Head of Foundation Faculty (RE Specialist)

Wellfield is a small school with an exciting future. We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Head of Foundation Faculty and Religious Education specialist to further develop the faculty into a vibrant and vital area of the school. If you are a highly effective teacher and leader with the ability to motivate and develop a team of dedicated colleagues then come and visit us.

The successful candidate will join a team of dedicated and supportive professionals who are committed to providing outstanding learning experiences and raising achievement for all.  Working as part of our close-knit team you will inspire and develop outstanding classroom practice with high aspirations for students. Through your passion for learning you will develop new and creative ideas, embedding an enjoyment of your subject into lessons and the wider school. You will be primarily responsible for:

• The leadership of the Foundation Faculty team, including Geography, History, RE and Spanish specialists, ensuring the management of staffing and resources and the quality of teaching and learning.

• Working with subject leads, within the faculty, to quality assure the development and implementation of schemes of work and assessment.

• Subject leadership of Religious Education, working collaborative with RE specialists across Endeavour Learning Trust on the development and implementation of schemes of work and assessment in RE.

• Provision of effective and targeted CPD and support for teachers within the faculty, in collaboration with the Assistant Head for Teaching and Learning.

For our staff, we are firmly committed to ensuring this is a job that can be enjoyed, where everyone can flourish. We pay close attention to work/life balance and, across the trust; we are developing strategies that take a commonsense approach to those aspects of the role that could become an unnecessary burden on workload, such as feedback and marking and centralised detentions. We have a strong, consistent behaviour policy where staff are fully supported in their teaching and students understand the consequences of their actions.

Our collaboration is central to our Trust and our teachers learn together, sharing their practice and encouraging and supporting each other to get the best out of our working day. The candidate will have opportunities to work with other colleagues in the Trust and Schools Alliance to support and develop RE and the Foundation Faculty with our family of schools.

As part of the interview process candidates will be required to teach, potentially at short notice, a lesson along with a presentation on their vision for the Foundation Faculty at Wellfield Academy.

Candidates should ensure that they and their referees are easily contactable, with the correct phone number and email address and able to reply promptly if references are requested.

Prospective candidates are welcome to contact the school for a tour prior to the final application please contact Stella Swift s.swift@wellfieldacademy.org 

To apply, please press the green quick apply button and complete a TES online application form. 

All applications should be submitted by 9am on Thursday 19th May 2022

Interviews will be held on Thursday 26th May 2022

If you require any further information about this role please contact our Central HR Team at vacancies@endeavourlearning.org or on 01772 817904 ext. 1051