Teacher of Psychology
Wellingborough School
Northamptonshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- As per Wellingborough School Teachers’ Pay Scale
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 3 March 2020
Job overview
The Role
Start Date: September 2020
Duration: 1 year Fixed Term
Disclosure Level: Enhanced
Reporting to: Head of Psychology, Senior School
Hours: Part time, 0.3 full time equivalent
Salary: As per Wellingborough School Teachers’ Pay Scale
The Psychology Department enjoys large A level numbers and several pupils each year go onto study Psychology at highly selective universities.
The post would suit a well-qualified applicant who is a new or relatively new entrant to the profession, who is keen to develop within this vibrant department or an experienced teacher who is keen to gain experience teaching A Level Psychology.
Psychology at Wellingborough School
Psychology is taught In the Sixth Form, (Edexcel) where pupils are expected to follow 3 subjects as the norm. More able students may follow 4 subjects if it is felt this will not compromise quality. Typically, there are two Psychology groups in each of the Lower and Upper Sixth and Psychology is a popular option. The School has an expanding programme offering the Extended Project Qualification which could be used to extend the subject knowledge of an individual pupil with particular interest in this area.
Due to the growing numbers of pupils selecting Psychology, there is a need for an additional teacher to work alongside the Head of Department. All pupils have access to resources which can be used to give variety to lessons. The classrooms in the School each have a networked PC and a ceiling mounted projector.
The post advertised would require 0.3 full time equivalent for Psychology although this could be enhanced by a timetabled contribution to the Games or Enrichment programme.
At times, it may be necessary to work beyond your normal hours in order to meet deadlines. Where this is necessary, any additional hours will be agreed with the HoD.
Further details and application form may be downloaded from our website http://www.wellingboroughschool.org/who-we-are/vacancies
Please can interested applicants complete the application form and return it, along with a covering letter, to Lulu Corrigan, HR Manager, Wellingborough School, London Road, Wellingborough. NN8 2BX Applications by email are welcome and should be sent to recruitment@wellingboroughschool.org
(Other forms of applications will not be accepted)
Closing date for receipt of applications: by 9am, Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Interviews will take place on w/c 9th March 2020
Further details and application form may be downloaded from our website.
Please complete the relevant School application form which can be found on our website: http://www.wellingboroughschool.org/Job-Vacancies ; we will only accept applications made on this form.
Wellingborough School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post.
Wellingborough School is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Attached documents
About Wellingborough School
- Wellingborough School
- London Road, Wellingborough
- Northamptonshire
- NN8 2BX
- United Kingdom
Wellingborough School is an independent, co-ed, selective, Christian-based though multi-faith all-through school, situated in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire with a broad geographical catchment area. Currently it provides 850 places for nursery, primary, secondary and sixth-form students aged 3-18.
The school was originally a Tudor Grammar School, founded as an all-boys boarding school in 1595. Originally situated in the centre of town, it completed the move to its 45-acre current location in 1881. Girls were admitted for the first time in 1970.
Headmaster
Andrew Holman
Values and Vision
Wellingborough's motto is “Salus in Arduis”, meaning fulfilment through challenge. From its primary school to its sixth-form college, the educational aims are the same: to enrich cultural experiences, develop good behaviour, promote a close partnership between school and home, achieve academically and help students make the most of all the educational opportunities that the school provides.
Its size helps promote a communal family feel, as does the ages it sees children through, many children staying for the whole 15 years of education. Although no longer a boarding school, it sees itself as having the atmosphere of one.
ISI
"The quality of the pupils’ academic and other achievements is excellent."
ISI INSPECTION, MARCH 2022
In March 2022, Wellingborough School was inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), the body approved by the Government for the inspection of independent schools. Inspections take place roughly every six years, and allow an opportunity for the school to be scrutinised in considerable depth.
As most of you will not be au fait with the structure, scale or significance of an Inspection, it is worth me saying that it is a big deal! As well as surveys of students, staff and parents, the Inspectors sifted through our policies and examined our risk assessments before launching into a whole host of lesson and activity observations, student and staff interviews and work scrutinies, seeking to triangulate every bit of evidence they found before drawing their conclusions– conclusions that will form part of how the outside world views us until the next time a team turns up.
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