Teacher in Charge of Psychology

Are you ambitious to lead a key department to greater success?

Are you passionate about how high-quality curriculum thinking, planning and delivery can transform young people’s lives?

Are you keen to work in a dynamic school in the heart of London offering transformative education to all its student?

A rare opportunity has arisen to lead our Psychology department to greater heights. Outcomes at A Level are high and improving year on year. Our 6th Form is exceptionally popular with over 2000 applications for entry in September 2024 and Psychology is one of the most popular subjects with many students going on to top universities to study this discipline.

The post offers an exciting opportunity for someone looking to move into middle leadership or wishes to develop their leadership in an exceptionally supportive school. For an ambitious and high quality candidate additional responsibilities may be offered as part of this role. As such, this role will provide opportunities for leadership development including secondment to the Leadership Group. Applicants from a GMH background are strongly encouraged with the school actively involved in the Church of England’s ‘Leaders Like Us’ programme.

The candidate:

You, like us, will share our belief in the highest standards of academic attainment in a comprehensive setting.

The successful candidate will have:

·        Strong personal values of integrity and compassion

·        Excellent subject knowledge and a commitment to continually developing it

·        Experience of developing and delivering an excellent Psychology curriculum

·        Ability to work as part of a wider social sciences team

·        Strong knowledge of curriculum and assessment thinking

·        The ability to motivate a large team to deliver excellent student outcomes.

·        A keen interest in developing leadership and management skills

·        Cognisance of current best practice and want to foster in others a research-based approach to designing and implementing a highly impactful Psychology curriculum.

You will deliver lessons to a consistently high standard, and you will have a proven track record of excellent outcomes at A level. 

You will be joining a team of highly skilled subject leaders who are ambitious in ensuring our vision of a powerful knowledge curriculum enables all pupils to take part in the great conversations in society.

"Leaders have introduced a broad and ambitious curriculum for all…and have thought carefully about how to capture students’ wider interest in the subjects they learn." OFSTED 2022 

We believe in developing our staff and have a dynamic and supportive management team and an effective CPD programme which includes a regular teaching and learning forum, peer-coaching and teacher journal club. At Westminster City School, we will offer you:

·        A supportive and collegiate staff culture;

·        An evidence-informed approach to teaching and learning;

·        A bespoke CPD programme; and

·        Staff benefits, including an interest-free season ticket loan and cycle-to-work scheme

Westminster City School is a successful 11-18 boys’ Christian non-denominational comprehensive academy with a heavily oversubscribed, mixed sixth form. Ours is a vibrant learning community situated in the heart of central London with all the opportunities and advantages of an inner-city school. In March 2022, the school’s OFSTED inspection confirmed that the school remains a ‘Good’ school, but we are restless in our ambition to be ‘Outstanding’ in time for the school’s 150th anniversary in 2027. 

“Leaders and Governors are proud of and ambitious for the school. They consider staff workload carefully, for example when introducing recent changes to the school’s feedback policy” OFSTED 2022 

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to undertake a criminal record check via the DBS.

If you would like to apply for this post, please click apply now (below) to obtain and submit our application form. If for any reason this is not possible, please print out the application and send your completed form by post to the school or e-mail recruitment@wcsch.com

If you would like to discuss the role informally with the Assistant Headteacher (6th Form) via phone or video call or to talk informally with the Headteacher please e-mail l.ellens@wcsch.com (PA to Headteacher). You may also wish to visit our website (www.wcsch.com) to research more about the school. 

Closing date for completed applications: Wednesday 8 May at 12pm

Interviews will be held week on Friday 10 May.

The school reserves the right to interview exceptional candidates ahead of these dates.