humanities across the school; driving teaching and learning forward to support the team to deliver consistently high standards for students of all abilities. Duties will include monitoring and evaluating student progress, with specific responsibility for developing collaborative partnerships. This role provides an exciting opportunity to help shape the provision for the full range of humanities subjects in our school whilst benefitting from working with practitioners across the Futura Learning Partnership to share best practice and resources.

If you are a highly effective leader, able to form excellent educational relationships with students and staff and are confident at leading on the development of challenging and engaging schemes of learning, we would love to hear from you. The ability to teach at least one of our humanities curriculum subjects to GCSE and A Level is essential and the ability to teach a second desirable.

In return we offer:

• A school committed to excellence that values staff and students and a stable and high performing team.
• A school with outstanding ethos, results, attendance and behaviour on a par with other high achieving schools in the south west of England.
• A full and varied CPD programme offering teaching and leadership development for our staff.
• Excellent students with very good take up at GCSE and A Level.
• Wider opportunities to be involved across the Futura Learning Partnership.
• A competitive salary

An opportunity to work in a supportive team from whom you can learn, develop and grow

An energised and professional working environment

Benefits include; pension scheme, discounted sports centre/gym membership, free wellbeing support & medical cover, free on-site parking and cycle to work scheme.

Futura Learning Partnership is a partnership of schools which span 5 local authority areas: Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Working together to provide a high quality educational experience for all students in their care and be a truly inclusive provider of 3-18 education in the area. We are a mixed MAT, comprising 6 secondary, 21 primary and a special school. We work in partnership with the Diocese of Bath and Wells, which brings considerable benefit to all our schools.

To apply:

Download the JD/PS, Recruitment Pack and Candidate pack

Click on the ‘apply’ button within the vacancy advertised on the Futura Learning Jobsite

Complete and submit your online application before the closing date.

Closing date for applications is 23.59 on Sunday 15th October 2023.

Shortlisting and interviews will take place during the week commencing 16th October.

PLEASE NOTE: Early applications are encouraged.  Wellsway School reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement, should the school be able to appoint an appropriate candidate.

If you are interested and would like to discuss further, please contact Rosanna Raimato, Deputy Headteacher by email - who will be delighted to hear from you.