Head of History

The Telford Park School; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Telford Park School is seeking an outstanding History specialist to provide strategic and operational leadership for the History department, securing an ambitious curriculum, consistently strong teaching and improved outcomes for all students.

You will be accountable for the quality of education, standards, culture and day-to-day effectiveness, design and implement a coherent KS3-4 History curriculum, lead QA, coaching and performance management, and report progress to senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for History, securing an ambitious curriculum and consistently strong teaching.

Responsibilities

• Lead departmental self-evaluation and improvement planning with evidence-based priorities and success measures.
• Set high expectations for professional conduct, teamwork, classroom practice and student achievement.
• Organise the History department, allocating responsibilities and ensuring deadlines and communications are managed.
• Lead coaching, line management, quality assurance and performance management processes.
• Contribute to whole-school evaluation, improvement and leadership activities.
• Design, implement and evaluate a coherent History curriculum at KS3 and KS4.
• Oversee schemes of learning, resources, assessment materials and examination preparation.
• Ensure curriculum breadth, depth and diversity and enable students to think and communicate as historians.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of curriculum developments and history pedagogy.
• Model excellent teaching and ensure high expectations across the department.
• Lead quality assurance, including curriculum review, student work, assessment and feedback.
• Analyse attainment and progress, plan interventions for underachievement.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Line management

Quality assurance

Coaching

Performance management

Accountability

Job description

MainPurpose

• To provide strategic andoperational leadership for History, securing an ambitious curriculum,consistently strong teaching and improved outcomes for all students.
• To be accountable for thequality of education, standards, culture and day-to-day effectiveness of theHistory department.
• To carry out theprofessional duties of a teacher and curriculum leader in accordance with thecurrent STPCD and Teachers’ Standards.

StrategicLeadership and Management

• Establish a clear visionfor History aligned with the school’s values, improvement priorities andexpectations.
• Lead departmentalself-evaluation and improvement planning, using evidence to identifypriorities, actions and success measures.
• Set high expectations forprofessional conduct, teamwork, classroom practice and student achievement.
• Organise the departmenteffectively, allocating responsibilities and ensuring procedures, deadlines andcommunications are consistently managed.
• Lead, support and holdcolleagues to account through coaching, line management, quality assurance andperformance management processes.
• Contribute to whole-schoolevaluation, improvement and leadership activities as required.

CurriculumLeadership

• Design, implement andevaluate a coherent, ambitious and inclusive History curriculum at Key Stages 3and 4.
• Ensure curriculum planningidentifies the substantive and disciplinary knowledge students need andsequences learning effectively over time.
• Oversee schemes oflearning, knowledge resources, assessment materials and examinationpreparation.
• Ensure the curriculumreflects appropriate breadth, depth and diversity and enables students to thinkand communicate as historians.
• Maintain up-to-dateknowledge of curriculum developments, examination specifications and effectiveHistory pedagogy.

Teaching,Learning and Quality Assurance

• Model excellent teachingand ensure consistently high expectations across the department.
• Lead a proportionateprogramme of quality assurance, including review of curriculum implementation,student work, assessment, student voice and classroom practice.
• Use findings from qualityassurance to provide constructive feedback, professional development andtargeted support.
• Ensure teaching is adaptedeffectively for disadvantaged students, students with SEND and those requiringadditional challenge.

Assessment,Standards and Accountability

• Ensure assessment ispurposeful, reliable and aligned with the taught curriculum.
• Analyse attainment andprogress information, including outcomes for key groups, to identify prioritiesand direct support.
• Plan, implement andevaluate intervention for students at risk of underachievement.

Report accurately oncurriculum quality, progress, risks and improvement actions to senior leadersand other stakeholders when requested.