Are you a passionate and experienced educator ready to lead and shape a dynamic faculty? Do you have the vision and leadership skills to drive excellence in Social Science and Curriculum for Life subjects? If so, we would love to hear from you! We are seeking an inspirational Faculty Leader to lead our Social Science and Curriculum for Life (C4L) faculty. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact by shaping the curriculum and ensuring high-quality teaching and learning across Religious Education, Health & Social Care, Child Development, RSE, PSHE, and CEIAG. There is also potential for future expansion into Citizenship. As Faculty Leader, you will play a key role in developing and embedding our Curriculum for Life programme, ensuring that students receive essential knowledge and skills to prepare them for life beyond school. Key Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership for the Social Science & C4L Faculty
• Ensure high-quality teaching and learning across all faculty subjects
• Lead the implementation of key initiatives, including LORIC (PIXL Edge) and the Westleigh Pledge
• Develop and embed a curriculum that equips students with essential life and employability skills
• Support staff in delivering engaging and inclusive lessons that prepare students for further education, employment, and training
The Ideal Candidate Will:
• Be an experienced and ambitious educator with a passion for Social Science and Curriculum for Life subjects
• Have a strong track record of leadership and curriculum development
• Be committed to student personal development and future success
• Possess excellent communication and organisational skills, with the ability to inspire both staff and students
This is an exciting opportunity to lead a forward-thinking faculty and make a lasting impact on students' education and future careers. If you are passionate about shaping well-rounded, confident, and employable young people, we encourage you to apply! Our ethos is 'Aspiring and Achieving Together'. Whilst we are committed to ensuring that every student makes excellent progress, this concept stretches well beyond academic performance. We firmly believe that every aspect of school should equip learners to be successful in all areas of their lives, both now and for their future. Indeed, every single decision or action taken improves the life chances of all our learners. This is underpinned by ensuring The Westleigh school is a safe, nurturing and happy environment: put simply, The Westleigh School is a great place to learn and a great place to work. Uniting with The Shaw Education Trust brings with it new opportunities and a wealth of resources to supplement our mission to improve outcomes for all our students. Colleagues will have access to a large range of well-established training opportunities, such as a fully funded L5 Instructional Coaching qualification or Accelerated Leadership training, for those aspiring to Middle Leadership. All candidates are required to provide a supporting statement on the formal application forms which states clearly your reasons for applying, skills and experience for this position. Please visit our Careers site for more information on The Westleigh School on Vacancies at The Westleigh School | The Westleigh School Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
• An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
• Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years' service including Bank Holidays)
• Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
• Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
• Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
• Free Eye Tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
We know our people are the key to our success and so we're committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one. Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications - NPQH, NPQSL, NPQEYL, NPQLL, NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC are all delivered by the Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. In addition, we provide access to the NPQEL for Executive Leaders.
• Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
• Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
• Access to the Trust's Institute of Education and SCITT.
• Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
• Participating in peer reviews.
• Access to a suite of online courses.
• Placement projects within our family of schools.
The Westleigh School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment, click here to review Safeguarding and Pupil Protection Policy https://www.shaw-education.org.uk/our-trust/key-information This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including an online checks and criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions. All shortlisted candidates will undergo an online search as part of Trust safer recruitment checks. We are an Equal Opportunities employer and will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CVs alone will not be accepted. Application deadline: Friday, 4th April 2025 at 9am Interview date: TBC We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date as we review applications on an on-going basis and interviews may be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, therefore, we encourage early applications. Successful candidates will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks.


• Be an experienced and ambitious educator with a passion for Social Science and Curriculum for Life subjects
• Have a strong track record of leadership and curriculum development
• Be committed to student personal development and future success
• Possess excellent communication and organisational skills, with the ability to inspire both staff and students
This is an exciting opportunity to lead a forward-thinking faculty and make a lasting impact on students' education and future careers. If you are passionate about shaping well-rounded, confident, and employable young people, we encourage you to apply!

Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
• An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
• Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years' service including Bank Holidays)
• Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
• Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
• Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
• Free Eye Tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
We know our people are the key to our success and so we're committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one. Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications - NPQH, NPQSL, NPQEYL, NPQLL, NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC are all delivered by the Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. In addition, we provide access to the NPQEL for Executive Leaders.
• Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
• Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
• Access to the Trust's Institute of Education and SCITT.
• Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
• Participating in peer reviews.
• Access to a suite of online courses.
• Placement projects within our family of schools.