Head of History

PURPOSE: - To lead the teaching of History and academic success of students across all key stages. To assist in ensuring the provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students studying within the department, in accordance with the aims of the school and the curricular policies determined by the Governing Body and the Headteacher. - To assist in ensuring the effective management and deployment of teaching/support staff, financial and physical resources within the department. - To assist in ensuring the development and enhancement of the teaching practice of others. - To assist in ensuring that Health and Safety procedures are adhered to at all times by all members of the department; - To play a full part in the life of the school community, to support its distinctive vision and ethos and to encourage and ensure staff and students follow this example. - To have oversight of and carry responsibility for the development of teaching and curriculum across key stage 5. - To manage - on a day-to-day basis - the provision of identified areas in the department. - To undertake specific responsibilities as agreed on a yearly cycle. - To oversee and manage the intervention and revision sessions and be present at sessions run at weekends or during the holidays, to support colleagues. 1 TEACHING, LEARNING AND STANDARDS The main accountabilities are to assist the Head of Department in: - working with the TLR post holders within the History Department and leading curriculum development and assessment ensuring that courses provide a broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum; - ensuring the production, evaluation and revision of schemes of work and subject syllabuses to meet the needs of individual students; - using attainment data provided by the school to monitor the progress of students taught ensuring that effective use is made of the data to set targets for achievement in History; - monitoring the progress of students and identify underachievement ensuring programmes of support are in place to maximise the potential of all students; - monitoring the progress and attainment of gifted students to assist in ensuring they are ‘challenged’ in all aspects of their work; - ensuring that individual learning targets are set for all students; - ensuring that classroom expectations are enforced and that the school’s ‘Behaviour for Learning Policy’ is implemented; - ensuring adherence to the school’s Homework Policy and Feedback Policy by all teachers in the department; - monitoring and evaluating teaching and learning in accordance with the school policy, including lesson observation, scrutiny of student work and quality of marking; - liaising with the SENDCo to assist in ensuring access and equality of opportunity for all students; - monitoring the progress and attainment of disadvantaged and vulnerable group students to assist in ensuring the department is closing the gap;