CURRICULUM AREA LEADER – HUMANITIES


Company:	Teaching Vacancies
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Leicester, LE1 7RJ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	20 Oct 2026
Closing date:	15 Nov 2026

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

Please see attached Job Description

What the college offers its staff

Thank you for your interest in this post at WQE.

We believe that this is a particularly exciting time to be joining us, offering a real opportunity to make a difference in this thriving and vibrant Sixth Form College. We strive for excellence in all aspects of our work with students; their academic and wider achievements, their learning experiences, the support they receive in their academic progress, their learning environment and their wider experience of College life. The College operates across two closely located campuses, next to the University of Leicester on University Road and a smaller campus at Regent Road.

In this context, we are looking to appoint a Curriculum Area Leader in Humanities to join our Curriculum Leadership Team. The postholder will also play an active role as a member of the wider middle leadership team – Curriculum and Student Leadership Group - who meet weekly.

We are looking for a self-motivated and enthusiastic person with substantial and successful advanced level teaching experience where the ability to teach across a variety of our subjects at this level would be an advantage. The capacity to lead and motivate staff, and students, will be essential as the successful person will help us to provide the best possible learning experiences and outcomes for our students.

This vibrant curriculum area brings together History, Geography, Politics, Law and Ancient History. The curriculum area consists of sixteen teaching staff and is led by a Curriculum Area Leader, supported by a Deputy Curriculum Area Leader and two Assistant Curriculum Area Leaders who together ensure the provision of high-quality outcomes and experiences for students and lead the on-going development of teaching, learning and assessment.

The area is located at the Regent Road campus in a large, open-plan office in the College’s main teaching block and uses recently refurbished classrooms nearby. There are a good range of resources including excellent online materials, interactive whiteboards, library holdings and IT facilities.

For our part we shall make every effort to support our new colleagues in making the best of the professional opportunities offered by this post.

This is a permanent full-time, term-time post commencing as soon as possible.

The salary will be at a point on the Sixth Form Colleges pay spine which ranges from £33,465 - £51,714 per annum, plus a responsibility allowance commencing at £10,431 and rising annually to £12,398.

We offer an exceptional package of benefits to our staff, which for this post includes:-

• Annual incremental pay increases, linked to performance, within the pay scale range

• Pension - Automatic enrolment into the Teachers’ Pension scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff (if applicable), both of which are generous defined benefit pension schemes

• Staff well-being programme

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Annual flu vaccination

• Continual Professional Development

• Eyecare voucher scheme

• On-site parking

We have an active and enthusiastic staff wellbeing group who meet regularly and are committed to adding value to life at work wherever possible, as well as ensuring a strong sense of community, wider opportunities and mutual support exist in our workplace.

APPLICATIONS

Please do not submit a separate CV. Only information on the application form will be used in the selection process. Application forms can be downloaded from the Vacancies section of our website at https://wqe.ac.uk/vacancies/.

Completed applications must be returned by 10pm on Sunday 15th November 2026.

The interview process will be taking place on Tuesday 24th November 2026.

Full details will be emailed out to shortlisted candidates.

Please return all completed applications via e-mail only.

Finally, I would like to thank you for the time taken to consider joining WQE and in making an application if you decide that this is the right step for you.

Paul Wilson

Principal

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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