PSHE Subject Lead

The Prospect Trust is a leading Multi-Academy Trust in the South of England, with an aim of providing outstanding education for all learners within a family of local academies. There are currently three academies within the Trust: The Sixth Form College Farnborough, Tomlinscote School and Frimley Church of England Junior School.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the PSHE Department within an outstanding Secondary School. The successful candidate will be committed to planning and delivering a high quality, interesting curriculum, which will challenge and inspire all our students.

They will also be required to provide guidance, support and advice to staff within the department, taking a leading role in modelling best practice.  

If you are an outstanding practitioner with drive, resilience and ambition then we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for a teacher who displays the following characteristics: 

• A thoughtful and self-reflective approach to pedagogy; 
• A desire to be an outstanding classroom practitioner 
• A passion for the subject; 
• Excellent ICT skills that makes learning visible in the classroom  
• Excellent subject knowledge and a desire to build on this; and an 
• Enthusiasm for working with 11-16 year old students.

This role has the following specific responsibilities: 

1. To develop an outstanding PSHE curriculum that is in line with statutory requirements including RSE. 
2. To develop and produce high-quality teaching resources for use by PSHE teachers. 
3. To ensure the delivery of high-quality teaching across the age ranges. 
4. To create and continually review/update schemes of work for students, including reviewing resources developed by other organisations against our own to ensure the quality of our provision. 
5. To create appropriate lesson materials and share these with all members teaching PSHE and Enrichment. 
6. To undertake staff training opportunities as required to ensure continual professional 
7. development, including additional PSHE education training. 
8. To liaise regularly with other key stakeholders in PSHE including but not limited to: School Medical Lead, School Mental Health Lead and all Year teams. 
9. To hold PSHE departmental meetings. 
10. To organise and lead “PSHE events” in which students are taken off-timetable for workshops and external presentations.   
11. To communicate with parents about upcoming PSHE content. 
12. To host parent training events and curriculum feedback/input opportunities. 
13. To work with all staff to improve staff awareness of RSE issues. 
14. To collect regular student and staff feedback on PSHE curriculum and teaching. 
15. To be responsible for monitoring PSHE attainment through checking books and reports.

The School 

Tomlinscote is a highly successful, over-subscribed, mixed comprehensive school of approximately 1500 students. Our staff enjoy working here because our standards, facilities and staff well-being are excellent.

Our students are a pleasure to teach and make excellent progress as shown by the positive examination data.  All Tomlinscote students and teaching staff have their own iPad to enhance learning inside or outside of the classroom.  

As a new member of staff you will receive plenty of support from your colleagues both from the department and from the wider school community.  

We also expect staff to undertake a pastoral role as a form tutor.  There are also opportunities to get involved in the wider life of the school through trips and extracurricular activities and we will develop every staff member that joins our team, providing one-to-one support, coaching and mentoring and access to extensive professional development. 

Any applicant should hold QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree to be considered for this post.  

The Process 

If you would like to have a further discussion before applying for this role please contact HR on recruitment@prospecttrust.org.uk or the Principal (rmajor@tomlinscoteschool.com).

For full details and information on how to apply are available on our website at www.tomlinscoteschool.com  , 'About Us', 'Vacancies'.

Please complete the application form and equality monitoring form and email all completed applications to recruitment@prospecttrust.org.uk 

Start Date: September 2022 or January 2023

Interviews: We reserve the right to interview upon receipt of a suitable application

Salary: London Fringe Pay, with TLR 2b (£2, 873 FTE)

Contract/Hours: Full Time

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We welcome applications from all suitably qualified applicants, however all disabled applicants who meet our minimum criteria will be invited for an interview. 

The Prospect Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people within our care and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. Any future offer of employment remains subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including enhanced DBS clearance, a health check and references.