Head of Humanities vacancy at Burnley High School

Head of Humanities - Full Time - Starting September 2022 - MPS/UPS plus TLR 2b (£4945)

Burnley High School would like to appoint a full time Head of Humanities, to start in September 2022.

Burnley High School was founded in 2014 in Burnley, Lancashire. It is a mainstream school for mixed pupils aged 11-16. Burnley High School is part of the Education Partnership Trust.

Values and vision

Burnley High School promises to “transform lives” by empowering pupils to achieve their full potential. The school focuses on developing the “whole person”. Beyond academic expectations, young people also learn life skills, and their personal and social development is encouraged.

The school’s ambition is to build a life-long love of learning and a set of moral values to help pupils make a positive contribution to society. 

What does this job do?

• To review, design and implement an ambitious and well sequenced, knowledge rich curriculum that meets the needs of all students; 
• To ensure that teachers have strong knowledge of Humanities and the teaching of these subjects 
• To ensure that teaching is developed to help students to remember the long term content they have been taught and to integrate knowledge into larger ideas. 
• To develop an effective assessment framework that supports students to embed and use knowledge fluently and to inform teaching; 
• To ensure that pupils develop detailed knowledge and skills across the curriculum, and as a result all students achieve well. 
• To undertake any and all duties as laid out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document and meet the professional Standards for practicing Teachers 
• To plan and prepare lessons, schemes of work and assessment materials; 

“If you’re good at what you do, you can work anywhere. If you’re the best at what you do, we want you to work for Education Partnership Trust.”

What are the job requirements? 

• Qualified Teacher Status. 
• Good Honours Degree and Specialism in either History, Geography, Religious Education or equivalent. 
• Knowledge and understanding of strategies to improve Teaching and Learning 
• Can demonstrate understanding of how effective self-evaluation and strategic improvement planning can increase effectiveness and raise student achievement 
• Excellent influencing skills and the ability to engage others in new ideas. Understand aims and vision of the school and is able to inspire, challenge and motivate others 
• Well-developed planning and organising skills including time management and prioritisation. 
• Flexible approach to changing work tasks

About Us

The Education Partnership Trust (EPT) was established in 2012 as a not-for-profit multi-academy trust and approved academy sponsor. Our vision is to create outstanding schools which transform learning, lives and communities.

Our pupils come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our schools and Trust stronger.

Why you should work here - benefits 

• Employee cash back plan provided free by the Trust includes optical, dental, physio, diagnostics, health assessment, NHS prescription charges, hospital cover, discounted gym memberships plus lots more. 
• 6 sessions of free counselling including CBT, wellbeing and bereavement. 
• Cycle to work scheme. 
• Access to government pension schemes. 
• Free parking. 
• Training and development including emerging leaders programmes.