Vacancy Reference
JOB003189
Job Title
Director of Learning: Humanities
Job Start Date
1 September 2025
Salary Range
L8 to L12
Hours Per Week
Full time
School Address
Hodge Hill College
Bromford Road
Birmingham
B36 8HB
Telephone number: 0121 783 7807
Contact Email
recruitment@hodgehill.bham.sch.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
10 March 2025, 12:00 midday
Job Information

Hodge Hill College is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our school as Director of Learning: Humanities.

As a forward-looking school with a vision to become an outstanding, vibrant learning community, we are committed to offering our students a dynamic and innovative educational experience for pupils aged 11 to 16.

At Hodge Hill College, we are dedicated to maintaining high standards and have ambitious plans to improve our facilities. You will be joining us at an exciting time of significant change and high academic achievement.

The successful candidate will oversee the Humanities Department, which includes Geography, RE, and History.

You will have the opportunity to work within a highly successful and motivated team, all committed to achieving excellence and delivering outstanding educational outcomes for our students.

We offer a competitive salary, along with opportunities for professional development and collaboration.

If you are a highly motivated individual, we encourage you to apply for this role. You will be given the opportunity to contribute to a supportive and successful team focused on excellence.

How to apply:

For further information and an application form, please visit our website or alternatively email: recruitment@hodgehill.bham.sch.uk

Safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
References
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Short-listed candidates
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.