Lead in RS and Personal, Development and Growth

Role: Lead in RS and Personal, Development and Growth

Academy: Outwood Academy Newbold

Start Date: 01/01/2027

Salary (Actual Salary): MPS/UPS + TLR 2.1 (£3,651)

Working Pattern: Full Time

Are you a visionary educator ready to lead a subject department, providing clear, cohesive direction and inspiring high achievement? Join us in leading a department, where you will communicate a clear purpose and vision, motivate colleagues, and implement whole-Academy initiatives to ensure your department meets ambitious academic targets. This role is designed for someone who models the Academy's values, promotes innovative teaching strategies, and is dedicated to securing continuous improvement and quality outcomes for all students.

Outwood Academy Newbold seeks applications for a unique and exciting opportunity to shape the future of RS and personal development education for our students. The successful applicant will be an outstanding teacher who is also able to provide strategic expertise in enhancing and expanding the RS provision that students experience in lessons, PD&G, assemblies and enrichment activities. The Lead for RS will also be responsible for the effective mapping of personal development, RSHE requirements and British Values across all curriculum areas. 

The Lead on RS will have a remit focusing on consistent, high quality pedagogy that enables students to quickly understand and recall knowledge. The successful candidate will provide regular communication, guidance and checks to support the academy and those staff delivering aspects of the RS curriculum as well as the personal development curriculum.

The successful candidate will bring effective leadership expertise alongside a genuine belief in putting students first and providing them with an RS curriculum which enhances their knowledge and understanding of the world that we live in. 

The Lead on RS is responsible for communicating a clear purpose and vision while providing cohesive leadership and direction to the Department/Faculty. This leader models the Academy's values, promotes high standards through effective teaching, and is accountable for implementing the Department Development Plan/Self-Evaluation Form (SEF) to secure continuous improvement. 

Essential qualifications required are a Degree in the relevant subject and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Candidates must demonstrate a good understanding of their subject's secondary curriculum (Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 5), knowledge of current departmental issues, and understanding of school improvement and Ofsted inspection programmes. Essential experience includes leading or supporting the leadership of a department, successful teaching across all key stages, and evidence of managing/leading a new initiative.

Required skills encompass being an outstanding classroom practitioner with a clear vision, possessing outstanding relationships with students and staff, and the ability to analyze data to develop rapid improvement intervention strategies.

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