Learning Leader History
Sir John Thursby Community College
Lancashire
- £31,650 - £49,084 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS + TLR 2.3 £7,902 pa
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2025
- Apply by:
- 3 March 2025
Job overview
Learning Leader - History
Full-time / Permanent
MPS/UPS + TLR 2.3 £7,902pa To start 01.09.2025
“We are characterised by how we treat our people”
We are incredibly proud of our ambitious, curriculum focused, research-driven school. Our vision is built around the principles of ambition, respect and belonging and we have a strong commitment to the development of our staff as outstanding professionals.
We wish to appoint a dynamic, innovative and ambitious professional with the vision and commitment to lead the History Department. The successful candidate will have the ability to lead and inspire others, being:
- an excellent practitioner with a clear understanding of learning;
- an effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills;
- a creative person, with the skills to develop History as a key Ebacc subject;
- committed to raising student attainment and further improve the History results.
This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to contribute to our work and benefit from an excellent environment, where teachers are encouraged to progress their careers with us. We have great facilities ensuring that our students and staff have the best learning environment in which to achieve. SJT is a very positive community, with our recent staff survey showing that over 95% of our staff enjoy coming to work and are proud to be part of our school. We take staff workload and professional development seriously and we give all our teachers non-teaching time of at least 20% of their timetable. We also recognise the challenges of working in a school and we are open to discussion around flexibility of working.
Our History curriculum is exciting and ambitious and has been designed to reflect the context of our students and the world and community we live in. We have been passionate about research into curriculum design and are excited by this opportunity to further strengthen our department. This post arises due to the recent promotion of the former leader of History to an Assistant Headteacher role within the school.
We are looking for a teacher who shares our drive and passion to inspire our students with their love of their subject and a passion for learning. Our ideal candidate would show:
- Great classroom practice and an ability to engage all young people.
- The ability to motivate students of all abilities to achieve their full potential in mixed attainment settings
- A passion and commitment to raise standards and achievement.
- The ability to work and contribute as part of a team.
- Commitment, resilience, patience, hard work and a good sense of humour.
We welcome visitors to the school. To arrange a time to visit and meet with the headteacher please contact Susan Rigg (email – s.rigg@sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk or telephone 01282 682313).
The successful candidate will fully embrace our ethos of Ambition, Respect and Belonging whilst bringing fresh ideas that will build on current strengths and achievement. A core pillar of our “belonging” ethos is that all in our community are known, valued and loved. We want all staff to share this commitment.
Whilst the post will ideally be for full time hours, requests for part time / job share will be considered.
For an application pack please:
- download from the college website: www.sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk
- or telephone 01282 682313
- or email recruitment@sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk
Send your completed Application form (only the version attached) stating which post you wish to apply for to: recruitment@sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk
Closing date: 9am Monday 3rd March 2025
Shortlisting: Tuesday 4th March 2025
Interviews: Tuesday 11th March 2025
The college is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure and other recruitment checks. Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
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About Sir John Thursby Community College
- Sir John Thursby Community College
- Eastern Avenue, Burnley
- Lancashire
- BB10 2AT
- United Kingdom
Sir John Thursby Community College is a mixed 11-16, multi-cultural, fully inclusive school which values all students, staff and our community partners. We have over 1,100 students on roll and over 150 staff enjoying working together to provide the best for everyone. As Headteacher, I am incredibly proud to be leading a committed team of staff in our vibrant community School.
We are characterised by how we treat our people. Everything we do is driven by our strategic vision and our ambition to be a beacon of excellence for our students and families. We are research driven and our work is linked to our core values of Ambition, Respect and Belonging. We are passionate about learning and we have a genuine commitment to ensuring our staff have autonomy, within a framework of a respectful, professional environment.
In our latest Ofsted report in April 2023, the school was graded ‘good’ in every area and inspectors commented that the pupils ‘enjoy attending this thriving and popular school’ and that they ‘feel a strong sense of belonging to the school community.’ The report also identified that students ‘achieve well’ and that ‘almost all pupils successfully move on to apprenticeships, A levels or other forms of education, employment or training’.
People and relationships are at the heart of what we do. One of our key values is that all members of our school community are known, valued and loved and we work hard to ensure this happens. We were delighted that Ofsted saw this in our relationships with our young people when they commented that ‘staff know pupils very well’. We work hard to create an environment in which staff feel a strong sense of belonging to our school, our students and our families. We are firmly committed to ensuring that all our staff have a positive work/life balance and as a result we give all our teaching staff a minimum of 20% non-contact time and staff have excellent CPD opportunities.
In our 2023 staff survey, 97% of staff were proud to be a member of our school community and 95% said that they enjoyed working at the school. Staff commented that:
· ‘Leaders care and lead by example’
· ‘SJT is a great place to work’
· ‘I love being part of the SJT team and appreciate the opportunities that the school provides for its staff and pupils’
· ‘The staff are extremely positive and supportive of each other and value relationships with their students’
· ‘I do believe this is a great place to work, and I feel lucky to have this opportunity’
We have a highly ambitious curriculum with over 70% of students following the EBacc subjects. Our results are consistently strong with students Attainment 8 Progress 8 in line with other schools nationally.
We have a positive behaviour system which has ‘high expectations of pupil’s behaviour’ (Ofsted 2023).
We are proud of our achievements and continue to go from strength to strength. I would encourage you to come and visit SJT to see why we all believe that it is a special place to work and make a difference. We look forward to receiving your application and please contact us if you would like any further information. I am always keen to show people around our school so would welcome any contact for an appointment to see us in action.
We are committed to safeguarding all of our students. All staff are required to adhere to our safeguarding policies and procedures and regularly undertake a full enhanced DBS check.
Mr Matt Renshaw - Headteacher
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