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Head of Humanities and REAL Learning

Head of Humanities and REAL Learning

Wapping High School

Tower Hamlets

  • Expired
Salary:
Competitive salary offered based on skills and experience
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2016
Apply by:
26 May 2016

Job overview

Are you interested in working in a dynamic and innovative new school to make a difference for children?
Do you want to help influence our future as part of an ambitious, dedicated and enterprising team?
Can you add value and bring energy and expertise that will give us capacity to develop as the school grows?

We are seeking to appoint a creative and inspirational individual who can build on the excellent reputation in Humanities to secure outstanding GCSE success and build the school vision of developing students as self-directed learners through creating a REAL Project Based Learning pedagogy.

The successful candidate will be:

  • An outstanding teacher with leadership potential
  • Passionate about developing the whole child
  • Unrelenting in their belief of the potential of children
  • Up to date with curriculum developments in a Humanities subject, including those at KS3 and GCSE
  • Excited by the opportunities presented by different pedagogies and technologies
  • Committed to developing 21st century learning skills and qualities for every child

About the school:

  • Inclusive multicultural 11 – 16 Free School located in East London
  • Leading edge pedagogy and a personalised curriculum
  • An innovative digital and flexible 21st century learning environment
  • Small school with only 84 students in each year group
  • The co-curricular dimension and enrichment programme are core to the student experience

We offer:

  • Competitive salaries based on experience and skills
  • The chance to work with leading educationalists and learn from the best practitioners of 21st century learning
  • Outstanding CPD and collaborative working
  • Leadership training and opportunities in a relatively new Free School
  • A supportive and vibrant professional community

We are looking to appoint a dynamic, inspiring and well-qualified Teacher who has a track record of excellence in the classroom and a vision for developing Humanities and build the school vision of empowering students as self-directed learners. They will lead an ambitious team and help our students make outstanding progress in the Humanities, developing their expertise in 21st Century Learning Pedagogies using the latest digital technologies. The successful candidate will be an inspirational role model for innovative approaches to teaching and life-long learning, and share in our commitment to the education of the whole child.

Visits to the school are warmly welcome as are informal discussions with our Head, Mrs Karin Rowsell. Please contact the school on 020 3597 3670 or via email headspa@wappinghigh.org, if you wish to arrange either of these.

The closing date for applications is Friday 27 May 2016 9am, with interviews scheduled the following week.

For an application pack please email recruitment@wappinghigh.org or visit the school website.

Wapping High is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to undertake a criminal DBS check.

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About Wapping High School

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Ethos and Values

Wapping High School promotes an inclusive ethos, in which diversity of need and ability is acknowledged and nurtured. Every aspect of school life will be guided by a strong ethical code, which encourages social awareness to help students understand and meet with confidence the challenges of a diverse and changing society and the world of work. This isl be achieved by establishing a Learning Pathway for each student.

Wapping High School is small and we have a strong sense of school community. Students are divided into ‘houses’ to encourage interaction across the school. Teachers know all their students individually. Families form part of the school community and are fully involved with their children’s education. Outcome-focused home-school contracts are made with both students and parents & carers.

Wapping High School’s ethos and values ensure that children are safe, healthy, positively contribute to their whole community, and achieve economic and academic well-being in adult life. Importantly, all students enjoy attending school.
Premises

Wapping High School is be located at 153 Commercial Road, London, E1 2DA, 15 minutes walk from the centre of Wapping. This former office block has been extensively renovated and reconfigured. The cutting-edge redesign is in line with Wapping High School’s commitment to provide personalised teaching methodologies to engage learning and develop inquisitive minds. Conversion of empty office space for education is successful and widespread in other parts of the world. The building includes specialist facilities for science, dance, drama, music and performance and a 5th floor roof garden with spectacular views across London.

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