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Subject Leader of Social Sciences

Subject Leader of Social Sciences

Rochdale Sixth Form College

Rochdale

Salary:
£23,396 - £38,748, plus responsibility allowance of between RA13 - RA16 (£7,859 to £9,649)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2019
Apply by:
22 February 2019

Job overview

This is an opportunity for an outstanding, committed and ambitious Subject Leader of Social Sciences, who is ready for leadership development within the high performing Rochdale Sixth Form College. 

To succeed you will be a well-qualified, driven and outstanding practitioner with a first-class track record.  You will have the ability to step up to middle leadership and to challenge individuals within your team whilst supporting them to achieve outstanding results.  

Above all, you must like all young people and aspire to make them outstanding citizens, with real self-belief.  RSFC is no place for cynics and we wish to appoint an individual who wants to make a huge difference to the lives of our students.  

RSFC is an ambitious and innovative organisation and you will be joining the College at a very exciting time.  We are seeking only the best candidates to join who wish to make their mark in a Sixth Form College with an excellent reputation.  As the College moves to the next phase of its development, there are always opportunities for career progression for resilient and committed colleagues. 

Please see attached for further details and an application form or contact Kate Cullen (PA to the Principal) for an application pack: k.cullen@rochdalesfc.ac.uk or telephone 01706 769800.

Applications should be returned to arrive no later than 12 noon on Friday 22nd February 2019. Interviews are to be confirmed.

Attend our recruitment event to meet the senior leadership team and find out more about our outstanding college:  https://rochdalesfc.ac.uk/teacher-recruitment-event/  

The post will be paid on the Sixth Form Colleges Association Teachers Pay Spine, points 1-9; £23,396 - £38,748, plus responsibility allowance of between RA13 - RA16 (£7,859 to £9,649). Appointments will be made on the new Sixth Form Colleges’ Association pay spine.

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject an enhanced DBS and background check.

Attached documents

About Rochdale Sixth Form College

  

The College opened in September 2010 as the newest sixth form college in the UK and the first to be built since 2004. With world class facilities, the £26 million College is purpose built and currently accommodates circa. 1650 students

The college has had a transformative impact on young people’s lives and life chances. In 2013 Ofsted graded us ‘outstanding’; at the time we were only the second sixth form college to have gained this accolade. Additionally, we have been the highest performing sixth form college in the Department for Education’s performance tables on five separate occasions, most recently in 2017/18. 

The College was set up to address the A Level underachievement in the Borough. Prior to 2010 the A Level performance in Rochdale was poor and had very low progression rates to HE. 

The College is committed to inclusive entry requirements and achieves extremely good value added scores as evidenced in Performance Tables and the ALPs scores. The College has excellent retention rates and average attendance is just over 95%.

The curriculum at the College is A Level focused with a small number of students following a mixed programme of a BTEC Sub Diploma alongside one A Level. Students who are yet to achieve a pass at Grade 4 or above in GCSE Maths and English are required to resit until they secure the required grade.

Given the prior attainment level of RSFC students, it is a huge strength of the College that we achieve excellent progression rates to higher education. The whole RSFC project has been a wonderful advert for social mobility. Students apply across the board to Oxford and Cambridge, Russell Group and the wider group of HE providers. 

The College works with students not applying to HE to ensure they have the opportunity to progress on to appropriate apprenticeships and employment opportunities. 

RSFC has very strong working relationships with local schools and the local GFE provider. The College Principal/CEO sits on the Pioneers Trust with local secondary headteachers and the College is also a key member of NWSFC (North West Sixth Form College group); SFCA (Sixth Form College Association) and the AOC (Association of Colleges).

The College estate is in outstanding condition and there has been significant investment in capital works to create an outstanding physical learning environment and student facilities. The financial health of the College is rated as outstanding.

We have a clear mission and central purpose to help students realise their academic potential. The College believes that every young person has it within themselves to succeed and will devote itself to improving student achievement. The College is an inclusive Sixth Form College. The students at RSFC study in a highly positive environment, and staff continuously build self-confidence and self-belief in students. Aspirations for the trajectory of improvement are high and the College focuses upon creating happy and successful students. The College has high expectations of students and staff. The drive is for the quality of teaching to be outstanding day in and day out, together with a support and guidance structure that powerfully focuses upon the individual student.
 

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