Head of Humanities

We are currently recruiting for a Head of Humanities (Geography Specialist) to support, guide and join our established Humanities Team at the school. This is an exciting opportunity to join Henley Bank High School and become an integral member of the team.

At Henley Bank High School, our aspiration is for all our staff and students to leave our school with practical wisdom gained through the teaching of intellectual, moral, civic and performance virtues.

We are a successful secondary school based in Brockworth, extremely close to junction 11a of the M5. The school has consistently been achieving excellent academic results over the past few years with the GCSE results of 2023 being in the top 1% of results in the country, as well as the highest results for any non-selective school in Gloucestershire. We opened our Sixth Form in September 2024 and are really excited to see what the next stage in the school’s journey will be.

A crucial element of the school’s vision is ensuring that we are preparing our young people for the world of tomorrow. This role plays an essential part in achieving this.

Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi academy trust that provides excellent quality, comprehensive and inclusive education through primary schools and secondary schools. Our schools are based in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Plymouth. We also have three shared service hubs where our central teams can be based out of. We are building a family of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character.

We thrive from collaboration at every level. We encourage a culture of sharing ideas and learning from one another. As a Trust of schools, we are ‘Always Learning’.

The Head of Humanities will show enthusiasm and have the experience of leading initiatives within the department and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students and to support a designated curriculum areas as appropriate.

• To contribute to the well‑being and development of the school including the supervision of students and the guidance of teachers
• To be passionate about their subject area
• To show enthusiasm and have the experience of leading initiatives within the department
• To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students as a Teacher/Tutor
• To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential
• To contribute to raising standards of student attainment
• To share and support the school’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth
• Present regularly to SLT on their findings and next steps for their remit

• To act as a role model and an outstanding Head of Department
• Lead on curriculum developments within the subject area and share expertise within the department
• Quality assure provision to ensure the highest standards
• Share best practice in subject meetings across the School and Greenshaw Learning trust
• Keep up to date with new developments in Education
• Lead improvements on outcomes and opportunities at a departmental level
• To share in the responsibility for, and commitment to, the safeguarding and promotion of the well‑being and discipline of all students
• Ensuring the curriculum planning necessary; incorporating whole school policies, contributing relevant units/components to other school syllabuses, as may be required
• Encouraging the selection of suitable teaching and learning styles, materials and subject matter in providing a differentiated approach to students
• Encouraging team members to keep abreast of developments in their subject areas
• Monitor and analyse the academic performance of students on an ongoing basis
• Devise and implement appropriate revision/intervention strategies
• Complete all self‑evaluation documentation, in particular data analysis of student performance at KS3, KS4 and Post‑16 as part of the…