Deputy Curriculum Director: Social Sciences

Start: 1 st September 2024

Salary: MPR2 – UPR3 + TLR2(b)/ £5,347

Location: Keynsham (Near Bristol/Bath)

Contract: Full Time

Term: Permanent

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic practitioner who, under the guidance of the Director of Humanities, will lead social sciences across Key Stages 4 and 5 at Wellsway School.  Applications are welcomed from both current postholders and ambitious teachers with a proven track record of success and the desire to be an outstanding leader. This role provides an exciting opportunity to help shape the provision of social sciences in our school, an area that has both grown in numbers and had significantly improved outcomes. The successful candidate will also benefit from working with practitioners across the trust to share best practice and resources.

You will need to be committed to our vision of becoming an outstanding school and to supporting the humanities team to deliver consistently high standards for students of all abilities. Responsibilities will include monitoring and evaluating student progress and leading the development of teaching, learning and assessment across Years 10 to 13. As a leader in our school, you will work with postholders from other curriculum areas in developing and improving teaching and learning and will be responsible for ensuring that every student enjoys an excellent experience across their social science lessons (currently criminology, law, psychology and sociology).

If you are a highly effective teacher, 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 psychology to GCSE and A Level is essential and the ability to teach another subject(s) such as sociology, law or other social science/humanities subject is an advantage.

In return we offer:

- A competitive salary

- A full and varied CPD programme offering teaching and leadership development for our staff

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

- Wider opportunities to be involved across the Futura Learning Partnership

- 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 2-18 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.

The closing date for applications is: 23:59 on Sunday 19th May 2024.

Interviews are likely to be held on Thursday 23rd May 2024.

No CVs or agencies please.

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.

PLEASE NOTE: Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement.

Futura Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening, online searches and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006.

If you are interested and would like to discuss further, please contact Miriam Wharf (Curriculum Director: Humanities) by email - - who will be delighted to hear from you.