Head of RE and Personal Development

Head of RE and Personal Development

Grade/Contract: MPS/UPS + TLR 2c

Contract: Permanent

Start Date: September 2024 

Do you aspire to be a leader in an Outstanding School? We are looking to appoint a Head of Personal Development and RE to lead this highly successful department on the next stage of its journey. We are looking for applicants with ambition, drive and vision who are ready to take the next step in their career and who have the skills, expertise and passion to enthuse our young people and lead our staff to achieve consistently high standards.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to shape, enjoy and develop your career in our supportive college environment. You will be provided with the best resources and a programme of professional development that will enable you to develop your own skills whilst leading the drive for increasingly high standards in Personal Development and RE. The department is a part of our highly successful Humanities Faculty providing opportunities for collaboration with other driven and successful leaders and the wider Humanities team.

Wright Robinson College has been an ‘Outstanding School’ in every area of the Ofsted Inspection Framework since 2016 and we were immensely proud that our continued ‘Outstanding’ status was confirmed again recently in our October 2021 inspection under the new framework. We are fully committed to continuing to further raise academic standards and attainment, across an academic curriculum.

Wright Robinson College is committed to staff development and if you join our team you will be based in a friendly and supportive school with a state-of-the-art building, providing access to the latest resources to facilitate learning. As well as offering you a competitive salary, and access to our BUPA Healthy Minds Employee Assistance Programme, you will be provided with free access to on-site gym and pool facilities, a range of activities designed to support staff well-being and on-site parking. Located one mile from the city centre, on the East side of Manchester, we are easily accessible through local and regional transport links.

Have you got the desire, experience and ambition to join our Team? If so, we would be delighted to hear from you. Informal enquiries can be directed to Mrs Conway on 0161 826 1013.

For further information on the position, to see what our staff have to say about working for us please download the attachments and visit our website

Apply by: 9.00am Monday 29th April 2024

How to Apply:

Please provide the contact details of your current Headteacher as one of your referees where possible.

Apply here on Tes via the Quick Apply now button.

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.

Statement on Safeguarding

Wright Robinson College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employment offers are made subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. When appointing new staff, we will ask shortlisted candidates to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and to provide any information that would deem them unsuitable to work with children.

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