Job start date: 14 November 2024 Hours per week: Full time Hodge Hill Girls School Bromford Road Birmingham B36 8EY Telephone number: 0121 464 3094 Contact email: HRhodgehgs.bham.sch.uk Contract type: Permanent We are seeking an outstanding Subject Leader for Citizenship & PSHCE who is highly motivated and innovative, to drive high pupil achievement. You should be able to demonstrate excellence in teaching and learning and an ability to engage and inspire students of all abilities. The ability to teach an additional subject, preferably within the Humanities, is also highly desirable. If you believe you have the passion, determination and excellent practice to contribute to our vibrant and cohesive school community, we look forward to hearing from you. Start date of April 2025 can be brought forward if the right candidate is available sooner. In return, we can offer you: • a caring and happy community that always puts our young people first • a supportive environment that takes an active interest in your professional development and personal wellbeing • a highly supportive Senior Leadership Team • access to a wide range of CPD courses • use of a school laptop • access to the teachers' pension scheme • 24 hours access to the Employee Assistance Programme • a strong and supportive Governing Body • classrooms equipped with projection and interactive capabilities • a well-equipped staffroom with air conditioning • free on-site car parking Located in the heart of the Hodge Hill community, we are a small secondary girl’s school with strong community values. We know and care for every pupil as an individual. We strive to meet the needs of each member of our school community, celebrating diversity and always striving for equality in our school family and the wider world. Our ethos encourages mutual respect and support to enable every pupil to make the greatest personal, social, and academic progress during their time with us, preparing them for successful careers and fulfilling lives. A relentless drive for the best academic progress for each individual pupil, sits comfortably alongside the wider curriculum where values education embraces citizenship, pupil voice, charity, and community work. Here at Hodge Hill Girls' School, we genuinely value and strive to enhance working partnerships with our families, feeder schools and our local community. This partnership is essential in raising standards and achievement, every member of our family has a role to play in raising the aspirations of all our pupils to ensure we really are "Educating Tomorrow's Women Today". How to apply: Please download the job description and person specification and Apply Online Please note that offline application forms will not be considered - please submit an online application via the link above. Please note that we do not accept CVs. We encourage visits from prospective candidates to meet members of our school community and experience our school at first hand. If you would like to arrange a visit, please contact Mrs N. Panton via email: HRhodgehgs.bham.sch.uk This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.