Head of Psychology
Channing School
North London
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive Salary
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 22 February 2019
Job overview
From September 2019
The ability to offer an additional subject would be welcome.
Psychology will be taught at A Level for the first time from September 2019. This is an exciting opportunity to establish and lead a new department and add to the list of successful subjects offered in the Channing Sixth Form.
Class sizes at A Level are kept small, and are usually taught in seminar-style rooms within our recently built Sixth Form Centre. In addition to conventional whiteboards, all rooms are equipped with interactive boards, which afford state-of-the-art multimedia facilities. All pupils and staff have iPads or access to Chromebooks and the school is known for its innovative teaching methods using mobile technology. The school library is also very well equipped and pupils are encouraged to make use of the facilities available to them.
In addition to teaching Psychology, the Head of Department would be expected to offer a second subject, and would likely contribute to the Key Stage 4 and 5 enrichment programmes.
Further information can be found in the Information Pack below
Deadline for applications: Friday 22 February 2019
Interviews: Friday 1 March 2019
Channing School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To assist in this, the school follows a formal recruitment procedure for the employment of all staff which adheres to the recommendations of the Department for Education (DfE) in "Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education" and the school’s Child Protection Policy. A copy of this procedure is available on request.
Subject to statutory provisions, no applicant will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic. Ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration.
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About Channing School
The School
Awarded ‘Excellent’ in all areas inspected by ISI in 2022, Channing School is summed up by its vision, ‘Girls Enjoying Success’.
Girls at Channing enjoy academic success from a tailored educational programme that encourages confidence, independent thinking and provides girls with life skills to take on the next stage of their education as thoughtful, responsive, socially aware adults, prepared for the challenges of the world today.
Founded in 1885 by Unitarian sisters Emily and Matilda Sharpe, supported by Reverend Robert Spears, Channing School, named after notable American Unitarian William Ellery Channing, has been known as a successful, happy community. Remaining true to our Unitarian foundation, the School is an inclusive community that values the individual skills, spiritual beliefs, achievements and contribution of all members of the school community.
Academic achievement
Academic results are excellent – GCSE and A Level results consistently place us amongst the top-performing schools in the UK and London. Virtually all our sixth formers go on to HIgher Education, some after a gap year. Girls also excel in a very wide range of co-curricular and extra curricular activities, and especially in Music, Drama, Sport and Art.
Community spirit
The Head and members of staff know every girl personally and as an individual. We have a strong family tradition and an enthusiastic and supportive parents' association. The atmosphere is calm, focussed and purposeful. We set high standards emphasising concern and respect for the needs of others. A major feature of the school is the huge diversity of the extracurricular activities on offer to pupils and it is expected that all staff will contribute to this side of the life of the school. Opportunities exist for involvement in cultural, dramatic, sporting and intellectual pursuits and we like staff to assist in areas where they have a genuine interest and enthusiasm.
Exceptional setting
The school is in an attractive part of Highgate, with convenient transport links by road and underground. Visitors are often surprised at how light, green and open our site is. We have preserved the character of the older buildings, but completely refurbished and redesigned them to provide bright and spacious teaching rooms. Our ambitious £13m building programme, completed in 2017, has provided us with excellent dining facilities, a Music School, a new Sixth Form Centre, Sports Hall with fitness suite and a state-of-the-art Performing Arts Centre.
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