Teacher of Psychology
Northwood College
Hillingdon
- Expired
- Salary:
- ECT/PL1/PL2
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 17 April 2024
Job overview
The role:
This is an excellent opportunity for a well-qualified, enthusiastic graduate teacher to join a popular and dynamic department. The successful candidate will be required to teach A Level Psychology to pupils in Years 12 and 13. The Teacher of Psychology will need to be dynamic and enthusiastic, with a flair for creativity.
The Department:
Psychology is taught at A Level only, following the AQA Specification A syllabus. It is an extremely popular subject at A Level with our students and is well-established within the Sixth Form. The department consists of two members of staff – the Head of Psychology and an additional teacher. All of our students are enthusiastic and willing to learn.
Academic standards in Psychology are high, with most students expected to achieve A*-C in their A Level examinations. However, within the selective intake the ability range of Psychology students is broad and the department has a strong focus on the monitoring and tracking process to ensure there is support for students to achieve the highest grades of which they are capable. The department is well resourced and facilities include interactive whiteboards, educational DVDs, interactive resource booklets and the development of the Psychology intranet.
About the School:
Northwood College for Girls is an independent, academically selective day school for approximately 880 girls aged 3-18.
Both pupils and staff are encouraged to find and develop their passions and talents, through clubs, societies and an extensive programme of CPD. All members of the NWC community are expected to act with compassion and integrity, with respect for others and the environment and an awareness of global responsibility.
NWC is at an exhilarating moment in its evolution, with a dynamic and ambitious Senior Leadership Team and a range of new developments (including a Sixth Form Centre and the Alvarium science building). The successful candidate will be similarly ambitious for the school and ready to make an impact in our vibrant learning community.
Benefits
As part of the GDST, the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:
- Competitive salaries and pay progression
- Access to extensive professional development opportunities
- Training grants for qualifications
- Generous pension scheme
- Free life assurance benefit
- Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme
- A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
- Interest-free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
- A Cycle to Work scheme
- Competitive terms and conditions of employment
- Access to the school gym and swimming pool
- Free school lunches
- Retail and lifestyle discounts via Pluxee
- Financial guidance and support
For further details and an application form please click the APPLY button.
Applications must be received by 9am on Wednesday 17 April 2024.
We reserve the right to appoint prior to this deadline, so early applications are encouraged. Interviews will take place shortly after receipt of applications.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening, including online searches will apply to this post.
About Northwood College
"Northwood College is EXCELLENT in every category" - ISI inspection report, March 2012.
Northwood College is an independent day school for girls, which was founded in 1878 in Central London. By 1892 it had moved to its present site on Maxwell Road. Careful, planned development over the decades has ensured that the College has facilities which enable it to provide a high quality of education appropriate to modern needs. Further development is outlined in the school's strategic building plan over the next ten-year period.
The completion of a new Performing Arts block, comprising drama studio, recital hall, three teaching rooms including an ICT suite of 16 MAC computers, 10 smaller practice rooms, offices, assembly area and conservatory, in October 2004, marked the beginning of this development. Two new ICT suites opened in September 2005, providing four suites throughout the school plus a mobile bank of laptops. A new Early Years Centre, called Bluebelle House, containing 14 PCs for Nursery and Reception classes, opened in April 2009. In addition, there are approximately 60 interactive classboards.
Our Ethos
Teaching at Northwood College is a very rewarding and enjoyable experience. Girls are of above average ability, motivated and keen to learn. They come from a wide variety of social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and all the world’s major religions are represented by the girls – as well as a number of the minor faiths. The atmosphere at Northwood College is unique. Relationships between girls and between girls & staff are excellent. We are an extremely harmonious community that places great emphasis on valuing the individual and expecting the highest standards of behaviour in order to maintain the principles of mutual respect, tolerance and consideration for others which characterise our community. There are approximately 750 girls aged 3-18 on roll, with approximately 100 in the Sixth Form.
As girls are able, the pace of teaching is brisk. Our unique “Thinking Skills” initiative challenges us all to consider the way we teach so that we enable our girls to be able to think critically and creatively, and thus help to prepare them for the rigours of the future. Staff are expected to be committed fully to this programme and training is provided in support of this.
We believe that it is important for every girl to develop her individual talents – whether academic, musical, dramatic, artistic, sporting or organisational. Every girl, from our youngest nursery pupil to our most sophisticated sixth former, is valued for her own unique contribution to the school community.
We encourage girls to recognise their own achievements and those of others. Girls display mutual respect and understanding. Initiative, independence, social responsibility and concern for others are highly valued. We offer a strong system of pastoral care which ensures that every girl feels confident and secure. The College has a warm, friendly atmosphere, and older girls take opportunities to help younger ones.
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