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Head of Humanities

Head of Humanities

Avonbourne Boys' and Girls' Academies

Bournemouth

Salary:
Competitive - Leadership Scale
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
January 2021
Apply by:
21 September 2020

Job overview

Avonbourne Boys’ and Girls’ Academies

Salary: Competitive – Leadership scale 

Closing date for applications is 9am Monday 21st September 2020.

Do you want to lead a large, thriving Humanities team on to the next stage of its development?

It is a very exciting time to join Avonbourne Academies and play a role in the transformational journey we are currently undergoing. 

The Humanities Faculty at Avonbourne Academies consists of the Geography, History, RS, Psychology, Sociology, Travel & Tourism and Business Studies/Economics Departments. All subjects are studied at GCSE and A Level. The successful candidate would have line management responsibilities for all of these subject areas, line managing five Heads of Department.

The successful candidate will be a History, Geography, RE or Business Studies specialist. This is a superb opportunity for an experienced middle leader, and excellent preparation for senior leadership.

The academies are part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.  

Avonbourne Boys’ Academy, Avonbourne Girls’ Academy and Avonwood Primary all joined United Learning on the 1st August 2019. Avonbourne Girls’ Academy is currently graded as ‘Good’ by OFSTED. Avonbourne Boys’ Academy is a new academy and came into existence on the 1st August 2019. Harewood College, the predecessor school, was previously placed in Special Measures in February 2019. 

We believe that all of the academies will provide an excellent education for all students by 2022. We are looking for someone that shares this belief and passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs. 

The academies are all located together on the same campus in East Bournemouth. The campus is also home to United Sixth Form, a vibrant sixth form that provides a United Learning sixth form experience to students from across the United Learning Bournemouth and Poole cluster, as well as other external students.

The academies benefit from working very closely with Avonwood, Carter, Glenmoor, Winton and United Sixth Form Academies, as part of the United Learning Bournemouth and Poole cluster. We work as a team and achieve more, by sharing, than any single school could. 

We are values-driven and our vision is to provide excellent education so that all young people are able to make a success of their lives. Our most important purpose is to teach young people things they would not learn outside school which empower them. We believe that ‘Knowledge Is Power’. We believe in teaching through explicit/direct instruction (Rosenshine and Engelmann) and utilising TLAC 2.0 techniques. Our mission is to bring out ‘the best in everyone’. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We also believe in ‘Education with Character’ – we want young people to look back on a schooling that has inspired and challenged them, given them wide opportunity and prepared them for the ups and downs of life. We are driven by ‘REACH’ values: Respect, Enthusiasm, Ambition, Confidence and Hardwork.

We value our staff highly, and treat workload very seriously. Our systems are high leverage, ensuring you can really focus on your core purpose – teaching, in a sustainable way, unhindered by bureaucracy or poor behaviour.

What we offer:

• An exceptional salary, above the maintained sector 

• Excellent ongoing CPD, career development and promotion opportunities across the United Learning Bournemouth and Poole academy cluster

• Opportunity to complete the NPQML and NPQSL

• Up to 9 INSET days per year, dedicated to subject knowledge development and planning/resource development

• An unrivalled professional progression model 

• The opportunity to save money across hundreds of major retailers, through Perkbox

• Disruption-free learning and a ‘warm/strict’ behaviour system

• Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources

• Opportunity to teach up to A Level

• A feedback policy focused on whole class feedback  – no onerous marking policies

• A centralised homework system at KS3 – you do not need to mark KS3 homework

• Same-day centralised detentions, including homework detentions (you do not need to organise/run/chase them at all)

• No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing ‘no-stakes’ feedback, helping you to continuously develop

• A very pleasant location in beautiful Dorset


What we are looking for:

The successful candidate will be:

• An experienced and highly effective middle leader and History, Geography, RE or Business Studies specialist, with an excellent track record

• Aligned to our values and mission. If you are the type of person who fits with our culture, you will love working here

• Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs. Someone that does not make excuses for what children can achieve.


How to apply

We actively welcome visits and would be delighted to how you around our Academies to fully appreciate our excellent learning environment.

To apply please complete the application form.

For more information about this role, to arrange a visit or arrange an informal chat with the Executive Principal please contact:

recruitment@avonbourneacademy.org.uk

Closing date for applications is 9am Monday 21st September.


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About Avonbourne Boys' and Girls' Academies

Avonbourne Boys’ and Girls’ Academies are two 11-16 secondary schools based in East Bournemouth where students share a campus and are taught in predominantly single sex classes. When students reach our onsite United Sixth Form, mixed classes are reinstated. We believe this diamond model of education recognises that as boys and girls reach their teenage years, they approach their learning differently allowing us to get the most out of every student. We have close links with Avonwood Primary School, a standalone primary facility based next door to our Academies.

Disruption-free teaching is the promise at Avonbourne with the notion of continuous improvement underpinning all we do. The Academies advocate a coaching culture, where teachers develop as reflective practitioners, utilising shared best practice and evidence-based teaching and learning initiatives.  In-house CPD is extensive and high quality and compliments numerous external CPD opportunities within United Learning and through nationally recognised training and qualifications.

Pastoral care is superb, with a highly trained team that are morally driven and extremely effective.  We encourage students to develop their skills through the provision of educational opportunities which enable young minds to play a part in creating a future which has opportunities for all and encourages aspiration and determination.

Our REACH values of Respect, Equality, Ambition, Community and Hard work & Determination underpin all aspects of academy life for staff and students.

Avonbourne Boys’ and Girls’ Academies benefit from working closely with The Cornerstone, Glenmoor and Winton Academies, as part of the United Learning Bournemouth and Poole cluster. We work as a team and achieve more, by sharing, than any single school could.

We are #AVBProud and look forward to showing you around our Academies.

United Learning

United Learning is a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer life-changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum, and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff's wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone.

United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check.

United Learning values diversity and inclusion and is committed to creating and sustaining a more diverse workforce. We welcome applications from professionals of minority ethnic origin and from majority ethnic professionals who share our commitment to inclusion and diversity.

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Applications closed